The Bang Bang Club
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Directed by Steven Silver
Starring Ryan Phillipe, Taylor Kitsch, Frank Rautenbach, Neels Van Jaarsveld, Vusi Kunene, Malin Åkerman
Paramount Pictures
Originally Released: September 15, 2010

Directed by Steven Silver, The Bang Bang Club tells of the factual events that scarred South Africa in the very early 1990’s, as documented in the book from which the film is based. The story follows the work and lives of four photojournalists who dived into the most violent districts and incidents during the time and the popularity and notoriety they attained being dubbed as “the Bang Bang club.”

Church of One
Pencils and Inks by Ray Riber
Colors by Christa Rosenkranz
Script by Andrew Zar, Wintress Odom, and Stephanie Hashagen
Music by Gregg Rossetti
Starring Tabitha Stevens as Holly
Starring Tony Campos as Sal
Starring Raylene as Candice
DarkBrain Comics

If I can offer one piece of advice to you about Church of One, it would be to never read this comic around your local church, elementary school, or playground. When the cover page of Church of One read ‘Mature Readers Only,’ I assumed it was playful hyperbole. Boy, was I wrong. With all of its gratuitous sex and violence, the latest title from DarkBrain.com is most certainly for mature readers only. It isn’t all carnal pleasures though. Church of One is also a fairly compelling action-thriller.

In their latest attempt to banish all traces of gay from the planet, conservative group One Million Moms, one of the tumors sprouting from the larger cancer known as American Family Association, is urging Toys ‘R’ Us to stop selling an issue of Life With Archie depicting the wedding of the comic’s first openly gay character, Kevin Keller, to Clay, an African American doctor who treated Keller’s war injuries. Yes, you read that right: Kevin’s a war hero! And he’s marrying a doctor, no less! A million real moms would swoon in delight. So what’s the problem?

The problem, apparently, is that One Million Moms — whose numbers are about 955,488 shy of an actual million, according to their Facebook page — feels it’s unfair for them to have to answer questions their kids may ask about the world around them while standing in a toy store. Also, it doesn’t like gay people.

The first teaser trailer for the animated sequel Despicable Me 2 has been released by Universal Pictures.

The teaser shows nothing from the movie, but does have some of the beloved Twinkie-esque Minions rocking out to the Beach Boys for you while a little 3D action is shown off.

You can check out the first teaser trailer for Despicable Me 2 by heading on below now.

John Saul’s The God Project #1
Story: John Saul
Written by David McIntee
Pencils by Federico De Luca
Letters by Warren Montgomery
Bluewater Comics
Release Date: February 22, 2012
Cover Price: $3.99

John Saul’s The God Project #1 is the first comic adaptation of any of John Saul‘s work. As a mainstay in the horror genre, it is surprising that it has taken this long to see any of his work rendered in sequential art. While I haven’t read this particular book, I do know the author’s work fairly well and I was quite happy to be able to review this incarnation of one of his earlier works.

The story is a pretty standard one here at the beginning. Three teenagers at play and one disappears, the whole premise of the story hinges on finding the missing teen and the events that transpire during the initial search.

The first teaser trailer for Disney and director Tim Burton‘s stop-motion animated feature, Frankenweenie, has found its way online by way of Yahoo! Movies.

The movie is an extension of Burton’s 1984 short film of the same name, telling the story of a boy named Victor Frankenstein who attempts to bring his dog back to life.

You can see the teaser trailer for Frankenweenie by clicking on over to the other side now!

This week, TDD regulars Andrew Sorcini, Dwayne DeFreitas, and Lidija Davis join Venturebeat‘s Sean Ludwig as we talk to top contributors to Social news site Reddit.com as we find out what makes them do what they do to make Reddit so popular.

But first, the week’s top tech news…President Obama proposes a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights, Apple acquires Chomp, iPhone user wins $850 in throttling case against AT&T, Apple announces iPad 3 event, Yahoo seeks to force Facebook into licensing patents, Google+ suffers low turnout, Reddit crafts an Internet privacy law.

As part of Amazon’s weekly video game deals, LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean for Nintendo DS is on sale for only $14.99 (that’s 50% off the list price of $29.99).

Note, this deal is valid through Saturday, March 3, 2012, until 11:59pm PST while supplies last.

The prices have also dropped for the Xbox 360, PS3, Nintendo Wii, PC, Nintendo 3DS, and Sony PSP editions of the video game.