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BETTY WHITE Is Opening MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

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Betty White is coming to ESPN to open a holiday edition of Monday Night Football

In a press release from the network, it was announced that White will open the Monday December 26th game between the Falcons and Saints. The boxing day edition is also the season finale of the football series.

In the aptly named A White Christmas, White will have some festive way to open the game. No real details have been announced yet.

The network wanted a grandmother type for the opening of the game and White seems just right for the part. She currently stars in the TV Land series Hot In Cleveland.

NBC has Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl set to air on January 16th and it will include a sneak peek at her new hidden camera show called Betty White's Off Their Rockers.

At the televised events, guests will include big names like Mary Tyler Moore, Joel McHale and Amy Poehler.

White wants just one thing for her birthday and that is, "Just to keep things going as they're going now," she said. "It's one of the highest spots of my life."

SETH ROGEN Is Making A Spy Comedy

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Over at Disney Seth Rogen is making a spy comedy that he just might star in.

According to Variety, Rogen is jumping onboard The B Team as a producer, but if things work out right, he might be starring. While there was no comment about the project that comes from Sparkler Entertainment, the star addition is an important development.

The B Team is about a top secret agent that is kidnapped and the only people left to rescue him are his tech support team and some researchers.

The project was first picked up three years ago when Sparkler bought a pitch from Derek Guiley and David Schneiderman. Charles Segars from Sparkler will produce along with Ilan Breil.

Rogen was most recently in 50/50 which earned noms at the Spirit Awards for best feature and Golden Globe for comedy/musical.

He has also had producing parts along with roles in The Green Hornet, Superbad, Pineapple Express, Knocked Up and Funny People. He will next show up in My Mother's Curse with Barbra Streisand.

Just Look Away: Young Einstein

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"Dad, I want to be a physicist."

Over the last twenty-four years, Yahoo Serious has made exactly three films.

And when I say “made,” I mean that he’s directed, written, produced, and starred in three films – and has stunt and editorial credits for two.

This is the first one.


Young Einstein is a 1988 historical comedy with an 18% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, where only 43% of the audience report liking it.

It’s certainly not listed as notable Australian cinema.




To learn the inherent dangers in splitting beer atoms, and to experience the awesome power of 4/4 time, come on down to Lonely Street and check in to the After The Break Hotel.

Why Bother?
"What do they grow, son?"

Yahoo Serious is a performer who divides audiences. People either like him, or they don’t. Fortunately, this movie has more going for it.



For one thing, it has a terrific soundtrack. I distinctly remember that, when this movie came out, several of the bands came over from the Land Down Under and performed on American talk shows. The thriving Aussie music scene leaped into American consciousness.

Equally interesting is that it cemented the reputation for the Australian film industry’s ability to produce off-kilter, cult, films. Some, like Mad Max (1979) and Crocodile Dundee (1986), also enjoyed commercial success.

Young Einstein meant there was a US market for more than just Gallipoli, The Man from Snowy River, and Breaker Morant.

Without Young Einstein, we would have gotten Strictly Ballroom and Muriel’s Wedding, but not The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Cosi.

Plus, Young Einstein teaches you basic physics with humor and rock music, and that can’t possibly be bad.

I watched it
"They don't grow anything."

In 1905, Albert Einstein is an ocker, and the son of a Tasmanian apple farmer. He loves music and science, much to his father’s disdain.



After Albert’s scientific passion wrecks the roof of the family home, Mr. Einstein takes his son out to grandfather’s shed where the family makes beer. Dad gets Albert good and drunk, and challenges him to find a way to put bubbles in beer. It seems that, in 1905, most beer is flat.

Albert decides that the way to put a head on beer is to split beer atoms, leading him to develop the real Einstein’s formular, E=mc2. Although his work destroys the shed in spectacular fashion, he succeeds in putting a head on beer.



