Real life Spider-Man scales 24-storey French national library with his bare h...

"Like the nimble superhero, he scales skyscrapers with dazzling agility, with just his hands and legs to support him.And now the man they call Spider-Man has turned his attention to the National Library of...

Tobey Maguire, Sam Raimi Sign On For "Spider-Man 4"

I don't know how legit this rumour is, but sources are claiming that Spider-Man 4 has once again enlisted the talents of guy spidey, Tobey Maguire, and director Sam Raimi. No word yet on the rest of the cast or...

Hancock a box office hit despite bad reviews

I don't get this. I saw Hancock last week, and it was thoroughly and undeniably average. And I'm not the only one underwhelmed--it garnered a measly 36% on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 49 on Metacritic.Yet despite all the...

The Incredible Hulk: Iron Man he ain't

A new Hulk film is out, here's my review:"The Incredible Hulk is a classic example of the Marvel Comics formula brought to the big screen: there's a misunderstood good guy who fights a power-hungry bad guy, a girl...

Gordon Brown, a new superhero?

Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, is Marvel's newest superhero, and in his first (but maybe not his last) appearance, he fights off an attack of evil aliens who have penetrated the British Cabinet. Exciting...

Kids to learn about boob jobs

I think you always remember your favourite book when you were a kid - mine was 'The Paper Bag Princess' and I loved it. But now it seems times have changed and new books for kids are starting to come onto the market....

Meet Diamond Dan the Orangeman

"The Orange Order's new superhero has been given a name, Diamond Dan the Orangeman.The colourful figure was the focus for unprecedented media attention when he was introduced to the public in November.He appeared on Orange Institution Christmas cards and proved an instant...

Marvel resurrects Captain America, sort of

We can all sigh a gasp of relief.  The ever-patriotic, blue-leotarded superhero that Marvel killed off last year isn't all that dead.  In this week's Captain America #34, we learn the superhero's old buddy,...

Spider-Man now single: OMG

That's right, the red-leotarded super hero we all know and love is back on the market.  Eligible bachelorettes, get victimized by a supervillain so Spidey can save you."LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nobody could have...

MJ’s Top 5 Complaints About Spider-Man Revealed

Today, I learned that Spider-Man (a.k.a., “Peter Parker”) and Mary Jane had split up after more than 20 years of webbed bliss. Not buying the official explanation as it was reported in one news report, I dug...

Chicks Dig the Tights: Real-Life Superheroes

There's a fantasy element to dressing up and fighting crime, but a serious, deep pissed-off-ness also has to be present. After all, Batman is just a guy who was dissatisfied with the status quo who built a bunch of...

Islamic superheroes invade Indonesia

"It's the work of an Islamic superhero, a giant, confused teenager who sneezed. Jabbar the Powerful, the alter-ego of teenager Nawaf Al-Bilali, is the first of 99 superhero characters in an Islamic culture-based...

Maybe the tabloid was abducted by aliens

The obit was brief but not to the point at all. Simon Houpt does a great job of sending off the Weekly World News supermarket tabloid. If you don't get tears in your eyes after you read about its remarkable...

A Funeral for Captain America

Captain America is dead: a long-time symbol of not only a nation, but an ideal. He died not at the hands of a super-villain, but was shot down by a sniper on the steps of a courthouse as he fought for justice in a...

Spidey 3 Destroys Box-Office Records

Even though online and on-demand content is getting bigger, $148 million is a massive amount of money. Cinema traditionalists will point to this as proof that the system works, but the making of a film like...

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