Archive for the ‘Superman’ tag

Be a Real Life Hero (No Capes Required)

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on July 29, 2010 at 11:06 pm | No Comments

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Waiting for Superman, filmed by David Guggenheim, reminds us all that we can’t do enough for the next generation – that education is not a privilege, it’s a RIGHT in this country. Too many children in the US are not receiving the basic education anyone should have, much less the sort of education that goes [...]

Smallville Casting News + New Absolute Justice Clip Released

Posted by GeekSpeaker | Posted on January 21, 2010 at 12:17 pm | 4 Comments

Michael Shanks is Hawkman in Smallville: Absolute Justice

Lots of happenings in the city of Smallville this week. First up, some casting news that makes me pretty darn happy. EW’s Michael Ausiello is reporting that Annette O’Toole, who played Martha Kent until season six, will be making her way back to the Kent family farm before the end of the season. It …

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths Trailer Released

Posted by GeekSpeaker | Posted on November 24, 2009 at 2:22 pm | 2 Comments

The Justice League of America battle their evil conterparts in the upcoming "Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths"

The next DC Comics direct-to-dvd movie is coming in the Spring of 2010 and Warner Bros. Home Video has released a new trailer for the feature. Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths is a based on a script originally written for the Justice League Unlimited TV series written by award-winning animation and comic writer Dwayne [...]

Six Flags New England’s BIZARRO Is World’s Best Steel Coaster

Posted by GeekSpeaker | Posted on October 23, 2009 at 1:15 pm | No Comments

Bizarro Roller Coaster in Six Flags Great Adventure Takes Top Prize

*** PRESS RELEASE *** AGAWAM, Mass., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Six Flags New England will celebrate its most celebrated coaster with 125 members of the American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE) on Sunday, October 25. BIZARRO, formerly SUPERMAN Ride of Steel, has once again received the Golden Ticket Award for Best Steel Coaster. The Golden Ticket Awards, [...]

Plot Synopsis & Images for “Justice League: Crisis on Two Earth” Released

Posted by GeekSpeaker | Posted on September 15, 2009 at 1:58 pm | No Comments

Owlman (James Woods) is up to no good

The fine folks at Ain’t it Cool News have some information regarding the next DCU Animation direct-to-DVD feature Justice League: Crisis on Two Worlds, coming out Spring of next year. Along with two official images from the movie, there is a plot synopsis and some casting information as well. From WB Press Release on AICN.com [...]

Feast your eyes on these Geeky Previews pt. 1

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on August 29, 2009 at 1:14 am | 1 Comment

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As the geeks circle in the waters of rumor and conjecture, they smell the green-tinged blood of Fall Season Previews. One of the most eagerly awaited previews of the returning shows would be Smallville, Season 9. But first…The folks at CW (and their sponsors) have kindly prepared a Season 8 in 2 minutes recap. If [...]

What The Geek Gyrl is squeeing over right now

Posted by GeekGyrl | Posted on August 23, 2009 at 2:54 am | No Comments

A Squee is a personal thing; we each have our own squee-worthy moments and memories and activities and “thingamabobs”. Right now, I’m squeeing over a few movies, a couple TV shows and a video game (no partridges in pear trees, though, please.) I’m very excited about one of the Labor Day Weekend releases: Gamer. The [...]

New Comics for 8-19-09

Posted by GeekSpeaker | Posted on August 18, 2009 at 9:53 am | No Comments

Batgirl #1 Cover

After a long delay due to vacations, illness and other varying factors, our New Releases post is back! Yay! So what goodies are coming out this Wednesday, Aug. 19th? It’s kind of a light week for me, but there’s still some good stuff coming out that I’m looking forward to. Thanks to DC’s Blackest Night [...]