Category: Movies

Avatar Blu-ray Breaks Records [Update]

What has become known as the top grossing movie of all time, Avatar was released on May 22nd in time for Earth Day and has gone on to sell 2.7 million Blu-ray copies in just four days. Continue reading “Avatar Blu-ray Breaks Records [Update]”

From script to screen: Is Kick-Ass the most faithful comics adaptation ever?

I watched the movie Tuesday and was amazed to find that the film tracked the first three comics I had read almost shot for shot. Jane Goldman and director Matthew Vaughn are given screen credit for the script, but they made precious few changes to the source material and in many instances quoted it verbatim.

In anticipation of watching Kick-Ass earlier this week, I downloaded the first three issues of the comic onto my iPad. Continue reading “From script to screen: Is Kick-Ass the most faithful comics adaptation ever?”