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July 15, 2015, 11:00 am
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Ex Machina is about a breathtaking android (A.I.) whose emotional intelligence proves more sophisticated—and more deceptive—than man could have imagined. Making his directorial debut, Ex Machina was written and directed by Alex Garland (writer of 28 Days Later, Dredd) and stars Domhnall Gleeson (upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens, Unbroken), Alicia Vikander (upcoming The Circle, A Royal Affair) and Golden Globe-nominated actor Oscar Isaac (upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens, A Most Violent Year).

After winning a competition to spend a week at the mountain estate of his company’s brilliant CEO (Isaac), programmer Caleb (Gleeson) arrives to discover he has been chosen to take part in a study of artificial intelligence. Sworn to secrecy and cut off from the outside world, Caleb meets his subject, a beguiling and seductive android (Vikander)—and is plunged into an A.I. experiment beyond his wildest dreams in this epic thriller charged with heart-stopping suspense.

The Blu-ray and DVD are packed with spellbinding extras including an in-depth behind-the-scenes featurette that examines the story development, the cast and characters, the production design, cinematography and location shooting in Norway, costumes and makeup and finally, visual effects along with a wrap-up. The discs also contain a Q&A with cast and crew from SXSW and eight vignettes.

And we're giving away 3 copies!

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Is it Time for Superheroes to Use Guns?

July 15, 2015, 12:00 pm
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This is an age-old debate that I believe it’s time to re-litigate now that we’re in the age of darker, grittier superhero movies and TV shows.

What’s got me thinking about this is Netflix’s Daredevil TV show.

I’m halfway through the first season and pretty much every episode involves Daredevil beating the crap out of someone for information.

And these are not ticking time bomb situations where if Daredevil doesn’t get some crucial information in the next five minutes a building will blowup killing hundreds people.

This is his standard interrogation strategy.

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Kaiju Movie Marathon Featuring 9 Classic Godzilla Films Streaming All Day Saturday July 18 on Shout! Factory TV Live

July 15, 2015, 1:00 pm
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SHOUT! FACTORY TV AND FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND PRESENT KAIJU MOVIE MARATHON FEATURING NINE GODZILLA FILMS, HOSTED BY KAIJU EXPERT AUGUST RAGONE, TO PREMIERE ON SHOUT! FACTORY TV LIVE AND PLUTO TV JULY 18TH

 

Shout! Factory TV is partnering with the original monster fanzine Famous Monsters of Filmland to present a Kaiju movie marathon of catastrophic proportions! Join us for a twenty-four hour livestream hosted by Kaiju expert August Ragone as nine classic Godzilla films and fan favorite episodes of Ultra Seven and Ultra Q blast through the screen on Saturday, July 18.

With programing ranging from Godzilla, The Uncut Japanese Original to Terror of Mechagodzilla, this event will be a visceral thrill ride, with promises of the utmost destruction along the way. The Kaiju marathon comes complete with original introductions by renowned Kaiju authority August Ragone, commenting on the impact of these classic films. A two-time Rondo Award-winning author of Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters, Ragone has commented on Japanese film and popular culture on radio, television, in print, online, and at events for more than three decades.



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INFOGRAPHIC - The Evolution of ANT-MAN

July 15, 2015, 2:00 pm
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There is a reason comic fans eagerly anticipate that first blurry shot of their favorite character’s costume after a cinematic adaptation is announced. True fans know that almost every comic book character in history has gone through numerous costume changes (except maybe the Hulk—tiny shorts and a bare green chest forever), and every fan wants to see their favorite character’s costume represented accurately on screen. Since comics are illustrated, turning hand-drawn ideas into tangible and realistic on-screen attire can be a challenge. Thankfully, though, it looks like the creative team behind the Ant-Man film has paged thoroughly through comic history and found the right mixture of both old and new for our favorite pin-sized superhero. As you "ant"icipate the film's release this Friday, enjoy reading up on Ant-Man's interesting evolution!

