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No one on this website needs to be told who Joss Whedon is. The 49-year-old writer/director is famous in the fanworld for creating beloved television shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, and Angel. He’s also responsible for some awesome independent projects like Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-Long Blog, but after he helmed 2012’s The Avengers (which became the third-highest…
So, May was awesome. Spider-Man, X-Men, Godzilla, it was summer cinema at its best. The franchises outdid themselves and each title had its own originality while still appealing to fickle moviegoers. June is not quite as stacked. We still have big genre fare and franchises, but it just doesn’t quite get me as pumped as last…
What is it about goggles that makes them so aesthetically pleasing? They’re everywhere from cartoons to video games, to live-action movies. They’re a staple of the Steampunk movement. So, what’s the draw? Is it that they cover up the forehead? Is it that you can pull them down when things get serious? Goggles today are…
The first season of Silicon Valley came to a close this weekend with its eighth episode this season, chronicling the trials and tribulations of a small startup surrounded by money and fame as well as mediocrity and failure. Did it stick its landing? It’s Showtime! On the last episode of Silicon Valley, the Pied Piper…
The Thrill Ah, the alternate universe. We fiction fans don’t want to be entertained with a story of morning coffee, a day at work, and then sleep. But throw superpowers, an apocalypse, a murder mystery, or some kind of zombie monsters in the mix and we’re in! Our lives are consistent, regular…usually boring compared to…
Executives from the movie studio Lionsgate are trying to figure out how they can milk The Hunger Games franchise to gain even more money. CEO Jon Feltheimer has revealed that the studio is partnering with Thinkwell Group, a company known for creating theme parks, to produce an exhibition of costumes and props from the film…
Apparently, the next great Stephen King masterpiece is not going to be a horrific novel. Meaning, of course, that it falls into the crime/thriller genre, instead of under the horror/fantasy label under which most of his works are found. This new novel, Mr. Mercedes, pursues the story of a serial killer that targets the unemployed….
There are now two more reasons to be excited about Star Wars Episode VII, and they are both two gorgeous ladies that we know and love. The franchise just announced that the cast will include Oscar winning actress Lupita Nyong’o, who is best known for her role as Patsey in the recent film, 12 Years…
There are thousands of fandoms out there and thousands of actors. But there are always familiar faces that pop up, so here are the five actors who are in all your fandoms. 5. Bill Nighy Ok, you probably know him. How could you not? He’s been in every kind of movie imaginable from spoof films (he…
Let’s get one thing straight: I have nothing against Callan Mulvey as an actor. But I’m still hoping that the recent rumors that Mulvey will be playing the Joker in Zack Snyder’s upcoming Batman vs. Superman project turn out to be false. Callan Mulvey and Joker Rumors The Australian actor recently played a smaller role…
Young adult literature is still dismissed by critics and many adults as “kids stuff”. Many people still seem to think it is trivial and not worth the effort to read it. It is anything but. YA literature has a readership that is half adult and those books are constantly on best seller lists and are…
Nothing is more exciting a diehard fan than more material coming out. In the case of a deceased author like Douglas Adams, such an event seems almost impossible, but it’s happening. Recently, an early draft of Life, the Universe, and Everything, a book in the inaccurately named Hitchhiker’s Trilogy was discovered by Adams’ biographer. The…
Hello there, everyone. How are you doing? If you are like me, and watched this week’s episode of Game of Thrones, you are probably experiencing intense sadness while asking yourself “why?” over and over again. The episode is titled “The Disappointment and the Depression.” Oh no, it was actually “The Mountain and the Viper.” We’ll…
J.R.R. Tolkien is the forefather of fantasy as we know it. His Lord of the Rings trilogy inspired thousands of readers and writer, whether those writers used his tropes or attempted to redefine him. There is no denying that what Tolkien is one of the most important fantasy series, possibly one of the most important series in…
It was four or five years ago when I was first introduced to The Big Bang Theory by none other than my high school algebra II teacher. That day’s lecture had trickled off into a tangent, as I had come to expect them to, and he was cracking joke after self-deprecating joke about being an…