Comics In Motion

TV & Movie Reviews: Red (2010)

Dave picks the DC property Red. Chris has never seen it but really enjoys a bit of Bruce Willis.

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Frank (Bruce Willis) is retired, bored, and lonely living off of his government pension in a nondescript suburb in an equally nondescript house. The only joy in Frank's life is his calls to the government pension processing centre when he gets to talk to his case worker, Sarah (Mary-Louis Parker). Sarah is as bored and lonely as Frank and marks her conversations with the unknown Frank and her spy novels as the only things fun in her life. When something in Frank's past forces him back into his old line of work and puts an unwitting Sarah in the middle of the intrigue, Frank and Sarah begin a journey into his past and the people with whom he used to work. Like Frank they are all "R.E.D." - Retired Extremely Dangerous.

IMDB:  7.0/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 70/100%

Metacritic:  69/100%

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Welcome to the first episode of "Superheroes For Dummies"!

In this series three friends; a comics novice with an interest in finding out more, a comics related media fan, and an ultra nerd answer questions about the characters YOU want to know more about.

This first episode features the dark Knight, the Caped Crusader... Batman

No question is too big, or too small. This is "Superheroes For Dummies" but no-one's really a dummy, and by the end we'll make everyone a hero.

"Superheroes For Dummies" is hosted by Paul McGuigan with Daniel Belgrave and Steve J. Ray

Please contact us on Twitter:

@PaulDaMac @Dark_Ronin84 @el_steevo

The show is produced and edited by Adam Ray

The reading list for the episode is:

Batman: Year One

Batman: The Long Halloween

Batman: Dark Victory

Robin: Year One

Batgirl Year One

"Theme Music" by Professor Elemental and Tom Caruana, please check out professorelemental.com and Teasearecords.com for more information

Catch the DC Comics News Podcast, Mad Love: The Harley Quinncast, I Am The Night and The Spinner Rack at https://dcnewsnetwork.fireside.fm/ and find Essential Marvel / DC Podacst, The Indie Comics Spotlight and a whole host of other great shows at https://anchor.fm/comics-in-motion-podcast

This week Mike talks about the 5-comic mini-series “Princess Leia” set seconds after the medal ceremony shown in A New Hope which follows Leia trying to find Alderaanian refugees after Alderaan was destroyed by the Death Star and it also shows how Nien Nunb entered the rebellion!

It is time for episode 7 of Mandatory Marvel & DC, a brand new show for the Comics In Motion network that looks back at the very biggest and best stories from the annals of the Big 2 - Marvel and DC!

Each episode, Max Byrne will be joined by a special guest to enjoy a chat about that week's subject matter, talking about what we love about these top tier titles!

For this seventh instalment, we look back at the 1984 classic The Judas Contract from DC Comics. One of the most significant and influential comic book titles of all time, straight from the genius minds of Marv Wolfman and George Perez, this has provided the basis for an animated film and was also drawn upon for season two of the Titans tv show. Controversial and relevant to this day, this is heady stuff indeed!

This week, Max is joined by the amazing Tony Farina, host of the incredible Indie Comics Spotlight, right here on the Comics in Motion network. Tony is also a wonderfully gifted writer, check him out at www.arfarina.com

If you want to get in touch with Max about comics or to suggest any future shows, please say to him on Twitter @maxybyrne. You can read his reviews of all kinds of content at www.dcworld.org.uk, www.darknightnews.com, www.fantasticuniverses.com, www.earth9dc.com and www.getyourcomicon.com

Quite how Producer James Gunn and co. have gotten away with blatantly riffing on the origins of Superman and putting a horror twist on it, is beyond Chris and Dave. But this understated movie could prove a real surprise package.

Plot Summary:

What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?

Review Scores:

IMDB:  6.1/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 57%

Metacritic:  44/100

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This week Mike returns to the main run of Star Wars comics, this week focusing on the book/volume 2 story-arc “Showdown On The Smugglers Moon” featuring comics #8-12, set shortly after A New Hope and it includes Grakkus The Hutt’s jedi relic collection, Han Solo’s wife Sana, Dengar the bounty hunter facing off against Chewie and more!

After the surprising success of watching Ghost Rider Chris suggested the sequel and boy did he live to regret it. A truely woeful movie and Nicholas Cage ….. well see it for yourself!

Plot Summary:

Johnny Blaze, a man who made a deal with the Devil who called himself Mephistopheles at the time (now Roarke), is on the run trying to make sure no-one is harmed by his alter ego, The Ghost Rider. He is approached by a Monk named Moreau who tells him that he can help be him free of the Rider, but first, he needs Johnny's help to protect a boy, whom Roarke has plans for, to help him take human form.

Review Scores:

IMDB:  4.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 18/100%

Metacritic:  35/100%

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