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Blu-ray Review: Batman The Anthology Collection

"Alfred, let''s go shopping."

Before Christopher Nolan's "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight", there were a few other adventures of the Caped Crusader. Warner Brothers has just released the classic theatrical adventures of The Batman for the first time ever on Blu-ray in the new Batman: The Motion Picture Anthology 1989-1997. This collection includes Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, and Batman and Robin. This set is loaded with hours and hours of special features as well as our hero''s adventures in High Definition!

A Tribute to May Parker aka Spider-Girl

Today, a very special Marvel series will come to an end (again). The current series, starring May “Mayday” Parker, ends an amazing run because Marvel has canceled Spider-Girl’s current series Amazing Spider-Girl #30. This will conclude the stand alone adventures of our favorite Alternate Reality heroine. Spider-Girl is the longest running series with a female lead that Marvel has ever published!

The character will live on in Spider-Man Amazing Family release, but honestly, who knows how long that will last for. For a character that started off as a What If story, I think she has come a long way. Her first appearance was in What If Volume 2 #105 released in 1998. For those of us who picked up that book when it hit the shelf, we knew right away that there was something different about this character. No one could have predicted that this character would have lasted for more than ten years after her initial appearance.

DVD Review: Andy Richter Controls the Universe



Once upon a time on network prime time TV, sitcoms ruled the entire prime-time landscape. Families use to look forward to sitting down after dinner and watching the hilarious adventures of their favorite TV family and possibly learn a couple life lessons along the way. As time has gone by, these series became too formulaic and the public’s interest in them started to wane. Now sitcoms on TV are very scarce and most don’t even make it past their first seasons. In order to try and break up the normal formula of how a sitcom is, we started to find shows that took on gimmicks such as That 70s Show, Scrubs and Greg the Bunny.

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Blu-ray Review: Watchmen the Complete Motion Comic


Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few months then you are probably aware of the hype that the Watchmen Movie has been getting. Well in case you hadn’t read the graphic novel before venturing out to the movies you might want to check out the new DVD and Blu-ray Release of Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic.

Interviews

TV interview: Exclusive Spectacular Spider-Man Season 2 with Randy Jandt & Jen Coyle

The Spectacular Spider-Man‘s second season premiere is coming soon, so ComicsOnline is proud to share more exclusive interviews with the production team! This week we got to briefly speak with Writer Randy Jandt and Director Jen Coyle who worked on Season One’s Doctor Octopus-centric episode as well as an upcoming episode in Season Two!

CO: How familiar were you with the Spider-Man universe prior to working on Spectacular?

DVD and Blu-ray Review: Wonder Woman

When someone mentions DC Comics there are three heroes that immediately come to mind: Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. While Batman and Superman have had many TV animated appearances Wonder Woman has never gone solo, appearing only in Justice League and JLU. But now, DC Comics proudly presents its newest Direct to DVD/ Blu-ray release of Wonder Woman! This is the 4th release under the DC Universe Direct to DVD series and is produced by Bruce Timm, best known for his work on the Batman, Superman and Justice League Animated Series.

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Blu-ray Review: Donnie Darko

“Why do you wear that stupid bunny suit?”
“Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?”

Cult classic film Donnie Darko has just made its way on to Blu-ray!

For those of you who have never heard of this movie, it really is quite amazing. I was introduced to Donnie Darko during a midnight screening of the film in Santa Cruz, CA in 2003. My dormmates said they were going to see this film and summarized the story as being about “evil rabbits and time travel”. I of course went along (because really, who could refuse a story like that?).

DVD Reviews: Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 2 and 3

With The Spectacular Spider-Man returning to the airwaves on March 23rd, Sony and Marvel are releasing the next TWO Volumes of the hit animated series on DVD on March 17th!

Continuing the story of young Peter Parker’s early career as our web-slinging hero, Volumes Two and Three introduce some major villains into Peter’s world and will change his life forever!
 

Blu-ray Review: Futurama Into the Wild Green Yonder

Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder, the 4th (and possibly final?) Futurama Direct to DVD release will be available on Feb 24th on DVD and Blu-ray!

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Like all of the Futurama movies, the structure of the film is a bit sporadic at times. There are three major plot-lines that happen during the film (please understand that the following review contains spoilers but also might seem a little confusing…but it is the chain of events in the film…so I will do the best I can).

Blu-ray Review: Futurama Into the Wild Green Yonder

Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder, the 4th (and possibly final?) Futurama Direct to DVD release will be available on Feb 24th on DVD and Blu-ray!

Story
Like all of the Futurama movies, the structure of the film is a bit sporadic at times. There are three major plot-lines that happen during the film (please understand that the following review contains spoilers but also might seem a little confusing…but it is the chain of events in the film…so I will do the best I can).