World’s Finest …

Sandy Collora, the man behind the fan-movie Batman: Dead End has released a new film for those of us who enjoy a bit of well done superhero fun on the cheap, World’s Finest (80mb, Quicktime), with Batman, Superman, Lex Luthor and Two Face.

Good stuff, now DC just needs to give in and get that man a movie deal before Catwoman completely ruins the DC hero movie franchise possibilities.

Rowling announces title of sixth Potter book

From the Associated Press:

A rumormonger has jarred this secret from superstar author J.K. Rowling: Book six, currently being written, will be titled “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.”

Rowling says that’s “the title I have been using in my head for ages and ages” and that she considered it for book four, later called “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.”

Rowling tipped her hand obliquely after a fan posted a rumor claiming that the upcoming book would be titled “The Pillar of Storg�” That, Rowling replied on her official site (www.jkrowling.com), “was never my title and I did not change it at the eleventh hour because I was ‘found out.’ ”

Publisher Scholastic confirms the new title but says you’ll have to “search for clues” to find it on her site. Rowling further revealed that the half-blood prince is neither Harry nor Lord Voldemort, but “that is all I’m saying on THAT subject until the book’s published.”

The Last Dragon

Wow.

While stuck at the sister’s house, I found myself watching her copy of the 1985 movie The Last Dragon. I can’t count how many times we saw that movie replayed over and over on HBO in the late 80s, but watching it again brought back so many good and bad memories.

I mean, you have the post-Prince-girlfriend Vanity decked out in her best 80s hairstyles. You’ve got the post-blaxploitation, soft-spoken, ass-kicking, kungfu master Lee-roy. You’ve got a very young Ernie Reyes Jr., before he went on to star in that series “Sidekicks” with Gil Gerard, and well before he ended up doing small gigs in bigger films like Rush Hour 2.

And of course there’s Sho’Nuff, the Shogun of Harlem.

And “The Glow” … who could forget that?