Sentences with phrase «good old comic»

Christian Bale's straight arrow has a tender heart — and that's just what it used to be like in the good old comic book days.

Not exact matches

27 year old male looking for someone whos into similar hobbies / stuff I'm into examples: metal music and the darker side of things, also good books as I love poetry and write my own... perhaps even comics haha, love those too.

I am a 33 year old, inexperienced CD male with a good sense of humor and love for comics and video games.

A 33 - year - old actor and comic best known for his long - running role as Maurice in the Britcom «The IT Crowd,» Ayoade has an evident gift for the kind of slightly offbeat comedy that's about the differences between a character's self - perception and the way the world sees him.

Yet while those comic book references, along with plenty of well - written quips aimed at older audiences, will engage the parents in the theater, the film's introspective second act may fail to hold the attention of younger viewers.

The good news is that some parts of this shopping list are checked off with style and grace: Tony and Pepper are still, at heart, the leads in a screwball comedy — and Downey and Paltrow are top form here; the new villain has the comics» Crimson Dynamo's name — Ivan Vanko [Mickey Rourke]-- but instead of wearing the hopelessly out of date crimson armor, wields a pair of plasma whips that can slice and dice even Stark's fancy suit; and finally, there's Justin Hammer [Sam Rockwell — who was a finalist in casting Stark], a hi - tech weapons manufacturer who got Stark's old Department of Defence contracts even though he's not nearly as talented.

«Toast» enjoys what is likely the best comic performance of veteran British actress Helena Bonham Carter in the role of Joan Potter, a cleaning woman who becomes the second wife of Nigel's dad, played by Ken Stott, and stepmother of nine - year old Slater who morphs suddenly about two - thirds into the film as the older Nigel Slater, played by Freddie Highmore.

GHOST WORLD (Grade: B +): Thora Birch won the best actress honors at the 2001 Seattle International Film Festival for her performance as a passively rebellious 17 - year - old in this funny, sad and tragic teen angst drama / comedy directed by Terry Zwigoff («Crumb») and based on a serialized comic book by Daniel Clowes.

There a scene in Christopher Guest's 15 - year - old comic masterpiece, «Best in Show,» where Meg Swan (Parker Posey), the hyper - neurotic co-owner of a long suffering Weimaraner, bursts into a pet store, looking for a squeaky toy identical to that of her dog's missing «Busy Bee.»

Bringing back some comic sidekicks like the two pirates from the old movies might have been a good idea.

This story could have been simplified into a — well, into the plot of one of Elijah Price's old comic books.

(Joseph Fiennes is good as Lord Robert Dudley, the lover whom Elizabeth leaves behind on her way to becoming Queen, but he's shown off to better advantage in the comic Shakespeare In Love — which has him playing against an older Elizabeth, portrayed by Judi Dench!)

Still, just as Ron Burgundy is the newsman we deserve, Anchorman 2 is the sequel fans have been clamoring for, and there's definitely fun to be had as Burgundy adjusts to having a black woman (Meagan Good's GNN exec Linda Jackson) for a boss even as he navigates rocky times with wife Veronica Corningstone - Burgundy (Christina Applegate) and seven - year - old son Walter (Judah Nelson), a surprisingly strong comic foil for Ron.

GHOST WORLD (Grade: B +): Thora Birch won the best actress honors at the 2001 Seattle International Film Festival for her performance as a passively rebellious 17 - year - old facing the first challenges of adulthood in this funny, sad and ultimately tragic teen angst drama / comedy directed by Terry Zwigoff («Crumb») and based on a serialized comic book by Daniel Clowes.

Showcasing much more gore than the movies of old, and surprisingly good effects for such a modest budget (only $ 11 million), the look and feel of the film is appealing, while the comic overtones keep the proceedings appropriately entertaining.

Several sequences are well executed and transcendently comic, like the old - fashioned musical number that introduces Channing Tatum's character or a lengthy sketch in which an increasingly exasperated Fiennes attempts to teach Ehrenreich how to enunciate a line.

What works like comic hellfire is the casting of good old Jeff Bridges who is spot on and very funny at times.

A dedicated movie - polymath, effortlessly bilingual and scooping the best of both Old and New World, Delpy resembles a bizarre version of Miranda July: Instead of celebrating lonely quirks of a self - centered sensibility, she throws herself (and the viewer) into a comic vortex of agitated, super-busy scenes of noisy familial squabbles and cerebral lovers» quarrels, which seems a projection of her own coyly humane view of life.

This Cartoon Network series may be ostensibly aimed at younger children in the six - to ten - year - old age bracket, but older comic book fans will find a lot to appreciate as well.

It's Marvel's first film centered around a hero of color, and Black Panther is one of the oldest and best: the ruler of a fictional African nation called Wakanda and one of the first black superheroes in comics when Marvel introduced him in 1966.

But just as it was the generation that grew up on comic books that made the best comic book movies, filmmakers like 26 - year - old Josh Trank are starting to arrive, who grew up with games as a key part of their cultural upbringing.

This will follow the previously scheduled plan for venerable writer - director Stone to make his first Comic - Con appearance in Hall H, where he'll be joined by those cast members as well as Zachary Quinto, with my old pal Dave Karger moderating.

If it makes you feel better, buy a copy of the comic and then send a letter to the Cannons urging them to go DRM - free; they'll be running an old - fashioned letters column in Double Barrel, and I bet they'd be willing to have this conversation in public in future issues.

