Posted by Ben on August 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Written by James Vanderbilt, Alvin Sargent, Steve Kloves, and James Vanderbilt, based on characters created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko Directed by Marc Webb Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, and Dennis Leary I could go a long way in talking about the differences I perceive between the comic books … Continue reading →
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Posted by Ben on March 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment
I finish cleaning out the backlog with tiny capsule blurbs about the films I’ve watched since my last blog post in November.
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Posted by Ben on August 27, 2010 · 1 Comment
For me, a child who passed through adolescence in the 90’s and possessed of an intense love of the comic medium, the recent surge into financial and cultural viability of comics and graphic novels has been sort of astounding. Born into the right generation as I moved into the lucrative 20-something target audience of Hollywood, … Continue reading →
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