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Dec 23, 2018
Toon Review - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Motion comic. Now, when I say those two words together, what do you think of? Comic book panels with limited animation, often times cheap...
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Jul 17, 2018
The Joe Bob Briggs Experience: Port Orchard and Shudder's The Last Drive-In
It was total happenstance. I’d just come off of the BoneBat Comedy of Horrors Film Festival and, aside from the parking debacle [Detailed...
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Mar 4, 2018
Toon Review - Mazinger Z Infinity
I think I’ve already said this…but personally I blame those bastards over at Disney. You see, as I sat watching my showing of the limited...
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Aug 25, 2017
Binge 'n' Purge - Vehicle Voltron
“From days of long ago, from uncharted regions of the universe comes a legend…” If you grew up in the 80s, well, you’ll recognize this as...
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Oct 8, 2016
Toon Review - Transformers: The Movie
You know, it’s hard to write about a movie you’ve seen about a hundred times. That should be an exaggeration, but if I had the...
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Sep 10, 2016
Binge 'N' Purge - Star Wars Rebels Season 2
I have to confess, I wasn’t terribly bowled over by Star Wars Rebels season 1. That’s part of why I didn’t review it on the site when it...
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Aug 29, 2016
Binge 'N' Purge - Ash vs. The Evil Dead
At the end of 2013’s Evil Dead remake, if you sat through the credits there was a brief after credits sequence featuring the man himself,...
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Aug 11, 2016
Toon Review - Batman: The Killing Joke
It was destined for greatness…right off the bat. [Ugh…really??? – Ed.] Bruce Timm was executive producing. Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill...
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Jul 12, 2016
Binge 'N' Purge - Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos
Back when we were still only seeing prototypes of what would prove to be the awesome new Machine Robo/GoBots toys, well…I got a little...
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Jul 10, 2016
Binge 'N' Purge - Danger Mouse Series 1 (2015)
As I’ve said in an earlier review or reviews, the foundation of my character and morality is firmly rooted in two fictional characters:...
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May 30, 2016
Binge 'n' Purge - Transformers: Robots in Disguise Season 1
Freak of the Week. You follow up one of the best, most epic Transformers TV series with a show that boils down to a very weak Freak of...
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Apr 14, 2016
Binge 'n' Purge - Daredevil Season 2
Ooof. Now, don’t get me wrong, it’s not Agents of SHIELD bad…or Gotham bad, but Daredevil season 2 apparently has been met with rave...
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Dec 12, 2015
Binge 'n' Purge - Marvel's Jessica Jones
“Accident.” “Experiment.” And with that small exchange, that’s as close to an origin for the powers of both Jessica Jones and Luke Cage...
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Nov 27, 2015
Binge 'n' Purge - Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
I get that I’m going to sound like an old fart who is clearly a child of the 80s, but man, they just don’t make ‘em like this anymore…and...
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Feb 14, 2015
'Toon Review - Wonder Woman
Dear Warner Bros. This. This this this this this! You want to know how to make Wonder Woman work on the big screen? Take the screenplay...
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Jan 29, 2015
'Toon Review - Batman: Gotham Knight
As punishment for the rant-y nature of my Throne of Atlantis review, I made myself sit down and watch Batman: Gotham Knight. Happy now,...
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Jan 28, 2015
'Toon Review - Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
So my big plan was to do all these DC Animated Movies in order. Then two things happened. First, severe bat-fatigue and the next one up...
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May 20, 2014
'Toon Review - War of the Worlds: Goliath
I have an impulse control problem. It used to be just for toys…but as the day job has increased my budget somewhat, it’s spilling over...
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Apr 3, 2014
'Toon Review - Justice League: The New Frontier
I think this is what they had in mind. If you read my Superman: Doomsday review, I touched on what Warner Bros and DC Comics had in mind...
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Mar 26, 2014
'Toon Review - Beware the Batman Season 1, Part 1
When Green Lantern: the Animated Series and Young Justice were brought to an end on Cartoon Network, well, there was a mystery as to what...
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