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July 30, 2014 marked a bleak day in the world of horror. Television and internet network FEARNET, horror fans’ source for pretty much everything related to the genre, announced that it would shut down operation. The staff concerning the shutdown via the network’s Facebook page said, “After 8 wonderful years, from Philadelphia to Los Angeles,…
Ba Sing Se, despite being the supposed safest city in the world, still seems to crumble to the ground a lot, doesn’t it. As we open on another episode of the Legend of Korra, it seems Zaheer has already won. With the Queen dead and the walls brought down, Ba Sing Se has been reduced…
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a Power Rangers movie coming. But before you roll your eyes, this isn’t the cast of the latest season acting out in an extended episode for Nickelodeon. This team is being billed as mighty and apparently they will be morphin’. Lionsgate has announced that Power Rangers will hit theaters…
As predicted, following the success of Guardians of the Galaxy Marvel has established itself as the breakout studios that can do no wrong. Even in recent years where Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy has influenced the masses to appreciate a comic book film grounded in reality and maturity, Marvel put forth an expensive cosmic epic filled…
Exciting news for Veronica Mars fans! Almost all of the original cast will be getting back together for creator Rob Thomas’s upcoming web series Play It Again, Dick. Veronica Mars, the story of a high school girl who doubles as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective father, is one of those shows…
It was a weekend battlefront of the oddities. Star-Lord, Drax, Rocket, Groot, and Gamora sought to keep the weekend from the combined might of Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo. In an epic battle of comic book films, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles surprisingly overcame the odds and debuted to an impressive $65 million, thus cementing…
If you haven’t read Name of the Wind yet, you’re missing out. That simple. Whether you’re a fantasy fan or not, Patrick Rothfuss’ story telling is captivating and the story has hints of just about every genre. He writes captivating characters in captivating situations and he does all of this in expertly written prose that…
By societal standards, I guess I’m an adult. I have insurance payments, student debt, job-hunting marathons, and a car hood that’s been held down with duct tape. If the modern portrayal of the early-20’s woman is accurate, then I suppose I could be called an adult. But a recent journey to the local drive-in movie…
Sherlock Holmes is timeless. It has been over 100 years since the first story featuring Holmes was published and we still aren’t sick of him. We love to revisit the old stories just as much (if not more) than we like coming up with new stories. We love translating Sherlock Holmes into every medium we’ve…
The Marin County Sheriff’s Department confirmed on Monday, August 11th, 2014 that beloved actor/comedian Robin Williams had died at the age of 63 of an apparent suicide. The coroner suspected that death was a “suicide due to asphyxia”, but a solid cause of death is still not yet known. The actor was found unresponsive and…
J.J. Abrams took to twitter yesterday to thank fans for participating in the Force for Change fundraiser, finally announcing the lucky fan who scored a minor role in the film as well as revealing a robotic hand prop that has set the internet reeling for answers. J.J. Abrams Takes To Twitter To Reveal New Information…
Why, because America, that’s why. We believe in excess. Since Iron Man and the Dark Knight landed there’s been a gratuitous serving of comic book films that have bloated the box office. And all of us dwelling at the bottom of this sea of superhero films continue to ravish each super powered treat as major…
Legendary Entertainment, the media company behind such films as Pacific Rim, Godzilla, and of course Christopher Nolan’s Batman movies, recently acquired Felicia Day’s YouTube show Geek & Sundry to be part of its digital division. This move makes sense, as Legendary Entertainment is known for producing movies that are popular within the geek demographic and…
In a world of Netflix original series winning Emmys, episode lengths becoming longer and seasons becoming shorter to accommodate actors’ schedules, and the rise of the webseries, it’s safe to say that traditional TV is changing. You can go online now and find a series that is just as interesting, well-written, and well-made as many…
As The Legend of Korra book 3 begins to speed up into its final chapters, each episode leads directly into the next. So, we begin where we left off, with Korra and Asami captured by the Earth Queen’s forces and Mako and Bolin taken by the red lotus. Both are headed straight for Ba Sing…