Dad sends Albert to the mainland to patent the family formula. On the way, Albert adopts a goanna, offends the head of the Patent Office, and falls for Marie Curie. Then his adventures really start.


The Verdict
"Well what's the use of them then?"

Let’s be clear about something: If you don’t enjoy the humor present in the first 5-10 minutes of Young Einstein, you should just turn it off, because it’s not going to change. We’re talking about a script where the madman who gets a headache every time he thinks about Albert’s theory of relativity is named Brian Asprin.

Oh, and did I mention that Albert invents both electrified musical instruments and rock and roll? Because he does, and it saves the world when the World’s Largest Beer Keg turns out to be an atomic bomb that might destroy everything.



The movie includes cameos by intellectual giants like Ernest Rutherford, Charles Darwin, Guglielmo Marconi, the Wright Brothers, Sigmund Freud, the Lumiere Brothers, Thomas Edison, Admiral Shackleton, and even Clark Gable.

Personally, I think it's a rollicking good time with lots of affection for its characters, science, rock music, and the traditions of broad physical comedy. If such a quirky film doesn’t sound like your bowl of rice, you should Just Look Away.

The real Einstein would have loved it.



Whatever you celebrate, have a joyous holiday season full of love and geekiness.

A New Trailer For BEL-AMI

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A new trailer for Bel-Ami popped up today, check out the period piece drama right here.

Based on the 1885 novel by Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami revolves around a poor soldier who uses and manipulates his mistresses to climb the social ladder of Paris.

The film stars Robert Pattinson and a bunch of ladies which include Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Christina Ricci. It was directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Omerod.

Check out the new trailer right after the break.

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Smallville: Random, Awesome and WTF?! - S2E19: Precipice

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Clark plays hero…and then gets sued and summarily harassed by the new, and highly annoying, town sheriff.

Lesson learned, CK. Screw this hick town and go to the Dark Side…


The Random
1. Who goes to a coffee house to sneak some alcohol? Just sack up and go to a bar. Or a parking lot, like any self respecting college goon.

2. Sheriff 2.0 is annoying, but much more fun than crazy old Ethan. Seems more competent, too. Smallville PD may actually close a case one day. But not just yet. Lex has got this one, you guys just chill.

3. Helen has a photo of Lex in her office, which is sweet until you realize it’s the promotional photo the network did for the show. Really, Smallville? Couldn’t spring for a new photo? Because I know you didn't plug the money into script writing...

"Look, I’ve been in this town for five minutes and I already hate all of you…”

The Awesome
1. Clark cleans house on the three J. Crewshbags and tosses one into a cop car. Hey, if you’re going to get in trouble, you owe it to yourself to make it count.

2. Lex reveals he was trained to fight by an ex Navy SEAL. That’s how many weapons now in his arsenal of ass retrieval? 6,432? I’ve lost count.

3. Lex tells Clark that Lana’s “crouching tiger is about to find its hidden dragon.” He forgets to mention that it’s in his pants.

“I don’t care if you’re the sheriff. I’m Lex %@^# Luthor. I told you. I got this.”

The WTF?!
1. Clark gets slammed for a million dollar lawsuit, but Lana can’t get a case against would-be rapists? Ah, a case of art imitating life in the US legal system…

2. Helen is a doctor, but can’t tell the difference between a self-inflected wound and a defensive one? And she didn’t think that maybe the guy she was warned was abusive and delusional might be up to something crazy? Yep, she’s qualified for practice at Smallville General. Though she does get points for thinking that it was Clark, and not her, that reached Lex’s inner feelings.

3. Skintight outfit notwithstanding, I have a sneaking suspicion that Lana’s karate montage (and after like two days she was already proficient enough to beat up someone twice her size, mind you) was the impetus behind her being cast as Chun Li in the last Street Fighter cinematic abomination and for that, my soul is sadder.

I think Lex is teaching more than just karate, especially since he does get
beaten up every other episode. Just sayin’.

