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The story aspects of "Avengers 2" might still be in the works, but one thing's for sure: Joss Whedon is coming back to write and direct. Whedon, who until "The Avengers" was simply a cult favorite among fans of his past works like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Firefly," really hit the big time ...

September is Issue #0 month at DC, meaning that the revamped New 52 universe, which started up in media res five years in, has finally offered some glimpses of How It All Began. Which is to say, the Secret Origins of the characters. By and large, I didn’t care for the #0 issues I read. I’m a ...

More than eight months after it made its debut on the Science cable channel, "Trek Nation" is once again available -- and you don't have to be at San Diego Comic-Con to get it. The documentary, hosted by Eugene W. Roddenberry Jr. as part of his exploration into Trek fandom as well as the work of ...

This story may contain some spoilers for "The Amazing Spider-Man." Spider-Man is such a hot character when it comes to superheroes at the box office is that you'd almost think including the webslinger in "The Avengers" would make that film the tops of all time. Sony Pictures' reboot of the fra ...

The movie categories have always been interesting ones for the Airlock Alpha Portal Awards, especially at times when readers have questioned how much of a "genre" film certain productions are, and if the biggest box office winners are usually the winners here as well. The fact is, the movie categ ...

A new documentary by Morgan Spurlock features Stan Lee and his annual trek to San Diego Comic-Con. But could Lee, best known for creations like Spider-Man and the X-Men, be looking to strike out on his own? Lee may be 89, but that's not stopping him from joining forces with Regina Carpinelli to t ...

America wasn't in World War II when Joe Simon created Captain America, but it was close. And with that, his popular comic book hero would serve as a mascot for freedom and ingenuity, leading to a blockbuster film earlier this year, and inclusion in the highly anticipated "The Avengers" film next ...

Director Scott Colthorp and narrator Eugene W. Roddenberry Jr. are set to finally debut their documentary "Trek Nation" on the Science cable channel Nov. 30. But getting from there to here was a path that took years -- and more than once almost seemed dead in its tracks. "Trek Nation" is a celebr ...

Several years ago, I was one of the few honored with the chance to see a rough cut of a documentary Eugene W. Roddenberry Jr. and director Scott Colthorp was making called "Trek Nation." Even then, the project had been in development for a few years, and I was now excited to finally see what Rod ...

The Hulk has had a lot of success on television, especially in the 1970s and 1980s, but not very much when it comes to the box office. So even though Guillermo del Toro has a huge background in movies, he's going to depend on "Battlestar Galactica" executive producer David Eick to keep him ground ...