Watchmen

  • Theatrical - Wide 2009-03-06
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Synopsis

In an alternate 1985 America, costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” – which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union – is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of... See more his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion – a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers – Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity…but who is watching the watchmen?

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TV Review: Watchmen

Plot: Watchmen takes place in an alternative, contemporary reality in the United States, in which masked vigilantes became outlawed due to their violent methods. Despite this, some gather around in order to start a revolution while others are out to stop it before it...
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New Watchmen pics

This isn’t a good sign: there’s still six months before Zack Snyder’s WATCHMEN arrives, and I’m running low on ways to describe the anticipation. So I’ll just say that I hope Kevin Smith isn’t full of hyperbole, and that Snyder’s...

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1st Watchmen review!

Well sorta… We here at JoBlo.com haven’t seen the entire WATCHMEN film yet (though we’re free at a moment’s notice Mr. Snyder…) but someone out there has. And that someone is Kevin Smith. Smith shared the Comic-Con stage during the...
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A maskless Rorschach!

If I had been the one doing our WATCHMEN interviews at Comic-Con, one of the questions I had was whether Zack Snyder and crew planned on keeping the maskless Rorschach (Walter Kovacs) under wraps until closer to the movie’s release....
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Watchmen will be dark

An interesting article over at RopesOfSilicon looks at just how dark the WATCHMEN movie will be. Jeffrey Dean Morgan had the following to say: “Getting into the heads of these characters was kind of an ordeal. The actions of The...
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Hi-res Watchmen!

I know we covered these seven WATCHMEN during Comic-Con but those were shitty camera shots. Now Zack Snyder has made them officially official at the official WATCHMEN site and these you just have to see in hi-res. Here’s a message...
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8 Watchmen posters

Both IGN and Omelete managed to sneak in eight fantastic new character posters for WATCHMEN that they happened upon at the Con. IGN has a good look at Rorschach, Ozymandias, The Comedian and the absolutely devastatingly hot mother-daughter duo of...
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CON: Watchmen INTs!

As I said in my WATCHMEN panel report, the Q&A with the cast was a little dry. Luckily that wasn’t the problem when Jenny caught up with them to talk a little more in-depth. Jenny said this was one of...
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Watchmen website

Just in case Mike’s report from Comic Con wasn’t enough for ya, the official site for WATCHMEN has sprung to life on the data tubes as a small consolation to those would couldn’t make it to San Diego. In addition...
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CON: Watchmen!

Who watches the WATCHMEN? I do! The WATCHMEN panel at Comic-Con just wrapped and I’m here to tell you all about it. Can anything possibly match the fever pitch when Hugh Jackman hopped on stage to surprise the Hall H-ers?...
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Hi-res Watchmen pics

Hopefully you’re not completely sick of WATCHMEN yet. We got our hands on the hi-res versions of the stills that are running in this week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly. This way you can see it up close and personal, perusing...
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