Jenkins’ List
Henry Jenkins writes up a handy list of some comics he’s enjoyed recently, divvied into stories of everyday life, superheroes, science fiction/fantasy/horror, and some unclassifiable items.
RIP, Shing Fui-On
Hong Kong star Shing Fui-On has died of cancer. Most Gutter readers likely remember him as the psychotic Triad head in John Woo’s The Killer. Here’s a clip from his leading role in The Blue Jean Monster. (And speaking Hakka with Chow Yun-Fat).
Confessions of the B-Masters Cabal
The B-masters confess movies they haven’t seen. “My viewing of Zombie Lake was one of those events that lead you to question everything in your life that has lead up to it. I wouldn’t necessarily say that it was a “where did I go wrong” moment, because many […]
“Alien 0 or Alien 5?”
Continuity’s at risk in the new Alien prequel. Faced with “the space jockey,” xenomorph eggs in the cargo hold and what the corporation knew and when they knew it, Martin Anderson foresees “some nasty acts of canon-hacking.”
Gail Simone Interviews John Ostrander
“When I first wrote Villains United, I was eager to have my chance to write one of the coolest characters in the DCU, Deadshot. I knew full well, like a lot of writers before me, that John [Ostrander] was THE Deadshot writer, and I knew if I had […]
RIP John Hughes
Stepanie Zacharek looks over John Hughes’ complicated, heartfelt and well-targeted movie legacy.
The Cultural Gutter 