WATCH A New Trailer for DETACHMENT

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Detachment premiered earlier this year at The Tribeca Film Festival and pretty much divided audiences. Now, a new international trailer for the film has been released.

Detachment is directed by Tony Kaye (American History X, Lake of fire, Black Water Transit) and chronicles three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers and students as seen through the eyes of a substitute teacher (Adrien Brody).

The film has a pretty great supporting cast, which includes: Lucy Liu (Domino, Kill Bill Vol. 1), James Caan (The Godfather, Bottle Rocket), Bryan Cranston (Drive, Larry Crowne), Christina Hendricks (Drive, Life As We Know It) , Blythe Danner (Paul, Meet The Parents), Marcia Gay Harden (The Mist, Mystic River), William Peterson (To Live and Die in LA, Manhunter), and Tim Blake Nelson (Leaves of Grass, The Incredible Hulk).

No release date for the film has been set yet, but Tribeca Films has a video-on-demand/theatrical opening planned.

Watch the full trailer after the jump.


NEW Spot For THE GREY

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Open Road Films have released a 90 second spot for Joe Carnahan's (Narc, Smokin' Aces) The Grey.

The trailer was originally cut for Ain't Cool News after the film destroyed the audience at AICN's Butt-Numb-A-Thon, a 24 hour movie fest that's become a launching pad for genre films.

The Grey stars Liam Nesson as a man who works security for a crew of pipeline workers who are trying to survive the wilderness and a pack of wolves after a plane crash strands them in the middle of nowhere.

The films also stars Dermot Mulroney (J. Edgar, Abduction, The Zodiac), James Dale Badge (Shame, AMC's Rubicon, HBO's The Pacific, The Departed), Frank Grillo (Warrior, My Soul To Take, Edge of Darkness), Joe Anderson (The Crazies, Amelia, The Ruins), and Dallas Roberts (AMC's Rubicon, 3:10 to Yuma, Flicka).

The Grey will open in theaters on January 27, 2012.

Watch the full spot after the jump.



2011 Geek Tech Year in Review

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There were a lot of big tech news stories in 2011.

I’ve boiled it down to a few summaries of the stories that I think mattered the most.

The Death of Steve Jobs


Without a doubt, the death of Steve Jobs was the technology story of the year. Love him or hate him, Steve Jobs was at the epicenter of the personal computer revolution that has unfolded over the past 30 years. Most of the usability of the personal and mobile computing technology we use today is either a a direct result of, or has it’s roots in his vision.



HP and WebOS


HP fired their recently hired CEO who had purchased, then killed WebOS, and had also announced that HP would no longer make PCs. HP then brought on Meg Whitman who has reversed course and announced that HP will continue to make PCs and will be open sourcing WebOS. It’s been a wild ride for HP, one of the most important players in the tech industry. And it’s been an even wilder ride for WebOS and WebOS fans. The WebOS Touchpad was very promising, but was killed six weeks out of the gate. It looks like WebOS will live on though, which is fantastic news in my opinion.

AT&T & T-Mobile


AT&T attempted to merge with T-Mobile this year, only to be smacked down by the FCC. There are 4 major carriers in the US, and this merger would have reduced that to 3.

Carrier IQ


A scandal unfolded this fall involving the previously little known company Carrier IQ. Turns out their software was secretly installed on many mobile smartphones, including Android, Blackberry, and iPhones, and appeared to be logging personal information and relaying varying degrees of that info back to Carrier IQ, who had been contracted by carriers to do so. Details are still murky and the dust still hasn’t settled. Incredibly, everyone seems to be getting so desensitized to our personal information being at risk, that this scandal already seems to be fading away.

Netflix


Netflix really blew it this year. I love their service, but they announced radical price changes, as well as a plan to splinter off their DVD mailer service into a new company. Subscribers left in droves, their stock price tanked, and they announced that they don't expect to make a profit in 2012. They amended some of their planned changes, and I still think they offer a terrific service, so hopefully they can bounce back.

