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Jun 4, 2017
Opinion - Political Rant Part 3: This One's for the Ladies
The instant the recent Wonder Woman film was deemed a success, I knew this would happen. I’m only a little surprised how quickly it...
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May 24, 2017
Opinion - A Political Interlude Part 2: This Time, It's Personal.
I said I wasn’t going to do this again…but it appears that I have to. You see…this happened. And upon viewing it, I have to say the...
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May 10, 2017
Movie Review - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Baby Groot. It took me a while to figure out what was keeping Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 from being as great as its predecessor, but,...
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Apr 21, 2017
Mini Movie Reviews - March Madness!
When did March become blockbuster territory??? It’s starting to feel like summer movies are taking a page from Christmas’ book in trying...
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Apr 5, 2017
Toy Review - DC Icons Justice League Giftset
Let’s take a break from the bombardment of Transformers reviews for a bit and take a look at another toyline we highlight here, DC...
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Mar 7, 2017
Toy Review - DC Icons Waves 4 and 4.5
We’ve been slipping on our Toy Reviews lately, so let’s go ahead and give that focus a bit of a jump start as we take a look at a bunch...
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Dec 18, 2016
Movie Review - Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's Fantastic Four
So here we are, the third installment in our "What if...?" trilogy (part 1 being Jodorowsky's Dune and part 2 being The Death of Superman...
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Nov 5, 2016
Movie Review - Doctor Strange (2016)
I’ll get this part out of the way rather quickly. If you’ve enjoyed the ‘Marvel Formula’ up to this point, you’ll enjoy Doctor Strange...
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Oct 22, 2016
Movie Reviews - A Guyver Doubleheader: The Guyver and Guyver: Dark Hero
With our theme of Toons, Terror and Toys for October, well, there are two films that would cover the first two…so I figured why not?...
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Aug 23, 2016
Movie Review - Suicide Squad
In our recent opinion piece regarding the cinematic rivalry between Marvel and DC and how the critics weigh in, well, when I wrote that,...
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Aug 19, 2016
Toy Review - DC Collectibles Icons Wave 3
Holy crap was that a long wait! Wave 1 of DC Collectibles’ Icons line came out in November of last year with wave 2 following quickly in...
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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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Aug 7, 2016
Opinion - Marvel Studios VS DC Films: Is There a Critic Conspiracy?
[We should make it clear that at the time of this writing, the author has not yet seen Suicide Squad. – Ed.] With the recent pummeling...
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Jul 23, 2016
Opinion - Why the World Needs Superman
I’ve had two arguments in as many days…and I’m sick of it. So, I had the same thought as any sensible person: I thought I’d upstage Lois...
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Jun 1, 2016
Impulse Buy Theater's Avengers - Captain America (1990)
As any dog with a hankering for Christmas tinsel will tell you…sometimes a shiny shit makes all the difference in the world. And that’s...
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May 29, 2016
Movie Review - Captain America: Civil War
Let’s rewind to the start of 2016. As the ball dropped in NYC, we had a year ahead of us that was full of potential for comic book...
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May 1, 2016
Impulse Buy Theater's Avengers - The Incredible Hulk TV Movies
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is not unique. There, I said it. And no, I’m not alluding to DC’s nascent effort into that arena. Hell,...
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Apr 29, 2016
Opinion - I'll See Your "Whitewashing" and Raise You an Archetype and a Monomyth
With the first picture from the live-action adaptation of Ghost In The Shell having hit the Internet, the nerd community, as usual, is in...
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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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Mar 28, 2016
Movie Review - Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
Back in the late 70s, three writers sat in the library at DC Comics, puffing Havana cigars and talking about Superman. Two of them, Cary...
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