The Goonies was a hit movie in the eighties from Steven Spielberg and directed by Richard Donner (Superman I & II). It is a film about a bunch of kids searching for fortune and glory in the hi jinx of treasure maps, villainous crooks, secret underground caverns, deadly booby traps, hidden treasure and featuring One-eye Willie, starring Sean Astin (Sam in Lord of the Rings).

Mezco Toyz and Warner Brothers presents the first assortment of action figures featuring: *Mikey with map, Copper Bones, Spanish Doubloon, alternate hand with inhaler and bag of marbles *Data with Bully Buster, Pinchers of Peril, sticky dart and dynamite *Chunk with statue of David, milk shake and piece of pizza *Mouth with lantern, hair brush, pirate sword and pirate treasure *Sloth with pirate hat, pirate sword and candy bar.

 

Coming out of Sony Pictures, Gabriel is a thrilling new movie containing supernatural themes, fast-paced action with a dramatic story-line. This movie would appeal to people who enjoyed Underworld or Constantine. Directed by Australian Shane Abbess and starring up-and-coming actor Andy Whitfield. Gabriel hits theatres locally on November 15th. Do yourself a favour and check it out!

A dark action/drama that takes place in the realm of purgatory. It reveals the struggle between Arch and Fallen Angels for control over the city and its population of reborn souls. At present, darkness rules and Gabriel, the last of seven Arcs sent to bring back light, must assume a human form. In the darkest places of the human soul, this lone Arc Angel's battle with his human feelings will prove as perilous as facing the fallen.

www.sonypictures.com.au/gabriel

Other Comics to Keep an Eye Out for this Week:

From the House of Ideas; X-Men Messiah Complex #1, The big X-Men epic event starts here. It follows the events in House Of M (Brian Michael Bendis). Written by the Award winner Ed Brubaker (Captain America, Criminal, Daredevil); Art by Marc Silvestri. Featuring covers by David Finch and Marc Silvestri.

From Top Cow Productions Inc. The Necromancer: Pilot Season #1, After a few years Necromancer is back! Necromancer has been described as a darker version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Written by Joshua Ortega; Art by Jonboy Meyers with covers by Francis Manapul.

DC showcases; DC Infinite Halloween Special, a collection of thirteen fun-filled horror stories by a collection of writers including Steve Niles, Mark Waid, Steve Seagle, Dan DiDio, Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, Peter Johnson (TV's Supernatural), David Arquette (Scream), Cliff Dorfman (Entourage) and many more with art by Ian Churchill, Dean Ormston, Dustin Nguyen , Bernard Chang and others!

DVD of the Month

Superman Doomsday animated movie, from producer and director Bruce Timm (who brought Batman: 'The Animated Series' and Justice League Unlimited). Based off the comic series 'The Death of Superman', by Dan Jurgens.

'When Lexcorp accidentally unearths the intergalactic serial killer Doomsday, Superman battles the creature head-on in the fight of his life. The world collectively mourns it's fallen hero; humanity realise it will never feel truly safe again. Superman's enemies rejoice - all but Lex Luthor, who grieves the loss of his own demented manner, setting off a chilling chain of events that even he couldn't have foreseen'.

Starring Adam Baldwin (Firefly) as the voice as Superman, James Marsters (Buffy) as Lex Luthor and Anne Heche as reporter Lois Lane.

Trade of the week: Immortal Iron Fist Vol. 1: The Last Iron Fist Story TPB

Many years ago, in the mystical city of K'un L'un, young Danny Rand stared at a suit behind glass -- the garb of the "Immortal Iron Fist" -- and knew that he was destined to wear it. But where did this costume come from? Why did it wait for Danny all those years like a shadow of his future? The answer to those questions will stun both him and his readers, as Danny Rand leaps from the pages of his breakout hit in DAREDEVIL to his own history-spanning kung-fu epic that will shatter every perception of what it means to be the Immortal Iron Fist! Brought to you by top-ten writer Ed Brubaker and breakout talent Matt Fraction (PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL), with action-packed art by David Aja (DAREDEVIL, GIANT-SIZE WOLVERINE). Collecting IMMORTAL IRON FIST #1-6.

 

Stunt rider turned demon hunter, Johnny Blaze aka Ghost Rider, finally hits the big screen with Nicolas Cage (with or without an H?) all decked out in his guise and skin and bones. And flames and leather jacket. Always never forget to note the leather jacket.

Hogging around with a skull of flames is no easy task, however. True skill is needed in order to cast those fiery locks away from drivers behind who may only see an amber light ahead. Albeit not for everyone, it does have its benefits.