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THEY’RE NOT LIKE US Vol. 1: ‘Black Holes for The Young’ (review)

July 15, 2015, 3:00 pm
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Review by Clay N Ferno
They're Not Like Us V. 1: Black Holes for The Young TPB
Writer: Eric Stephenson
Artist: Simon Gane
Colorist: Jordie Bellaire
Published by Image Comics
Cover Price: $9.99
Diamond ID: MAY150507
ISBN: 978-1632153142
Published: July 8, 2015


Eric Stephenson (publisher of Image Comics, Nowhere Men) along with Simon Gane (Godzilla, The Vinyl Underground) and popular colorist Jordie Bellaire released a very punk rock comic on Christmas Eve last year.

Great time of year for gift-giving, maybe not so much for launching a new number one. Regardless of the timing, the first volume of They’re Not Like Us introduces us to a band of telekinetic teenagers led by the mysterious mod pretty boy The Voice.

Perhaps drawing inspiration from other Image titles like Phonogram, Chew and Morning Glories as well as the Valiant series Harbinger and IDW’s Locke and Key, these uniquely powered and outsider youngsters are forced to give up their previous lives to get on with a clean slate.

Image Comics is creeping on the Big Two for market-share and that’s largely due to the biggest names in creators bringing books to the creator-owned imprint.

At the top of the pyramid of the unique comics publisher is Eric Stephenson. It caught my eye to see what he is capable of as a comic writer, and I was not disappointed.

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MARSHALL AT THE MOVIES - ANT-MAN

July 15, 2015, 4:00 pm
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By Marshall Julius

Marshall at the Movies examines Ant-Man under the magnifying glass and finds there's nothing that bugs it about Marvel's latest superhero fantasy.

If you like the video, or at least see promise in the idea, do please subscribe to Marshall at the Movies on YouTube. You can also subscribe by clicking on the specs in the bottom right corner of the screen.

Now, on with the show!

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GOOD KILL Comes to Blu-ray/DVD/OD September 1st; Digital HD August 14th

July 15, 2015, 5:00 pm
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From the Producers of The Hurt Locker, Academy Award Nominee Ethan Hawke
Stars in The Riveting Thriller About The Shadowy World of Drone Warfare


Hailed as “exhilaratingly of the moment” (Guy Lodge, Variety), the compelling thriller GOOD KILL makes its Blu-ray and DVD debut on September 1, 2015 from Paramount Home Media Distribution and will also be available for sale or rental from cable, satellite and telco providers through IFC Films. The film arrives on Digital HD August 14, 2015, more than two weeks before Blu-ray and DVD.

From the producers of The Hurt Locker and writer/director Andrew Niccol (Gattica, Lord of War), GOOD KILL features “Ethan Hawke’s best screen role in years” (David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter) as a drone operator in 21st century warfare, where combat unfolds like a video game, but with real lives at stake.

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CLOSER TO GOD (DVD review)

July 15, 2015, 6:00 pm
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Review by Joshua Gravel

When a scientist officially announces that he and his team have successfully cloned a human, drama erupts as the debate about his research rages in politics, on the news, and at his front door.

Although all of this is just distracting from the growing problem in his own home stemming from neglected family and the secrets of previous experiments.

Closer To God is a slick looking film that is far more drama than horror, sci-fi, or thriller.

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BACK TO THE FUTURE 30TH ANNIVERSARY TRILOGY Travels To Blu-Ray & DVD October 20

July 16, 2015, 8:02 am
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Great Scott! In 1985 Director Robert Zemeckis, Executive Producer Steven Spielberg and Producer/Screenwriter Bob Gale embarked on a three-part journey through time that broke box-office records worldwide and catapulted Back to the Future into one of the most beloved trilogies in motion picture history. In 1989, the filmmakers gave us a glimpse of the future in Back to the Future Part II as Marty McFly and Doc Brown traveled to 2015…or, if our calculations are correct, October 21, 2015, to be exact. “The Future” has finally arrived.

