The man, the mustache, the documentary makes its debut on the network as EPIX hosts their "Heroes Weekend" in conjunction with the Avengers premiere.
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EPIX To Premiere the Doc, 'With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story'
Posted 4/10/12 3:53 pm EST by Charles Webb in Movies, News, TV
Of Course 'Game of Thrones' Has Been Renewed For a Third Season
Posted 4/10/12 2:56 pm EST by Charles Webb in HBO, News, TV
Of course. I mean, seriously people!
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VIZ To Release Studio 4ºC's 'Berserk' Trilogy In the U.S.
Posted 4/10/12 2:30 pm EST by Charles Webb in Animation, Anime, Movies, VIZ
VIZ gets the rights to the release the medieval animated fantasy, Berserk: The Golden Age Arc domestically, with the first film, The Egg of the King hitting sometime this fall.
After the jump, we've got details from the recent announcement.
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'Jormungand,' More 'Lupin III' Highlight FUNimation's Upcoming Slate of Releases
Posted 4/9/12 12:07 pm EST by Charles Webb in Anime, Funimation
Zombie teens, master thieves, and child soldiers highlight FUNimation's recently-announced acquisitions.
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FUNimation Goes Mobile With New Streaming App
Posted 4/6/12 4:39 pm EST by Charles Webb in Android, Animation, Anime, Funimation
The publisher announces a tiered mobile app for iOS and Google.
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The BBC fantasy horror series won't be living on in a second season.
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DVD Review: 'Regular Show: Slack Pack'
Posted 4/5/12 2:30 pm EST by Charles Webb in Animation, Cartoon Network, Reviews, TV
In theory, you'd imagine that a DVD called the "Slack Pack" would be one of those themed releases: you know, slacker-themed stories featuring the lead character of the show in question. In practice, though, you could grab nearly any handful of episodes from J.G. Quintel's Cartoon Network series Regular Show's three seasons and come up with a reasonable argument that it too would be a "Slack Pack." If the show's leads—know-it-all bluejay Mordecai and prickly, occasionally live wire raccoon Rigby—didn't slack off, they wouldn't do anything at all.
Semantics of the title aside (it's accurate, I guess), the "Slack Pack" assembles 12 typically surreal, frenetic, loud, silly, and generally very on-point-about-being-lazy-and-20 episodes of Regular Show.
Hey, do you know who's incredible? Mark Hamill. Seriously, you'd never guess that the sometime-Joker would be able to reach such weirdly deep registers to play the mystical albino gorilla Skips, Moredcai and Rigby's co-worker at the park. It's not fair to single out Hamill: the rest of the voice cast of the series is top-notch, from Quintel's performance as Mordecai to the weird, excessive energy of William Salyers as Rigby; Sam Marin does triple duty as Pops, Benson, and Muscle Man. Read More...
'Metalocalypse' Gets A Fourth Season At The End of April
Posted 4/5/12 11:00 am EST by Charles Webb in Animation, Cartoon Network, TV
After surviving countless assassination attempts, the death (and return) of their band's CFO, and Christmas with their moms, the most brutal animated band on Earth makes its return to Adult Swim on April 29th.
Hit the jump for details and more images from the new season.
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Among the many things (good and bad) that the fourth season of Torchwood gives us across the ten episodes that comprise the Miracle Day arc, there's a global crisis involving a sudden outbreak of immortality across the globe, arguments for national healthcare (I think), wrong-footed allusions to the Holocaust, and Bill Pullman as some kind of alpha child killer and sexual predator. Miracle Day starts with a killer sci-fi premise that devolves into a mishmash of elements, couched inside of on-the-nose political arguments played out by characters that really should be cleverer than they behave.
It doesn't all go wrong, though—Miracle Day does have a stellar premise that gives the first few episodes tremendous momentum, even if the resolution to the mystery of global, disastrous immortality leaves a lot to be desired.
****Spoilers ahead****
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'Voltron Force' Getting A Graphic Novel Series From VIZ
Posted 4/4/12 11:00 am EST by Charles Webb in Manga, News, VIZ
The Nicktoons animated series gets a comic tie-in from manga and anime publisher VIZ this week.
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Interview: 'The Regular Show' Creator J.G. Quintel
Posted 4/3/12 11:30 am EST by Charles Webb in Animation, Cartoon Network, Interviews, TV
I don't think it would take a lot of work to make the argument that right now the two pillars of Cartoon Network's evening programming are Adventure Time and The Regular Show. Both series have earned their reps for their respective creators' willingness to dig deep into the surreal, going all over the map with their 11-minute comic opuses while still creating strange, funny, and interesting worlds and characters.
J.G. Quintel is the mind behind The Regular Show. A CalArts grad and Cartoon Network veteran, he and I spoke recently by phone about the genesis of the series, and the winding path that got him and his animal leads Mordecai and Rigby, onto Cartoon Network.
'Adventure Time: The Complete First Season' DVD On the Way In July
Posted 3/30/12 10:25 am EST by Charles Webb in Animation, News, TV
Not pictured: Charles crossing his arms and grumbling something petty about the lack of a Blu-ray release as Cartoon Network announces a full-fledged season release for the hit series.
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'Beware the Batman,' 'Ben 10: Ominverse' Kick Off Cartoon Network's 20th Year
Posted 3/29/12 4:54 pm EST by Charles Webb in Animation, Cartoon Network, News, TV
New series Ben 10: Omniverse, Beware the Batman, and an unnamed LEGO project lead the new series for the next season of Cartoon Network programming, while Adventure Time, Regular Show, The Amazing World of Gumball, MAD and The Looney Tunes Show make returns for new seasons.
Conspicuously missing from this list: ThunderCats.
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Exclusive: We've Got the Teaser For 'Eagleheart' Season Two
Posted 3/29/12 11:30 am EST by Charles Webb in Cartoon Network, Trailers, TV
Seriously, why no one thought to give Chris Elliott a gun, a badge, and sweet moves before now, I'll never know.
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Exclusive: Check Out This 'South Park' Season 15 DVD and Blu-ray Clip
Posted 3/27/12 3:12 pm EST by Charles Webb in Animation, Comedy Central, TV
Today the South Park Season 15 DVD and Blu-ray hit shelves and we've got the exclusive clip above to go with it.
Hit the jump for additional details and special features from the release, including a chance to get a free XBLA game out of your purchase
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