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Farewell Bob Hoskins British actor Bob Hoskins passed away April 29 at the age of 71.  He had a long career as a character actor, and could easily move from supporting actor to the main actor in films.  He is best known for the hard boiled detective character Eddie from the film 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' which was a love letter to the golden age of animation.  A mind blending merging of old school animation and camera trickery, it needed Bob's gruff but lovable private eye to make it work for cinema audiences. Who Framed Roger Rabbit main female lead was Jessica Rabbit, the cartoon girl homage to the film noir goddesses of the age and is now a popular cosplay staple at all conventions.  Here is the lovely and talented Kat Ruff as Jessica Rabbit at this year's Concave science fiction convention. Bob Hoskins had a long career in films, and he had many memorable roles in genre films. Hoskins as Smee, mate to Captain Hook in the popular film Hook ...

"The Flying Man" superhero horror film hybrid 'The Flying Man' by Marcus Alqueres Superheroes in society have been deconstructed since the 80's with Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns and Alan Moore's iconic, The Watchmen.  Troubling questions pop up when a creature with fantastic power has a loose or murky moral center is dispensing 'justice' in society.  Taken away from the moralistic eras of the past, a superhero in modern times could be considered a horror element to contemporary audiences. What if an alien with fantastic powers showed up and silently dispensed justice with no remorse?  The moral murkiness of 'might makes right' which is now a part of the contemporary super hero tale in comic books.  It was only a matter of time that the this moral murkiness could lead into a superhero/horror which is the subject of the short film by special effects artist Marcus Alqueres called 'The Flying Man' Boasting cool sp...

The strange saga of Marvel man marvelman comic Created out a need for a hero when the British reprint publisher ran into problems when the popular Captain Marvel character was being forced out of business by DC's lawsuits claiming Captain Marvel was a rip off of the popular Superman.  Marvel man was a cosmetic revamp of Captain Marvel, with his nemesis being Gargunza as opposed to Dr. Sivana.  Artist Mick Anglo created Marvel Man for publisher L. Miller and son in 1954. comic book writer / occultist Alan Moore Marvel man ran its course before folding up in the early sixties.  Later, the character was revamped by occultist/writer Alan Moore (which due to copyright issues was dubbed Miracle man).  Moore explored the dark side of heroes, and the blurry line of gods among us.  While more well known for the Watchmen and the Killing Joke, some contend that Alan Moore hit all the right notes of superhero subversion with Miracle Man.  Future San...

Superman IV, the Quest for Peace With the promo ramp up on 'Man of Steel' in full swing, I thought it would be fun to take a look at the nadir of the last son of Krypton, Superman IV, The Quest for Peace.  The film actually works on a 50's live action cartoon movie if one views it in that context, but fails utterly when compared to the iconic Superman movie from 1978  with Christoper Reeve, Marlon Brando, and Margo Kidder.  Superman IV, the Quest for Peace was made during a high stakes corporate take over of the superman series, Superman IV suffered post productions woes and lack of studio push for the film.  The slashing of the budget of this Superman film is apparent with the weak visual effects and lackluster story line. Luthor's plan of nuclear war for profit is foiled by Superman In a nutshell, Superman has decided to rid the world of nuclear war, and is now throwing ICBMs into the sun after addressing the United Nations.  Enter Lex Luthor ...

Major Power Major Power, which was a homage and parody of the old captain marvel / superman serials from 40s along with the george reeves TV show. Shot/edited on analog from 2008. written and directed by Jerry Williams. black and white watch it for free on youtube. It was part of the major power and the flying saucer from mars, which is available on indie flix, here is the link. http://indieflix.com/film/major-power-and-the-flying-saucer-from-mars-19404/