Now, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment celebrates this once-in-a-lifetime date, as well as the 30th Anniversary of the groundbreaking first film, with three new releases debuting on October 20, 2015. Available on Blu-ray & DVD, the Back to the Future 30th Anniversary Trilogy will include all three movies plus a new bonus disc with more two hours of content. Back to the Future: The Complete Animated Series will be released for the first time ever on DVD featuring all 26 episodes from the award-winning series and Back to the Future: The Complete Adventures will include all three movies, the complete animated series, a new bonus disc, a 64-page book and collectible light-up “Flux Capacitor” packaging. Featuring more than two hours of content, the bonus disc will include all-new original shorts, documentaries, two episodes from the animated series and more.


In addition to the home entertainment release, the Back to the Future celebration continues in theaters when the films go back to the big screen on October 21, 2015. Check local listings for show times. Additionally, Universal Music Enterprises is reissuing an all-new 30th Anniversary picture disc vinyl soundtrack, available October 16th in stores and through all digital partners.

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KILLING YOUR DARLINGS: How To Let Go Of Your POP CULTURE Fetish

July 16, 2015, 10:00 am
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By Elizabeth Weitz


The great author William Faulkner once stated, "In writing you must kill your darlings."

In Pop Culture, you should do the same.

I have been a nerd, a dweeb, a dork, a geek all of my life.

Right now, at this point in time, being such is a badge of honor. For those of us old enough to remember the dark ages of dorkdom it wasn’t.

More than anything loving a niche culture (be it D&D, Sci-fi, Comics, Horror Movies, hell, even Geology) was tantamount to social suicide or at the very least, and let’s be honest here, constant humiliation in the form of either ass-kickings or verbal harassment on a weekly basis.

Yet somehow, pop culture has gotten too precious, too preoccupied with its own coolness over the last decade or so that some of us feel that we have to re-establish a geek street cred every time we attend a con panel or read through a review of the newest comic book movie.

How is it that simply living through the beginning era of home game consoles, VCRs and cable TV isn’t enough anymore…that loving what we love isn’t worthy unless we know the minutia of every goddamn thing associated with it?

How is it that I am now getting my metaphorical ass kicked by the very culture that was once the reason it was literally bruised for in the first place?

Seriously, I’d like to know.

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THE COMPLETE EIGHTBALL (book review)

July 16, 2015, 12:06 pm
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Review by Lily Fierro
The Complete Eightball
Written and Illustrated by Daniel Clowes
Published by Fantagraphics
Cover Price: $119.99
ISBN-13: 978-1-60699-757-4
Published: July 4, 2015


Daniel Clowes is a pissy man...but he’s a terrifyingly acute and clever man.

If you opened this review, you most likely know that his acerbic sense of humor and wit and ability to understand people’s sometimes awful inclinations is why you will pick up anything by the acclaimed author of Ghost World.

However, if you’re new to Daniel Clowes’ work, you’re in luck!

This month, Fantagraphics Books released The Complete Eightball, a collection of issues 1-18 of his series Eightball, to showcases his style, his voice, and his many subjects of ire.


The Complete Eightball in total contains nearly 600 pages of insanity and fun, but before I dive in, I should begin with a confession; I’ve never been a huge Clowes fan.

As so many have done, I started off with Ghost World (film and comic) and then Art School Confidential (just the film) as my introduction, and I simply found Clowes’ sense of humor and contempt for people unsettling and heavy-handed, and for some time, I labeled Clowes as an author and artist who I just could not connect with.

Thus, up until I received the opportunity to review The Complete Eightball, I steered clear of Clowes associated publications.

Despite my initial biases, after reading the collection, I realized that the stories of The Complete Eightball represent the heart and soul of independent comics. They’re crude, outrageous, blunt, and strange (signature of the Clowes technique), but ultimately they expose a truth about our own existence and the society we live in today.

And in true independent spirit, some of the comics in the collection succeed and others fail, but the output at least attempts to strive for something different, be it the narrative, the structure, or the characters.

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Is There Hope For 'Freemium' Tie-Ins?