If you want his sort of stories pull out the old collected editions of Early Bronze Age comics — the work he's inspired by is better then his own.

harks back to the good old days of comics for children (especially in the UK) that had a sense of craziness, anarchy and all - out fun whilst embracing the modern age.

While Marvel was arguably the first comics publisher to fully embrace the device, having released its app in time for the launch of the iPad section of Apple's App Store, it's hard to imagine that the company's immediate digital game plan extends well beyond the repurposing of old print issues.

Archive.org also has a good - sized selection of comics, mostly older titles from Dell and the like.

Comic Book Resources is a fantastic resource for comic book lovers; you can find information about both old and new comic books, as well as local comic book stores in your Comic Book Resources is a fantastic resource for comic book lovers; you can find information about both old and new comic books, as well as local comic book stores in your comic book lovers; you can find information about both old and new comic books, as well as local comic book stores in your comic books, as well as local comic book stores in your comic book stores in your area.

Alan Lawrence Sitomer, on the other hand, delivers his own fearlessly comic account of a 13 - year - old grappling with inopportune erections, in the well - executed The Downside of Being Up (2011).

Older comics tend to be more dialog heavy and are not really optimized for this feature, newer ones tend to be more graphic heavy and are better suited.

Perhaps the fact that manga has a younger audience than American comics, which has always been considered a strength, is now a weakness: older collectors have money and like to spend it (and in fact, art - house manga publishers like Vertical and Drawn & Quarterly have weathered the storm better than most), but many teenagers don't have credit cards or paypal accounts to pay for things online, and for really young kids, free - to - play is what they know.

That's a really good deal in comparison to almost every old content business model — magazine, comic, and book publishing and the old mobile app distribution model all required a large tribute to intermediaries.

I just hope that in deciding to double down, in deciding to stay the course after years of growing dissatisfaction from the new fans of their characters, disenfranchised older fans of their comics, retailers who say that the product has stopped selling, and the people doing the work to try and illuminate issues around sensitivity and inclusion... well, honestly, I hope no one gets hurt, no one's store closes, no one becomes disenfranchised by comics as a whole because the medium outside of Marvel is truly awesome.

OLD MAN LOGAN by Brian Michael Bendis and Andrea Sorrentino (Marvel) The best - looking Marvel comic of the year.

Comics Frank Santoro: «You know who's publishing the best art comics for the disaffected 19 year old kids who hang out at the record store?

In some cases, it might just be the result of returning to the original artwork that makes the coloring look better than in print on a 30 year old comic, but in some cases it's absolutely horrendous.

«Seinen,» however, has a lot of different connotations; while ostensibly denoting a comic For Mature (male) Readers, the banner can encompass basically anything from borderline porn to stories aimed at 40 - year old salarymen, or — in the case of some of the material in Weekly Young Jump — shonen manga with just a little too much sex or violence, or even just plain vanilla shonen manga the editors figure will have a better shot with a slightly older audience.

On the first weekend of each month, the Manga Bookshelf bloggers will review comics we've read on our computers, phones, or tablet devices, to give readers a taste of what's out there, old and new, and how well it works in digital form.

Sure, there's some translation involved, but at least they don't have to scan the old materials, as comics are all assembled digitally these days, well at least from the Big Two.

Each month, the Manga Bookshelf bloggers review a selection of comics we've read on our computers, phones, or tablet devices, to give readers a taste of what's out there, old and new, and how well it works in digital form.

Early on in the panel, Leah Moore commented with some humor on the fact that Alan Moore is not someone you would exactly associate with cutting edge technology, given that he probably still has a pile of «manky old fax machines somewhere», however his involvement actually makes a statement central to Electricomics: this platform is being developed specifically as something accessible for comic creators who may not be tech savvy and may have no previous experience working in the digital format as well as those who are experienced already.

Retailing After nearly 30 years in business, Comic Kingdom — the oldest comic store in Sydney, Australia — will close its doors for Comic Kingdom — the oldest comic store in Sydney, Australia — will close its doors for comic store in Sydney, Australia — will close its doors for good.

Moving to ebooks, I saw the old comic strip format did not fit well with the new ebook form.

The Farley Foundation name pays tribute to one of Canada's most famous pets, Farley the Old English sheep dog from Lynn Johnston's internationally syndicated comic strip, For Better or For Worse ®.

Again, I salivated, considering how much I loved the old NES Capcom classic, the Scrooge McDuck comics (which I can highly recommend), and well, Spector proved that he's no fluke, and he would likely bring as much to the table as Don Rosa and Carl Barks.

Netherrealm Studios is back, this time with Injustice 2 bringing back some old fighters from Injustice: Gods Among Us as well as some new ones from within the DC Comic universe.

I think I may have to agree with you that the old Nintendo Power, namely the Zelda comic was likely the best.

The animated cutscenes are really well done, with excellent voice acting throughout and an art style reminiscent of the old Twisted Metal 2 endings, where comics come to life with subtle changes to their positions and facial expressions.

McFadden's Flats is part of an ongoing project in which the artist uses visual excerpts from old comic books, sketches, her own doodle approximations and mark - making, as well as...

Torpedoboy is described in pencil in a self - portrait by the 10 - year - old Hancock, who stands side by side with the heroic «T,» a comic - book caped - and - masked good guy.