Archives for Stephen Tramontana

Nightmare on Elm Street 2010 (Trailer)

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Freddy’s back! As a child of the 80′s, you were either in camp Jason or camp Freddy, and I’m Freddy all the way.

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Somebody Stop Stan Lee

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So let’s discuss Stan Lee. It was recently announced by A-Squared Entertainment (A2), that they had joined forces with Archie Comics and Stan Lee’s POW Entertainment to create a new slate of original IPs to distribute via both new and …

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The Best of Toy Fair 2010

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One of the best things about being a modern-day geek is that our loved ones condone us buying toys. Sure, we say they’re collectors items and that they’re a special release from MattyCollector.com and there’s only 3,000 made and blah, blah, …

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Thursday Throwback: Captain Power

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Ah, to grow up in the 1980′s. We’ve already covered two 80′s-related concepts here at Thursday Throwback, and while I promise they won’t all be from that decade, it’s hard to ignore. There must have been something in the water, …

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INTERVIEW: BRAD DOURIF

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Brad Dourif will probably always be known as Billy Bibbit, the role he was nominated for in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. But for people like me, those who grew up with franchise horror in the ’80s, he’s known …

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Thursday Throwback: Garbage Pail Kids

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For this week’s Thursday Throwback, we’re going baseball cards. Well, baseball cards if they were designed by some really, really demented people. And thank God, because as child of the 80′s, I reflect fondly on the emergence of Garbage Pail …

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Why Machete Won’t Be Grindhouse 2

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So yeah, the last time I did one of these articles, it didn’t swing my way. But I’m slow to learn, so here we go again. This week it was announced that Fox studios, who are already in cinematic bed …

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Let Blackest Night Truly be the End

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“All will be well.” This seems to be the key takeaway from Geoff Johns’ historic “Blackest Night” maxiseries finishing up over at DC Comics. This series of books are destined to join the ranks of “The Dark Knight Returns,” “Watchmen,” …

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Iron Man rocks out with AC/DC?

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Now, this is the oddest thing I’ve seen in a while. Just yesterday I was penning the first draft of the Thursday Throwback lamenting the loss of the movie tie-in soundtrack album. This was an 80′s staple, where an album …

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I Was Wrong About Avatar

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If you can believe it.

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