Only God Forgives: 4 Reasons To Be Excited

Nicolas Winding Refn, director of 2011's Drive, returns in 2013 with Only God Forgives. The film will premiere at the 66th Cannes Film Festival in the upcoming weeks, and everyone is looking out for this one.

According to the official synopsis, the film stars Ryan Gosling as Julian, a Thai boxing club owner, whose business works as a front for his family's criminal activities. When his brother is killed, his mother (Kristin Scott Thomas) forces him to seek out those responsible and avenge his fallen sibling. According to Refn, "[f]rom the beginning, I had the idea of a thriller produced as a western, all in the Far East, and with a modern cowboy hero."Only God Forgives will be the film to see in 2013, and here are a few reasons why.

Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires of the City

It's rare that a band is able to bring a new, unique sound to each of their albums. It is even rarer that each new, unique sound is successful. This is why Vampire Weekend are slowly becoming one of the best indie bands of all time, and their new album, Modern Vampires of the City, is possibly their best album yet.

How Iron Man 3 Could Have Successfully Launched Phase Two (But Didn't)

This past weekend, Tony Stark returned to the big screen once again to launch "Phase Two" of Marvel's incredible cinematic universe. From the trailers alone, audiences knew that this would be the best Iron Man film to date, with plenty of action and the coolest bad guy yet: The Mandarin. Iron Man 3 promised to start things with a bang, hyping up audiences for the far off Avengers 2.

Where To Next?: Scott Pilgrim

Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim series is arguably the biggest indie comic from the past 10 years, and after the Edgar Wright movie starring Michael Cera came out in 2010, it has exploded into a comic and film phenomena.

Unfortunately, the series is only 6 books long, so many fans crave more once they're done. It's one question I've seen all over the internet: what comics are similar to Scott Pilgrim? or what should I read next? And, all over the internet, there doesn't seem to be a single useful answer. Sure, there are some decent suggestions that share similar ideas, but when people want more out of Scott Pilgrim, it's the feel of it they crave, not one specific theme.

So, here is a list of comics, films, TV shows and whatever else I can find that have the same charm as the Scott Pilgrim series, and that fans of the comics will likely enjoy.

7 Striking Similarities Between Skyfall and The Dark Knight & The Dark Knight Rises

By now, we've probably all heard about how director Sam Mendes was inspired by Christopher Nolan's Batman films while making Skyfall, but just how far do the similarities go?
Before we start listing them off, it should be noted that these similarities do not, by any means, take away from Skyfall, which is undeniably one of the best Bond films to date. If you haven't seen it, Skyfall is Daniel Craig's third film as the British spy James Bond, and is certainly his best. It also stars Judy Dench and Javier Bardem. This post may contain spoilers, so if you haven't seen the film, proceed with caution.
So here they are, the undeniable similarities between Skyfall and The Dark Knight.

The 3 Stupidest Arguments Against Pro-Wrestling

If you're a wrestling fan like me, it might be hard to talk about your interests in front of people who don't share them. Professional wrestling has developed such a strong stigma that it can almost be considered taboo in social life. But what makes professional wrestling so socially unacceptable? These three arguments are what you'll probably hear the most from non-wrestling fans, and I'm here to show you why these views are not only incorrect, but are simply ignorant and uninformed.

Before Watchmen: Rorschach #1-4

When I first heard about the Before Watchmen series, I was skeptical to say the least. Watchmen always seemed like everything that needed to be said was said and there wasn't much more that could be expanded upon. There's always to prequels and backstories for every series, but I couldn't think of anything that could really add to the Watchmen universe by exploring the past experiences of certain characters. However, after enjoying his work on Joker and 100 Bullets, I couldn't stay away from a Brian Azzarello Rorschach story.