July 16, 2015, 2:00 pm
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I hate to use the phrase, "I've had no time to play video games recently" but that's exactly the situation I find myself in...*shock, horror etc.* that's not to say I've abandoned my console entirely because I have had some time to play through a few levels of Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China and ever since the Fallout 4 announcement, I have been managing my own vault in the iOS Fallout Shelter game as a benevolent yet forceful (when she needs to be) Overseer of my very own Vault 221.

Despite getting some play time on these two games, my first sentence remains truthful because I genuinely haven't played a game for more than 20 minutes at a time of late.

Plus, in my opinion an arcade title and a freemium game don't really hold the same weight as say, a heavy story-based first person shooter or a sprawling open world fantasy RPG, despite how you label it. You can call that a four-legged domesticated animal with a tail a dog or a cat (or whatever you like) but only one of those labels will be the correct one.

However, it has brought to light an interesting point. I actually downloaded a freemium game. That's not such a big deal, but those of you who read me regularly will know just how much I despise freemium games.

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SAN ANDREAS Arrives on Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack, or DVD on 10/20; Digital HD on 10/6

July 16, 2015, 4:00 pm
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After the infamous San Andreas Fault gives, triggering a magnitude 9-plus earthquake in California, a search and rescue helicopter pilot (Dwayne Johnson) and his estranged wife (Carla Gugino) make their way together from Los Angeles to San Francisco to save their only daughter (Alexandra Daddario). 

But their treacherous journey north is only the beginning. And when they think the worst may be over…it’s just getting started.



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Boston Cinegeeks! Here's Your Change To See COOTIES!

July 16, 2015, 6:00 pm
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From the twisted minds of Leigh Whannell (co-creator of Saw and Insidious) and Ian Brennan (co-creator of "Glee"), COOTIES is a horror comedy with unexpected laughs and unapologetic thrills. When a cafeteria food virus turns elementary school children into killer zombies, a group of misfit teachers must band together to escape the playground carnage. The film stars Elijah Wood (The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings ), Rainn Wilson ("The Office"), and Alison Pill ("The Newsroom") as teachers who fight to survive the mayhem while hilariously bickering in an uncomfortable love triangle on the worst Monday of their lives. COOTIES will be one of the debut releases of the newly-launched Lionsgate Premiere label, which will release the film on September 18th in select theaters and on demand.


For your chance to attend an early screening of COOTIES on Thursday, July 23 at 8pm at AMC Boston Common, visit LionsgateScreenings.com/Redeem and enter the code: COOTIES693FOG
Seating is first come, first served so arrive early!

#CootiesMovie



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Diamond Select Toys Re-Launches Marvel Comics Statue Line

July 16, 2015, 7:00 pm
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After a seven-year break, Diamond Select Toys is proud to announce that they are re-launching their Marvel Comics resin statue line. The Marvel Premier Collection, a line of high-end statues that completed its original run in 2008, will return in early 2016, and will spotlight the many stars of the Marvel Universe through regular releases. Additionally, DST’s Femme Fatales line of PVC statues will introduce an all-new series, focusing on Marvel’s many powerful female characters, with a male-focused PVC statue line to follow.

Both the Marvel Premier Collection and the Marvel Femme Fatales lines will operate under the auspices of DST’s new Art Director, Clayburn Moore. The original sculptor of the Marvel Premier Collection when it began in 2004, Moore himself will handle lead sculpting duties on the revived line, and will oversee development on the Femme Fatales series, working with some of the top sculptors in the industry. 

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ANT-MAN (review)

July 17, 2015, 6:00 am
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Review by Clay N Ferno
Produced by Kevin Feige
Screenplay by Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, 
Adam McKay, Paul Rudd
Story by Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish
Based on Ant-Man by Stan Lee,
Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby
Directed by Peyton Reed
Starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly,
Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, 
Michael Peña, Tip "T.I." Harris, 
Judy Greer, Michael Douglas


Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas star in Marvel’s latest big screen endeavor as Ant-Man.