Windows 8 and ARM


Microsoft stunned the tech world this year when they announced that Windows 8 will run on ARM processors. Tablets are a start, but powerful desktop ARM processors are coming eventually. This is as big as Apple’s switch to Intel.

SOPA & Megaupload


The piracy wars reached fever pitch this year. The US Congress considered a bill that would basically gut DNS and break the basic functioning of the internet, and it was revealed that Google granted Universal Music Group insane direct access to YouTube, giving them them abusive power to remove “offending” videos. Universal actually used this power to remove a news story about the controversy. Yikes. The heart and soul of the internet and digital freedom keep getting pushed closer and closer to the precipice.

Apple vs. Samsung


Apple sued the crap out of Samsung over their Android phones, and is winning. One look at the Windows Phone OS proves to me that mobile OS innovation can occur without ripping off the iPhone’s look and feel the way that Android and various Android skins do.


10 Christmas Movies That Aren't Really Christmas Movies

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The holiday season is in full swing, so what better way to celebrate than watch some Christmas movies that don't particularly fall into the traditional viewing list, so you won't find Bad Santa, Love Actually or A Christmas Story.

Sit back and relax and check out my perennial favorites after the jump.


 Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale





Die Hard





Gremlins





The Ref





Trading Places





Lethal Weapon





Kiss Kiss Bang Bang





L.A. Confidential





Batman Returns





First Blood



Scrubs' J.D. & TURK Return

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Or at least it's their alter egos Zach Braff and Donald Faison crooning "Baby It's Cold Outside" uploaded in time for the Christmas holiday.

AMERICAN HORROR STORY Is Getting New Everything For Season Two

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The second season of American Horror Story will have a new cast, a new setting, and a new story.

Variety reports that going into the next season, Ryan Murphy wants a new house and a brand new cast. Now the show has become what the network is calling a "seasonal anthology series." The saying with many stories stays true, never get too attached.

Series creator Ryan Murphy said in a conference call that "every season of the show will be a different haunting." While some actors from past seasons may appear, they will not be the same characters.

Murphy hopes that the idea of the shows production schedule and show layout would be inviting towards film actors that are looking for short term TV work.

New in the next season, along with cast, will be the title sequence and a new setting that will be outside LA. Writers are stating the same though so hopefully it will still bring in the audience of the first season.

The show had a great first season and had the highest ratings for a season one show at FX ever. The show has kept a nice average and has pulled in many different audiences. In addition to live viewers the show also has a number of 3-day DVR watchers.

HELL ON WHEELS Gets A Second Season

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AMC has decided to pick up its period Western Hell On Wheels for a second season.

According to Deadline, the renewal of the show marks the networks fifth out of six original scripted series that have continued onto a second season. At the moment it's hard to say what we may see in season two.

Premiering in November the show debuted with a very strong 4.4 million viewers. While viewers have declines, the last show only saw 2.3 million, those are still very good for a cable drama series.

The show stars Anson Mount as a Confederate soldier, after the Civil War, who goes on a hung for revenge on the Union soldiers that killed his wife.

Seven episodes have aired right now and the eighth episode will air on the first of January.

The show was developed at Endemol USA and created by Joe and Tony Gayton.

GAME OF THRONES' ALAN TAYLOR Chosen To Direct THOR 2

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Director of shows like Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire, Alan Taylor will be directing the sequel to Marvel's Thor.

Deadline reports that the director, who was rumored to be on the short list, has got the job of replacing Patty Jenkins. Now we just have to see if writer Don Payne creates an amazing script.

After leaving the job over creative differences, Jenkins left an important hole that needed to be filled, and quickly. Taylor who has also directed episodes of Nurse Jackie and the film Palookaville was clearly the director that the studio best fit the bill.

With the movie planned to have a November 15, 2013 release, losing a director was a strong blow to the Norse god, but no time was to be spared and the hunt for a new director again.

