Pop Culture Roundup July 24, 2007

Tomorrow's comics today: See the big list of what's in shops tomorrow.

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Here's a fresh pic from the upcoming Iron Man movie starring Robert Downey Jr.



Samuel L. Jackson and Hilary Swank reportedly make cameo appearances in the film.

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Warner Bros. plans a big-screen film based on DC Comics' weird Western character, Jonah Hex.

Hex, known for having the right side of his face disfigured and wearing a Confederate army uniform, was a rough-and-tumble gunslinger and part-time bounty hunter whose adventures always ended in blood.

...The filmmakers are not making a straight-ahead Western but plan to develop the character with some of the supernatural overtones in the hopes of creating a franchise.

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Also in the works is a film adaptation of DC's Y: The Last Man series.

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Comic Mix looks at how The Shadow served as a key inspiration for Batman.
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DVD new releases July 24, 2007


























More upcoming DVDs
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CD new releases July 24, 2007

CD new releases July 24, 2007

Planet Earth ~ Prince

Live In Boston ~ The Doors

Is Is ~ Yeah Yeah Yeah's

Up Front and Down Low ~ Teddy Thompson

U.F.O's At The Zoo - The Legendary Concert In Oklahoma City (MVI Album) ~ Flaming Lips

Live From Austin Texas by David Byrne

This Guitar Kills by Jimmy Page

I Feel a Song Going Off by Marty Feldman

More upcoming CDs
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Vintage DC Comics house ad



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Today's video: Dark Shadows Groovy Horror Head ad



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Pop Artifact! Superman 8mm movies and projector





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Pop Culture Roundup July 23, 2007

The New York Times takes an early look at the straight-to-DVD animated version of Darwyn Cooke's DC: The New Frontier comic.

“The New Frontier” would be one of the first three adult-oriented DC projects to be given the straight-to-DVD treatment and will sit alongside similar full-length adventures of Superman and Batman; DVD collections of the animated television series “Superfriends,” “Justice League” and “Batman Beyond,” among others, have been popular with fans. “I was kind of floored by the call and the fact that this was being done,” said Darwyn Cooke, 45, the writer and artist behind the comic. The news came from Gregory Noveck, the senior vice president of creative affairs at DC Comics, a unit of Time Warner. The company wanted to produce a series of direct-to-DVD animated films that would, unlike its previous efforts, more closely follow the source material.



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"The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian," will be even bigger and more visually stunning than its predecessor, reports Sci Fi Wire.

"Narnia had been created approximately 900 years before the last film took place," director Andrew Adamson said. "This is now another 1,300 years later. Narnia has been oppressed by Telmarines for a large period of that time. So it's a dirtier, grittier, darker place than the last world was. When the kids come back in, they bring a lot of nostalgia with them, and they think they are going back to the place they knew. And instead, they've come back to a very changed world."

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From Booksteve: A 1972 comic con poster by the great Sergio Aragones.

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Toonzone reviews legit DVD sets collecting the 1960s "Marvel Superheroes" animated series. Trouble is, they haven't been released in the U.S. yet. If your DVD player can handle Region 2 disks, you can order from Amazon UK using the links here.

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Some viewers weren't thrilled by the Beatles' worldwide TV broadcast of "All You Need is Love" 40 years ago--and the band was never told.

Newly released documents revealed some viewers considered the Liverpool band unworthy of representing Britain in the show, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported Sunday.

..."Have we nothing better to offer? Surely this isn't the image of what we are like. What a dreadful impression they must have given the rest of the world," one comment read, the newspaper reported.

Another viewer, impressed by contributions from elsewhere, said "after all the culture ... shown by the other countries, the Beatles were the absolute dregs," the newspaper claimed.

"We did not do ourselves justice," another viewer commented.
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Vintage DC Comics house ad



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Today's video: Beach Boys "I Can Hear Music" Dutch TV appearance



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Jonah Hex graphic novels - trade paperbacks

JONAH HEX VOL. 2: GUNS OF VENGEANCE
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DC Comics Omnibus books

Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus, Vol. 1

Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus, Vol. 2

Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus, Vol. 3

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Hawkgirl graphic novels - trade paperbacks

HAWKGIRL: THE MAW TP
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Pop Artifact! Bedazzled movie poster

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Pop Culture Roundup July 20, 2007

There's a new video game based on the "Asterix at the Olympic Games" comic book.

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Actor Seth Rogan, now appearing in the film "Knocked Up," has signed on to write and star in a new Green Hornet movie.

Rogen is just the newest player in a large and varied cast of characters who have tried to bring Green Hornet to the big screen. A Green Hornet film was previously announced at Universal with Ron Underwood directing. Three years ago Miramax entered a deal with Kevin Smith to adapt and direct a Green Hornet film. Actors as wide ranging as George Clooney, Jake Gyllenhaal and Mark Wahlberg have been rumored to be in talks to play Reid over the years. And at one point or another Jason Scott Lee and Jet Li have been rumored to play Kato.

