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Who's Who in the 'X-Men: First Class' Cast

By David Brothers (Subscribe to David Brothers's posts), Posted Feb 11th 2011 12:00PM
Filed under: Features, Coming Soon

On Friday, June 3, the highly-anticpated prequel 'X-Men: First Class,' finally hits theaters, and we know what you're thinking: Who in the world are all of these people? In this 1960s-set prequel, a lot of things are different. No Wolverine! No Storm! Professor X has hair?!

Well, we've got everything you need to know about the main cast (from familiar faces to brand new mutants!), and more after the jump!

(Click through to find out who's who in 'X-Men: First Class')
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The Comics Stand: Comic Books for Movie Buffs

By David Brothers (Subscribe to David Brothers's posts), Posted Dec 30th 2010 2:00PM
Filed under: Features, Columns


Welcome to the Comics Stand, Moviefone's look at comic books and their big screen adventures.

You've gotten a Christmas gift card to a book store, but you don't know what to buy. Maybe you made a New Year's resolution to "read more." Or perhaps you're aware of the ensuing glut of comic book movies coming next summer and you still don't know why it's such a big deal. With the new year approaching, it's the perfect time to pick up a comic book and broaden your horizons.

But how do you know which comics are right for you -- especially if you've never read them before? That's simple: ask yourself what kind of movies you like. We all consider ourselves some kind of "movie buff" in one way or another. Your taste in film is the crucial clue for what comics you might like. After the jump, we've got comic picks for the war, action, crime, samurai and "quirky" indie movie buff.
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The Comics Stand: Comic Books That 'Harry Potter' Fans Will Love

By David Brothers (Subscribe to David Brothers's posts), Posted Nov 18th 2010 9:00AM
Filed under: Features, Columns, Harry Potter

Welcome to the Comics Stand, Moviefone's look at comic books and their big screen adventures.

Okay, you've read the entire 'Harry Potter' series. Twice. You've lined up to see the all of the movies. You've listened to the audiobooks. You have all the posters. You have notebooks of quotes, and homemade charts of everyone's relationship. Where do you go to get your next hit of 'Potter'? Easy. You look to comic books. There are no official 'Harry Potter' comics (so far), but there are a few series that may wet your whistle.

Here are 5 comic books that die-hard fans of 'Harry Potter' will love.
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The Comics Stand: 5 Non-Superhero Comic Book Movies We'd Like to See

By David Brothers (Subscribe to David Brothers's posts), Posted Oct 12th 2010 6:20PM
Filed under: Features, Columns

Welcome to the Comics Stand, Moviefone's new column about comic books as they relate to the big screen.

In 'Red' -- opening this Friday, October 15 -- Bruce Willis stars as Frank Moses, a retired black-ops CIA agent whose identity is compromised, forcing him to fight for his life. If the trailers have been any indication, it's going to be an over-the-top action comedy about unstoppable killing machines. But what makes 'Red' different from other action flicks is that it's adapted from the sleeper comic book hit by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner.

'Red' -- the comic book -- is a much more serious tale of the price of freedom, government foreign policy and how training unstoppable killing machines tends to be a deadly mistake. Throw in some comedy and fill it up with co-stars like Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, and John Malkovich, and you have a brand-new Hollywood action blockbuster.

For a medium dominated by capes, comic books have had a surprisingly big year for non-superhero movie adaptations. 'Red' was preceded by the great ('Scott Pilgrim'), the just all right ('The Losers') and the awful ('Jonah Hex'). Now that studios are wiling to mine non-superhero comics for new movies, it might be time to give them a few pointers. After the jump, check out the five best bets for non-superhero movies.
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The Comics Stand: 5 Marvel Franchises That Pixar Needs to Animate

By David Brothers (Subscribe to David Brothers's posts), Posted Sep 14th 2010 7:30PM
Filed under: Features, Hot Topic

After an off-handed tease from Brendan McCarthy, the biggest topic in comics movie-land right now is that Pixar may be working on a Dr. Strange movie with Marvel.

One look at McCarthy's work on "Dr. Strange" or the art of the character's co-creator Steve Ditko shows exactly why Pixar is the best company to bring the franchise to the silver screen. McCarthy's comments got us thinking about what other Marvel comics deserve to be animated by Pixar. We narrowed it down to five series -- mainstream and otherwise -- that would shine in a Pixar feature.
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The Comics Stand: 5 Reasons Comics Fans Are Psyched About 'Scott Pilgrim'

By David Brothers (Subscribe to David Brothers's posts), Posted Aug 13th 2010 12:00PM
Filed under: Features

This weekend's big buzz movie is 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,' based on a comic book series by Bryan Lee O'Malley and starring Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Chris Evans, among others. The 'Scott Pilgrim' series has been burning up the best-seller lists and best-of charts since 2004, winning the hearts and minds of comics fans despite being completely lacking in superheroes (save for a brief conversation late in the series). Thousands of loving fans propelled 'Scott Pilgrim' to comic book smash hit status, and the movie looks to be a faithful translation of its source material.

To outsiders, 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' may look like yet another goofy teen movie, with the added bonus of being a comic book tie-in, too. Except, 'Scott Pilgrim' doesn't have the immediately apparent appeal of 'Iron Man' or 'The Dark Knight.' It just looks like a goofy love story, right? Well, there are actually quite a few reasons why 'Scott Pilgrim' will end up being a good movie, and they happen to be the same reasons why comics fans are so psyched to see the movie. Just to keep it short and sweet, here are five of them to clue you in before you hit your local multiplex this weekend.
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The Comics Stand: What Do Comics Fans Think of 'Jonah Hex'?

By David Brothers (Subscribe to David Brothers's posts), Posted Jun 17th 2010 2:00PM
Filed under: Summer Movies
Jonah Hex: Megan Fox Jimmy Hayward's 'Jonah Hex,' starring Josh Brolin and Megan Fox, finally makes its way to the big screen this weekend, though you wouldn't know it from asking comics fans. The major comics news sites have done articles about the film, but the comment sections and forums are filled with unenthusiastic responses, to say the least. 'Jonah Hex' doesn't have the optimistic buzz that 'Iron Man 2' had, and not even the grudging acceptance that came before 'The Losers.' No, the advance buzz on 'Jonah Hex' from comics fans is more "That looks awful!" than "That looks awesome!"
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