The original, which was directed by Kenneth Branagh, grossed $448 million worldwide and started a star career for Chris Hemsworth. He will star in the sequel along with Natalie Portman.

Learning from Movies: Life of Brian

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After Monty Python and the Holy Grail, reporters constantly asked the Monty Python troupe members what they were going to do next.

Eric Idle finally smarted off and said, “Jesus Christ’s Lust for Glory.”

That shut the reporters up, so the troupe made it their standard answer.




Humor and trivia from a portrait of life 1st-Century, Roman-occupied, Jerusalem after the break.


  • Six cast members, some decent makeup, a couple of clever camera angles, and a variety of costumes can net you 40 different characters.
  • You can’t give balm to a baby.
  • When EMI pulled out, believing the film to be blasphemous, George Harrison (of The Beatles) created Handmade Films to pay for it.
  • Jesus was a Capricorn.


  • Banned in Norway for a year. Banned in Ireland until 1987. Banned in Aberystwyth, Wales, until cast member Sue Jones-Davies (center, above, with Terry Jones and Michael Palin) was elected mayor.
  • The script is dedicated to Keith Moon, of The Who, who was supposed to play a street prophet in the film until his untimely death.
  • “Blessed are the cheesemakers” is obviously metaphorical, and refers to any manufacturer of dairy products.
  • Jesus clearly fails to understand that it’s the meek who are the problem.
  • There’s one premature stoner in every crowd.
  • Matthias, son of Deuteronomy of Gath, has the right idea. If you’re going to be stoned to death, you might as well go down swinging. Then go home and provide a meeting place for the People’s Front of Judea.
  • Things are hard for ex-lepers.
  • The members of the Judean People’s Front are wankers. The Judean Popular People’s Front are splitters. The Popular Front of Judea is just lonely.
  • Gladiators really ought to do more cardio.
  • Roman centurions take graffiti very seriously.
  • Apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads (which should go without saying), the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
  • Bad backs excuse you from terrorist actions.
  • You’ve had a hard time? I’ve been here five years. They only hung me right way up yesterday.
  • He has a wife, you know. Her name is Incontenentia. Incontenentia Buttocks.
  • So it is written in the Book of Cyril.
  • Crucifixion’s a doddle. Especially after you've narrowly escaped stoning.
  • I’m worried about what you’ve got against birds. And lilies of the field.
  • Blessed are they who convert their neighbors’ oxen, for they hall inhibit their girth. To them shall be given…oh, nothing.
  • Cast off the shoe! Follow the gourd!
  • It’s easier to spot Messiahs after you’ve followed a few.
  • Only the true Messiah denies his divinity.
  • It’s hard to distinguish between the Messiah and a very naughty boy.
  • Look, you've got it all wrong! You don't NEED to follow ME, You don't NEED to follow ANYBODY! You've got to think for your selves! You're ALL individuals!

You know, you come from nothing, you're going back to nothing. What have you lost? Nothing!

THE PULL LIST - DAREDEVIL #7, JUSTICE LEAGUE #4, THE WALKING DEAD #92 AND MORE!

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Check out what I checked out this week.

Whether the comics are inspiring or disappointing, I read them all.

Welcome to The Pull List.

And, as always...Spoilers ahead!

Daredevil #7 (Pick of the Week)
Writer: Mark Waid
Art: Paolo Rivera & Joe Rivera
Colors: Javier Rodriguez
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $2.99

Mark Waid’s run on Daredevil has been simply amazing and lucky number seven is no exception. Matt Murdock takes some students from the Cresskill School for the Blind on a field trip that quickly turns into a quest for survival. Harsh weather conditions render Matt’s powers next to useless and the terrified children create some tense moments page by page. Waid’s script and Rivera’s complimentary artwork shows the gravity of a tense situation that makes you wonder how will he get them out of this one. I also found myself thinking how anyone could find success in that situation considering the circumstances. This book will have you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end which is what all great comic books accomplish.