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Director Gavin Hood is set to helm a solo Wolverine film starring Hugh Jackman.

Using several resources that include the Marvel Comics lore, along with the more recent Weapon X graphic novels by Frank Miller, "Wolverine" mixes action with an origin story about how Logan emerged from a barbaric experiment as an indestructible mutant with retractable razor-sharp claws.

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The U.S. Postal Service's Marvel Comics stamps go on sale July 26.

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CD: Jersey Beat: The Music Of Frankie Valli & The 4 Seasons

Out from Rhino Records, this 4-disk box collects the best of Frankie and the boys. You can order it now for $58.49 from Amazon.



Details:

The most comprehensive 4 Seasons box ever assembled. Three audio CDs feature 76 tracks spanning 1962-1992 (and multiple lineups), including 37 Top 40 hits. An additional DVD contains 40 minutes of rare footage, including TV appearances, interviews, live performances, and more. An 84-page booklet features in-depth liner notes and rare photos.

Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons are once again at the forefront of American pop culture through the phenomenal success of the Broadway smash Jersey Boys, the 2006 Tony Award Winner for Best Musical. The show, now reaching far vaster audiences through a national touring company, poses the question, "How did four blue collar kids become one of the greatest successes in pop music history?" One of the only Stateside groups whose reign of hits was uninterrupted by the British Invasion, the Seasons' seminal early smashes are legendary. They're all here on Jersey Beat, along with all the essential later classics, providing an unprecedented exploration of the masterful Jersey Boys whose unforgettable harmonies took over the world.

Track list:

SHERRY
BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY
WALK LIKE A MAN
AIN'T THAT A SHAME
CANDY GIRL
MARLENA
PEANUTS
ALONE (WHY MUST I BE ALONE)
STAY
LITTLE BOY (IN GROWN UP CLOTHES)
DAWN (GO AWAY)
BIG MAN'S WORLD
MARCIE
SILENCE IS GOLDEN
HUGGIN' MY PILLOW
RONNIE
RAG DOLL
SAVE IT FOR ME
BIG MAN IN TOWN
BYE, BYE, BABY (BABY, GOODBYE)
BETRAYED
TOY SOLDIER
GIRL COME RUNNING
LET'S HANG ON!
DON'T THINK TWICE (IT'S ALL RIGHT) - The Wonder Who
THE SUN AIN'T GONNA SHINE (ANYMORE) - Frankie Valli
(YOU'RE GONNA) HURT YOURSELF - Frankie Valli
PITY
YOU'RE READY NOW - Frankie Valli
COUSIN BRUCIE GO GO
WORKING MY WAY BACK TO YOU
CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOU BABY
EVERYBODY KNOWS MY NAME
COMIN' UP IN THE WORLD
BEGGARS PARADE
OPUS 17 (DON'T YOU WORRY 'BOUT ME)
I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN
THE PROUD ONE - Frankie Valli
TELL IT TO THE RAIN
BEGGIN'
CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU - Frankie Valli
C'MON MARIANNE
LONESOME ROAD - The Wonder Who
AROUND AND AROUND (ANDAROUNDANDAROUND)
I MAKE A FOOL OF MYSELF - Frankie Valli
WATCH THE FLOWERS GROW
RAVEN
TO GIVE (THE REASON I LIVE) - Frankie Valli
WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW
GOOD-BYE GIRL
SATURDAY'S FATHER
ELECTRIC STORIES
SOMETHING'S ON HER MIND
IDAHO
GENUINE IMITATION LIFE
AND THAT REMINDS ME (MY HEART REMINDS ME)
THE GIRL I'LL NEVER KNOW (ANGELS NEVER FLY THIS LOW) - Frankie Valli
SHE GIVES ME LIGHT
PATCH OF BLUE
HEARTACHES AND RAINDROPS
LAY ME DOWN (WAKE ME UP)
WHERE ARE MY DREAMS
SLEEPING MAN
THE NIGHT
MY EYES ADORED YOU - Frankie Valli
SWEARIN' TO GOD - Frankie Valli
WHO LOVES YOU
OUR DAY WILL COME - Frankie Valli
DECEMBER, 1963 (OH, WHAT A NIGHT)
SILVER STAR
FALLEN ANGEL - Frankie Valli
RHAPSODY
GREASE - Frankie Valli
EAST MEETS WEST - with The Beach Boys
STREETFIGHTER
HOPE AND GLORY
BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY (DVD)
1964 MEDLEY (DVD)
WORKING MY WAY BACK TO YOU (DVD)
CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU (DVD) - Frankie Valli
LET'S HANG ON! (DVD)
SATURDAY'S FATHER (DVD)
(YOU'RE GONNA) HURT YOURSELF (DVD) - Frankie Valli
I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN (DVD)
DAWN (GO AWAY) (DVD)
WHO LOVES YOU (DVD)
RHAPSODY (DVD)
DECEMBER, 1963 (OH, WHAT A NIGHT) (DVD)
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CDs: Monkees' Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. and Headquarters special editions

These latest editions in Rhino's latest Monkees reissue campaign are available now. If you order 'em from Rhino, you get a bonus 7-inch vinyl Monkees single.