That is to say that Douglas (as original comic book Avenger Hank Pym) passes the suit on to the younger criminal Scott Lang. Through a series of welcome flashbacks, cameos and ant-eye-view training montages we are given the history of Pym Particles, the mystery of The Wasp’s death and some jokes.


Lost’s Evangeline Lilly stars as Dr. Pym’s daugher Hope van Dyne and plays double insider agent opposite House of Cards actor Corey Stoll as Darren Cross / Yellowjacket. Cross was Pym’s protege and has since taken over Pym’s business.

Other notable cast members are rising stars Michael Peña (The Lincoln Lawyer, Fury, Gracepoint), Bobby Cannavale (Spy, Chef, Boardwalk Empire) alongside actors T.I. — Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr. — and Judy Greer (Married, Arrested Development), who both seem to be having fresh chapters open in their careers.

Ant-Man by design is a more modest movie than Avengers: Age of Ultron or last year’s blockbusters Guardians of the Galaxy and , but it stands as a half rest beat before bringing out the repulsor rays again.

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Ben Affleck's Batman Could Imply Big Changes for DC

July 17, 2015, 7:59 am
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Guest post by John Donaldson

This year's San Diego Comic-Con has come and gone. You may have noticed that with Marvel scaling back its presence compared to its 2014 extravaganza, DC Comics had a golden opportunity to make a big splash with the first good look at its new cinematic universe.

While most fans were happy enough to get new peeks at the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad, the overall impression was that the company missed out on a chance to do a lot more.

If you don't want to read some fairly mild spoilers that are pretty much common knowledge by now, you've been warned.

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Kickstart This! KROS: HALLOWED GROUND GN by Tom Mandrake and John Ostrander!

July 17, 2015, 8:00 am
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War is hell and vampires have brought their own hell to the war between the North and the South. By day, the armies of both sides clash in bloody conflict: by night, the vampires emerge to feast on the wounded and the dying as Blood calls to Blood.

Against this army of  hungry undead rides one man, a vampire slayer known only as Kros. Alone against a vampire army, Kros, a dampyr with an inborn hatred of vampires, knows that if he fails he could become one of the creatures he loathes.

In early July, Tom Mandrake and John Ostrander launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds their new Civil War era horror graphic novel, KROS: HALLOWED GROUND. Many fans know their work together from such titles as The Spectre, Martian Manhunter, Batman Grotesk and GrimJack.


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ORPHAN BLACK: SEASON THREE Arrives on Blu-ray and DVD August 4, 2015

July 17, 2015, 9:00 am
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Golden Globe nominee Tatiana Maslany is back again (and again, and again) in BBC AMERICA’s groundbreaking original drama, Orphan Black: Season Three, on Blu-ray and DVD August 4, 2015. BBC Home Entertainment’s release features EXCLUSIVE content not available anywhere else, including behind-the-scenes crew interviews and a tour of the new rendition camp set.

After neutralizing the threat by the DYAD Institute and the ruthless clone Rachel (Maslany), Project Leda clones Sarah, Alison, Cosima and Helena, (Maslany) are finally all united in their journey towards the truth of who and what they are. But new discoveries that include Helena’s kidnapping, a book that could contain the answers to their existence, and the most shocking discovery of them all – a set of treacherous militaristic male clones (Ari Millen) with an unknown agenda – will test how tight their new bonds are.

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Monster of The Month: TATZELWURM

July 17, 2015, 10:00 am
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The Swiss and Austrian Alps might seem like an unlikely location to have an encounter with a strange, stumpy 2-legged giant lizard, but this is exactly the alleged location of the Tatzelwurm (“claw worm”) also known by a variety of other regional names like Stollenwurm (“tunnel worm”) and Bergstutzen (“mountain stump”), according to Cryptozoology A-Z: The Enclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras, and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature by Loren Coleman and Jerome Clark.

The strange lizard, reported to be 2-3 feet long is a classic creature of cryptozoology.

In some Alpine lore, the front end of the animal looks like a cat, with a serpent-like tail.


But it commonly is depicted as a two-legged lizard, dragging along on its body and tail. It was reported in 1779 and again in 1841.

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