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More than 80 years of comic book and superhero history sit inside the walls of this unique museum.

Up, up, and away with these hideous looks.

In their mad rush to kickstart a cinematic universe without actually giving new characters individual movies, Warner Bros. has often struggled in the shadow of its Marvel competitors. Fans who are rooting for the success of the DCEU  —  those willing to see see the good and the bad of the movies, at least  —  know that movies like Wonder Woman are important because they create personal and well-rounded characters that we can then smash up against each other in movies like Justice League. After all, nobody would care who gets invited to an All-Star Game if there wasn’t an entire season’s worth of plays and memories to get us to that point.

On this day in 1959, issue #22 of DC Comics' Showcase appeared on newsstands. Three years earlier, in issue #4, the anthology series had introduced a radically new take on the company's super-speedy Flash character, and in doing so, laid the groundwork for a full-fledged revival of the superhero genre. In the time since, Showcase alternated through a variety of new features (Manhunters; The Flash; Challengers Of The Unknown; The Space Ranger; Rip Hunter, Time Master; Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane; Adam Strange), but with #22, it once again returned to the well of iconic properties, taking the name of a Golden Age hero and lending it to an all-new character. The original Green Lantern of the 1940s was a guy who channeled mystical "green flame" powers through a talking lantern (and a ring made from metal that he cut out of said lantern), and wore an eye-popping multi-hued outfit that looked like it was assembled by a color-blind tailor on his last day before retirement.

Although 2011 had a couple GREAT movies come out this year, like Rise of the Planet of the Apes, most of the movies that came out this year were dismally disappointing at the box office! I don't know if it was due to the economy or just a bunch of BAD movies, but here  is a list of the TOP 5 WORST Grossing Movies of 2011...

As expected, Pixar’s ‘Cars 2′ easily took first place at the weekend box office, netting a healthy $68 million. That’s about $8 million higher than the original ‘Cars,’ which opened to $60.1 million in 2006.

The Rob talks about Ryan Dunn, 16 & Pregnant, and Green Lantern today:

Although topping the box office on its opening weekend, DC's superhero epic "Green Lantern" disappointed at the box office.  Here's a look at the top 10 movies in theaters this weekend, followed with a short review of my thoughts on it: