We can thank Wesley Snipes for all of this. Wait, let me back up.

Fifteen years ago, comic book movies were in the crapper. There was the original Captain America movie that sucked beyond belief, the Batman franchise that Joel Shumacher raped to death, Punisher starring Dolph Lundgren and, of course, The Fantasic Four, Read the rest of this entry »

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Wesley Snipes Talks To Larry King About Tax Conviction [The Urban Daily]

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PopEater:

“The date is set for Wesley Snipes, and he’s finally out of options. The ‘Blade’ hero was ordered to start his 3-year jail sentence for tax evasion on Dec. 9 at noon, AP reports.

“Snipes is scheduled to serve his time at a federal prison in Pennsylvania. Snipes, who has been free on bail since the 2008 conviction, has attempted to have his case overturned to no avail.”

Read the full story at PopEater.

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Hmm…with Don Cheadle involved, this should be “good” @ the very least. And it’s directed by Antoine Fuqua, who’s most notable notch on his belt is “Training Day”. But I think I’m most happy to see Wesley Snipes making a return to the silver screen after being on the lam due to his tax issues. Read the rest of this entry »

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Words By David D.

There used to be a time when reading comic books was seen as a hobby for overweight, socially inept hermits with a large porn collection to make up for lack of a girlfriend or interaction with the fairer sex.

Like ’98, that’s a thing of the past.

Now, comic books have hit the mainstream due to their blockbuster movie adaptations over the past few years. No doubt, we are in a Golden Age for Comic Book Movies…but things haven’t always been this way. Granted, we had some amazing Super-Hero movies back in the day with the Christopher Reeves Superman flicks and the first Batman movie helping bring comics out of the campy “Bam-Holy Corniness” funk of the 60′s.

After the second Batman movie (which wasn’t that great in its own right), things went terribly downhill in a horrible George Clooney-piloted blaze of burning Superpoop. We had the atrocious Punisher movie starring Dolph Lundgren of semi-Rocky fame, the low-budget Captain America debacle, and the Fantastic Four flick that never saw the light of day. Hell, Marvel Comics was even bankrupt for a minute.

But we have one man to thank for the resurgence of the Comic movie genre.

Wesley Snipes and a little project known as Blade. Read the rest of this entry »