- Monday, March 8, 2010, 13:34
- commentary, movies, television, videos
If you stayed up late last night after the Oscars and kept the channel tuned to ABC, you saw Robert Downey Jr on Jimmy Kimmel Live, premiering the brand new Iron Man 2 trailer! (insert giddy geeky glee here)
It gave us more of Whiplash, more of War Machine, more of Black Widow, more ...
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- Saturday, March 6, 2010, 20:57
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In honor of the Oscars this weekend I give you (well, actually
Cracked.com and
BriTANicK gives you) A Trailer for Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever.
Just consider this the umpteenth blog post praising the creators' clever observation of movie cliches where I ramble on incessantly in an effort to up ...
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- Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 17:30
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In honor of yet another episode of LOST tonight on ABC (I really need very little prompting to talk about LOST), I have to post this video of Michael Emerson making an appearance, buggy eyes and all, on the Soup with Joel McHale (also of NBC's Community) this past week. They spend a few ...
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- Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 21:08
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*SPOILER FREE*
I was more than pleasantly surprised when I finally got a chance to check out the new Planet Hulk DVD from Marvel Animation and Lionsgate. Based on the hugely popular story arc written by Greg Pak, Planet Hulk deftly distills the epic into 81 minutes of gloriously gladiatorial goodness. ...
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- Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 9:05
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I fell in love with Kitty Pryde back in the 80s when she and I were both teenagers and just young and dumb enough to think it might work between us if not for the fact that she was completely fictional. It didn't stop me from writing alternate reality stories about my relationship with ...
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- Friday, January 8, 2010, 23:21
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As a fan of the comic by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr, I know for a fact that regardless of its eventual box office take, Kick-Ass will be one of the most loved and most reviled movies of the year, depending on who you are. I'm not going to spoil ...
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- Friday, December 18, 2009, 0:23
- commentary, geek culture, television, videos
The oddly named Ronie Midfew Arts (hmm, could it be an anagram?) presented the LOST Underground Art Project in its entirety at
Gallery 1988 on Melrose Ave in Los Angeles on Tuesday, December 15th, opening its doors at 7pm.
After nearly 4 months of LOST inspired artwork being created and sold as ...
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- Sunday, December 13, 2009, 17:26
- commentary, video games, videos
Saturday night's Spike TV Video Game Awards presented the world premiere trailer for Star Wars the Force Unleashed II and boy is it a doozy. Focusing on the exploits of Vader's secret apprentice, the original game met with mixed reviews from fans and critics, but here's hoping that the developers learn from any perceived ...
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- Monday, November 23, 2009, 22:42
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Surprisingly not found on the recently released DVD/Blu-Ray, this hilarious animated short focuses on what happened to Shady Oaks employees George and AJ after Carl's house launched into the sky, held aloft by a massive cluster of balloons.
Turns out that Carl's act of defiance was just the beginning of a very long week ...
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- Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 12:08
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Some may cry sacrilege, but I'm not sure that geeks make too many other types of noises these days with so much of classic pop culture being remade these days in movie, tv, and comic form.
But this actually looks cool. It has people in it I recognize (and so will the general ...
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Last weekend, Bryan Lee O'Malley sat down with writer Joshua Dysart (Unknown Soldier) at the West Hollywood Book Fair to talk about all things
Scott Pilgrim - the next (and last) book, the movie starring Michael Cera and directed by Shaun of the Dead's Edgar Wright, and even the side-scrolling video game set ...
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- Friday, October 9, 2009, 14:48
- books, commentary, conventions, movies, videos
If you missed the 1st annual Long Beach Comic-Con, you missed getting a chance to meet one of the most talented strippers of our time... ummm, by that I mean comic strip creator. Berkeley Breathed is the man behind Bloom County and everyone's favorite neurotic cartoon penguin Opus. He spoke to a room ...
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- Friday, October 2, 2009, 0:04
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The 2nd season of Star Wars: the Clone Wars animated series on Cartoon Network premieres tonight at 8pm. This 1 hour episode features the new bounty hunter character Cad Bane causing more trouble for our favorite Jedi. Of course, Darth Sidious is behind it all as usual.
While the original movie wasn't as good ...
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- Sunday, September 27, 2009, 15:30
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You ever get jealous of those little kids with wheels in their sneakers? Or just annoyed? Well, I'm part of the former group. I loved rollerskating as a kid and even in my small town, I was lucky because we had two to choose from when it came to putting 8 wheels ...
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- Friday, September 25, 2009, 17:30
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After you suffer through the usual Entertainment Tonight talking heads chattering about the cast's fashion and workout regimens, there isn't a whole lot new here in this video beyond some behind-the-scenes stunt work. Admittedly, ET really isn't on the air for geeks like you and me. It's a celebrity news chaser for housewives ...
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