Keeps the sweat off - Hot as it may be, the evaporation and sweat cycle will be quick enough to not even really notice. Like dropping water onto the lid of the boiling kettle. Old fashioned, not the new fangled plastic containers.

Lighting the path ahead - Busted light? No street lamps? Might be short for the oncoming tar, still can manage to illuminate even a bit of the road and that's a little safer than riding with a helmet put on backwards.

No head, no helmet - Cavalier and careless quite enjoy riding the open roads with the wind flickering through their hair. Helmets saves most lives, and for the most part, protect the head. But when it's a skull of flames, Shirley can't be arrested for not wearing a helmet when there isn't a head to wear it on.

 

Scarface is still riding high more than twenty years after the guns out blazing final scene from the Brian De Palma version of events. There's a constipated action figure of Tony Montana looking for a squat. A motion activated version screaming its head off. There's even a bobble head (which looks quite gubernatorial). And of course, now there's a comic...

When we last saw Cuban exile and Miami gangster Tony Montana, his cocaine-fueled body was riddled with bullets in the 1983 Brian DePalma cinematic classic, Scarface. Now, IDW Publishing proudly presents the second coming of Tony Montana in the sequel to the end-all-be-all of gangster movies with an all-new five-issue comic book miniseries... Scarface: Scarred for Life.

The blood-soaked tale picks up where the movie left off, as Tony Montana survives—you read that right—but just barely. Having lost almost everything—including very nearly his life—Tony must once again claw his way to the top of the sun-drenched Florida underworld. If the odds were stacked against the gangster before, he now stands in the shadow of odds stacked twice as high.

The creative team responsible for the resurrection of Scarface is writer John Layman (Fantastic Four, House of M) and artist Dave Crosland (Hack/Slash: Land of Lost Toys), the demented duo responsible for the wickedly depraved and seriously funny comic series, Puffed.

Scarface: Scarred For Life #1

Tim Seeley and Andrew Wildman say that Bumblebee may still be gone from the series, but that don't mean they're not carting around the crossover again with the GIs and the Bots. G.I. Joe VS Transformers IV: Black Horizon from Devil's Due Publishing splits up the story in two parts and makes way for the movie continuity to run free later this year.

Walk the hitman's talk with Paul Jenkins, David Wohl and Stejpan Sejic taking the route of the first and third person adaptation of the game in The Darkness: Level 1. From Top Cow, they shoot things back to that first day of Jackie becoming one with The Darkness. And Justin Hawkins is still not with the group.

Five foot prints (or four or three depending on the source) from Antarctic Press with Rod Espinosa and Lee Duhig show up on DinoWars: Jurassic War Of The Worlds. It's Earth today where dinosaurs of the past that hit a ride for space as the planet went into an ice age freeze lock down, return. Time to reclaim a dinosaur friendly home for their own.

War is hell and with zombies, it's the '68. Mark Kidwell, Nat Jones and Jay Fotos hit on the Viet Nam conflict with them flesh biters and brain eaters. Image Comics looks to use only one bullet with this.

Take a little off the top with Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera in Scalped. A Vertigo series in the flux of a crime drama with Native American culture.

 

Days away from the end of the year and it'll all be over. A clean slate to start from on the tick over into 2007. New Year's resolutions to ready and possibly hold on to for a few weeks. Food to clear out and junk to dish out. Start with the vacuuming and bringing in the carpet fibres.

Down to the wire and there's nothing like what you saw from the previous months of this year to forewarn and help you for the adventures, mishaps and antics bound to happen next year.

Horror of horrors for those who choose to close their eyes, kiss the sky and walk in with a head down on the ground. Makes for a wall of thudding if not careful.

Buck up, things can only get a little bit different, if not better.

 

Chopping, cutting or dicing things, for example, do well when under a fine super sharp edge. With a high refine on the slicing line, it puts less pressure in the arms and hands to overwork and overshoot. Keep things in control and it's a safer work environment.

Reason is, when the knife, axe or machete is a little blunt, it takes more effort in swinging and welding it to make a cut. All that wild swinging and extra energy can easily kick away into the arm or even the fine veneer of the tabletop.

Lest you're looking to turn things out to an axe and hatchet job, it really does pay to know what you're working with and the best materials to stock.

Unless, of course, the whole point at being at the table is to create as much mess as possible. Why then, forget about any sane advice and only keep in the fact that if you're working with chilli, you don't rub anywhere near eyes no matter what.

 

 

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