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  • Dom Hemingway: Jude Law Stars in Against Type Role

    Jude Law’s titular role in the recently released Dom Hemingway has earned him mostly positive reviews.

    The film opens as safe-cracking petty criminal Dom Hemingway is released from a 12-year prison stint that could have been shortened had he been willing to testify against crime boss Mr. Fontaine (played by Demián Bichir.)

    After going on a bender in London, Dom heads to the south of France to collect his reward from Mr. Fontaine. He is accompanied by his only friend and fellow criminal Dickie Black, a role filled by Richard E. Grant.

    Law describes Dom Hemingway as an old-fashioned crook who lives by a dubious set of morals and rules. According to Law, Dom is an “explosive and poetic and strangely funny yet violent and scary man.”

    Law said he knew upon reading the script that he wanted the role:

    ” … there were sides of him that I knew I had never been allowed to play before.”

    He said the role was simultaneously a challenge and great fun.

    According to costar Grant, Law “goes at it absolutely full throttle on every take.”

    A generally unfavorable review in The Washington Free Beacon allowed that Law and Grant “have pretty solid chemistry and decent comic timing.”

    Dom Hemingway writer and director Richard Shepard said he wanted to write a character that “was outrageous and yet had a heart, but it was difficult to see it.”

    Of the against-type nature of Law’s character, Shepard said “actors really love to look bad.”

    Indeed, according to a review in The Boston Herald, Law “has gotten better since he left his pretty-boy days behind.”

    Law promises viewers Dom Hemingway will “shock you, he will make you laugh, he will titillate you, he will excite you … it’s like going down [to] the pub with him for an hour and a half and … it’s worth it.”

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  • Comic-Con Displays Spare No Expense

    Comic-Con Displays Spare No Expense

    The true geek convention is kicking off quite nicely in San Diego, California, and there’s a bunch of images rolling out, showing the various displays at the Comic-Con floor. There are a lot of big deals this year as such praised titles like The Walking Dead, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers, and Twilight to name a few are featured. In fact, the Twilight exhibition has already been receiving some publicity.

    Of course, if you camping out to see sparkly dudes that call themselves vampires, then coverage is inevitable. Digressions aside, over at SlashFilm, there’s an awesome collection of these exhibitions, and while it’s not comprehensive — that would be a lot of pictures — there are some awesome displays going on, particularly from Lego:

    Boba Fett Lego

    Sponge Bob Lego

    Batman Lego


    Like Chris Crum mentioned, you have to wonder just how long it took to make those awesome Lego displays. Undoubtedly, Lego commissioned teams to build them — or at least, one would think — but still, that’s some tedious work right there.

    Make sure you check out SlashFilm’s post for more images, including shots of the Spider-Man display and nifty bigger-than-life-sized He-Man. While Lego did indeed pull out the big guns for their various displays, from the looks of things — at least, at this early point in the 2011 Comic-Con — the display for the AMC television hit, The Walking Dead looks absolutely incredible:

    Walking Dead, Comic-Con

    Walking Dead, Comic-Con

    Walking Dead, Comic-Con


    That last image is just a friendly reminder, for those who are wondering. As you can see, Comic-Con is truly a geek’s heaven, and rightfully so. Another reason to love these conventions are the various costumes you’ll see, like the following:

    Costumes
    A hat-tip to Sandra Hughes for the find

    Comic-Con Costumes
    Hat-tip to Coyotegrey


    And that, friends, is what makes these kinds of conventions what they are. Is it for everybody? Doubtful, but if you have the spirit and the patience to wade through scads of geeks, then you’ll definitely enjoy yourself.