I'm a huge Frank Miller fan.

The Dark Knight Returns. Daredevil.
Ronin.
300.
Sin City.

Classic stuff.

And as most of you know, Miller is teaming up with Robert Rodriguez to co-direct Sin City for the big screen.

How could it possibly get any better than that?

How about director Zack Snyder ["Dawn of the Dead" - which I liked better than the original!] bringing 300 to the big screen?!

Yep, it's true. And you can read about it HERE.

Ah, Halloween is here.

And since I have a TON of work to complete before the Trick or Treaters begin to arrive... Let me leave you ZONERs with just this little treat.

Click HERE or on the Pumpkin face and see how many differences you can find in the pictures. You may be shocked at the answer!

In the spirit of Halloween, I've been watching [and enjoying] quite a few horror movies lately. As most of you know, I'm a big fan of the genre especially the classic monsters... Wolfman, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Creature from the Black Lagoon...

Until this week I was never a fan of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [in any of the many movie versions].

I decided to watch the 1931 film starring Frederich March and Miriam Hopkins. I know I saw it before when I was a kid and it didn't impress me. Watching it again the other night was like seeing it for the first time.

Fredric March won a Best Actor Oscar for his role[s]. Miriam Hopkins is just right as the saucy barmaid who adds fuel to March's fire. The special effects were excellent.

What suprised me most was the movie used Jekyll's sexual frustration as the focal point of the duality of man's battle with good vs evil. For a film made in the 30's it was pretty surprising.

At any rate, if you're looking for a good movie for Halloween, give the 1931 version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde a view. You might discover that there's more to both Dr. Jekyll and the movie than appears at first glance!

The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Glenn Close will join "The Shield" as a series regular for the upcoming fourth season.

Close, who won an Emmy for "Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story," will appear in all 13 episodes. Production is set to start in January with new epsiodes airing before by May.

Close will play the new captain [What about Aceveda?] who will probably butt heads with Detective Vic Mackey (Emmy-winner Michael Chiklis). Close will next appear on the big screen in the Merchant Ivory production "Heights" and Chicklis is currently playing the Thing in the big screen version of "The Fantastic Four."

Man, I can't wait for the new season of "The Shield" to start... and May is so far away!

Yesterday I came across a listing of the top-selling albums of various decades. Nothing really surprised me about the top selling albums of the 70's or 80's... but the 60's was a different story.

Almost everyone knows that The Beatles dominated the charts in the 60's. Now here's surprising thing... only two other groups busted into the top ten with The Beatles. One was Led Zepplin. Can you guess the other?

Click on the picture to the left for the correct answer.

Way back in July I posted a piece on how cool the first two John Rain novels were [Rain Fall and Hard Rain]...

... and that I was really looking forward to Rain Storm, the third in the series.

I ordered it.

Read it.

And found it to be the best of the three! David Montgomery of the USA TODAY agrees.

And maybe one of you will too.

Early t his morning, while on my way to work I heard that Christopher Reeve had died.

It was like a gutshot.

Christopher Reeve's death was so unexpected ... despite the fact that he had been a quadriplegic for the last nine years of his life.

Yet, it was in these last nine years, when Chris' health was at his worst that he was at his best.

Christopher Reeve is most famous for his role as Superman. And rightly so. Although a virtual unknown actor when chosen for the part, Reeve vaulted to the ranks of one of the most identified stars in the world once the movie was released.

Reeve was the perfect choice. And not just because he looked like Superman when in the suit. Christopher Reeve not only understood the difference between Clark Kent and Superman but had the chops to make the difference come alive with just a pair of eyeglasses and his acting ability.

Christopher Reeve went on to other starring roles, but none had the impact of him playing Superman. But how could they, Reeve and Superman were such a perfect fit.

Then nine years ago when Christopher was injured he took on another role, that of role model. Christopher Reeve dealt with his paralysis with grace, dignity and determination. He became the focal point of hope, not for just those who sufffered from spinal cord injuries, but for anyone who thought about feeling sorry for him/herself. How could you, if Christopher Reeve could face his troubles with such a positive outlook.

Christopher Reeve will always be remembered for his role as Superman, but I believe that the true super man was Christopher Reeve.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.