Tag: Comics

A double dose of superhero funny business

First up, unfathomably hot Watchmen star Malin Akerman finds herself an object of nerd tourism in her own bedroom: She’s as funny as she is sexy. (And so is the roommate.) And that’s saying something. And then Jon Hamm (Mad Men) plays a Lex Luthor in search of a federal bailout: Brilliant! From the first second I …

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Bad Idea: VENOM

I’ve never been a fan of Venom in the comic books; deranged alien goop that becomes a living suit of danger and rage for its wearer was always just a little too high-concept for me. And it really didn’t work when it was forced into (and dumbed down for) the non-sensical slop that Sony Pictures …

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