Details:



Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.

Rhino celebrates the 40th anniversary of PISCES, AQUARIUS, CAPRICORN & JONES LTD. with a deluxe two-disc set that contains the stereo and mono mixes of the original album along with rare and unreleased bonus tracks from the album's sessions.

Just before Thanksgiving 1967, The Monkees returned with their fourth consecutive #1 album, PISCES, AQUARIUS, CAPRICORN & JONES LTD. Generally considered as one of the band's finest, the album's 13 tracks include the hit songs “Pleasant Valley Sunday” written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King and “Words,” by the songwriting team of Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, who wrote many of the band's biggest hits. As one of the first major acts to cover a Harry Nilsson song, The Monkees helped expose the talented songwriter to a much wider audience with their version of “Cuddly Toy.” The set's 14 bonus tracks feature unreleased alternate mixes of “Star Collector,” “Salesman,” “Cuddly Toy” and “Daily Nightly,” a song Nesmith wrote about the '66 riots on the Sunset Strip. The bonus tracks also include the soulful “Goin' Down,” a track that came together during a jam session and was based on the chord progression of Mose Allison's “Parchment Farm.”

Also included are unpublished photos and interviews with the Monkees along with in-depth liner notes penned by Andrew Sandoval, the author of The Monkees: The Day-By-Day Story Of The '60s TV Pop Sensation.


Headquarters

Rhino celebrates the 40th anniversary of the release of HEADQUARTERS with a deluxe two-disc set that contains the stereo and mono mixes of the original album along with rare and unreleased bonus tracks from the album's sessions.

The Monkees' third album, HEADQUARTERS, was also the group's third #1 record. Released in 1967 just as the Summer of Love was flowering, the album represents a watershed moment for the quartet. After a bitter fight for more creative control, the band members were finally allowed to pick the songs they sang and play on the songs they recorded. Working with producer Chip Douglas, the band tracked 13 songs for the album including the Nesmith-penned single “The Girl I Knew Somewhere” (which was not originally included on the album), “Shades Of Gray,” “You Just May Be The One,” “Randy Scouse Git” and “For Pete's Sake,” a track later used as the closing theme to the band's Emmy-winning television show. Among the set's 21 bonus songs are several unreleased stereo remixes including “You Can't Tie A Mustang Down,” “If I Learn To Play The Violin” and “A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You,” the #2 hit single written by Neil Diamond, plus demo versions of “Nine Times Blue,” “Midnight Train” and “Pillow Time.”

Also included are unpublished photos and interviews with the Monkees along with in-depth liner notes penned by Andrew Sandoval, the author of The Monkees: The Day-By-Day Story Of The '60s TV Pop Sensation.


Buy Both CD's and get a FREE limited edition 7” single
What’s better than owning two of The Monkees finest titles, in Deluxe Editions (Headquarters and Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd., natch)? Receiving a free limited edition 7” single (featuring two previously unreleased tracks from 1967!) when you order both titles from www.rhino.com or www.monkees.com!
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Vintage comic book ad



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Today's video: Dave Davies plays "Death of a Clown"



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Pop Artifact! Modesty Blaise movie poster



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Pop Culture Roundup July 19, 2007

Check out a gallery of rare Doctor Who TV show production pictures.

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Don't hold your breath for a Byrds reunion.

"I have no problem with the Byrds," Roger McGuinn says. "I see it as a great memory, and why mess it up by going out and doing it now just for money, because it would just be a cash grab."

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Some folks are angry at The New York Times for jumping the gun on reviewing the final Harry Potter book (you may've heard it's coming out Saturday...).

Bloomsbury, which publishes Harry Potter in Britain, and Scholastic, its U.S. publisher, spent millions of dollars trying to protect the contents of the novel until its official publication.

But copies of "Deathly Hallows", believed to include both fake and real versions, have surfaced on the Internet and this week some books were shipped to customers by a U.S. online retailer, prompting Scholastic to take legal action.

The seventh and final Harry Potter instalment is expected to become the world's fastest selling book after months of hype and speculation about its contents, including what happens to the boy wizard and his friends at Hogwarts.

The New York Times review said its copy was purchased from a New York City store on Wednesday.

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Remember FOOM, Marvel Comics' in-house fan publication?
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