Grade: A-

Justice League #4
Writer: Geoff Johns
Art: Jim Lee & Scott Williams
Colors: Alex Sinclair & Gabe Eltaeb
Publisher: DC Comics
Price: $3.99

Have you ever had a pizza delivered with all of your favorite toppings and its only meh instead of what it could be?

That is what the fourth installment of Justice League brings us. It has all the ingredients to be amazing but it hasn't been cooked right...yet.

Unless you have been living under a rock, you know that Darkseid debuts in the new 52. He appears to be ultra powerful and Lee and Williams produce a two page layout that makes you wonder just how in the hell the good guys are going to stop him.

Cyborg makes his superhero debut and happens to be the most compelling story arc in the series to date.

Apokolips' invasion of Earth has reached a critical juncture where Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern & Aquaman will have to get past their petty differences and finally gel as a team or meet certain doom.

Grade: C+

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #5
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Art: Sara Pichelli
Colors: Justin Ponsor
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $3.99

One of the many great things you experience when reading the trials and tribulations of Miles Morales is the trip back to your childhood when you pretended to be your favorite superhero.

Using a trash can lid as Captain America's shield or pretending the red bath towel is Superman's cape is something we all did in some form or fashion.

Bendis' script gives us the chance to live vicariously through Miles as he is a kid who actually has powers, gets the cool costume and becomes a hero.  The black and red outfit we have seen on all of the covers makes its debut and Nick Fury enters the fray in order to find out how Miles gained spider powers as it revealed he has some powers even Peter Parker didn't have.

If you thought this series was moving slowly, this is the issue you want to jump on. Excellent writing, fantastic artwork, and great action are all on the menu.

Grade: B+


The Amazing Spider-Man #676
Writer: Dan Slott
Art: Humberto Ramos
Colors: Edgar Delgado
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $3.99

An issue of the Amazing Spider-Man without the lead character might seem boring, but fear not my fellow comic book fans!

The battle of Doc Ock’s Sinister Six versus MODOK’s Intelligencia brings the noise with plenty of action, fun page layouts and plenty of super smart guy banter similar to what you’d hear on The Big Bang Theory.

This battle filled chess-match will determine which villainous group enters the New Year with a new deadly arsenal that could spell doom for the entire world. I like where Dan Slott is going with Ock’s character because we are seeing a frightening side that we have never seen before.

There is a lot of hype on the next issue of ASM with a new story arc involving Daredevil. This is an issue that will not get lost in the scuffle.

Grade: B


Wolverine #20
Writer: Jason Aaron
Art: Renato Guedes
Colors: Tim Bradstreet
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $3.99

Jason Aaron has written some of the best Wolverine books to come down the pipe in quite sometime. This issue is his last story arc with the clawed Canadian before he says goodbye and moves on.

The story begins with Logan and his girlfriend, Melita, having a nice conventional breakfast at a hotdog stand until super powered homeless cannibals known as the Buzzard Brothers, try to start a war between the Hand and the Yakuza in Central Park. It appears someone will gain a lot from these two groups fighting each other and everyone is pointing fingers at who’s to blame.

Oh, a big surprise for you long time Wolverine fans appears on the final pages that will surely bring you back in January.

Aaron, more than any other comic writer today produces the perfect blend of action, suspense, drama, romance and comedy. Some writers will focus too much on one aspect and not enough on everything else. Aaron never has that problem, which is too his credit, and maybe to the discredit to the series after the next four issues. This was a great starting point to a new story arc that will no doubt bring us on an adventure to the land of the Rising Sun.

Grade: B+


Batman #4
Writer: Scott Snyder
Art: Greg Capullo & Jonathan Glapion
Colors: FCO Plasccencia
Publisher: DC Comics
Price $2.99

Scott Snyder has produced a tale of high stakes adventure, mystery and suspense that is well paced and complimented with Capullo’s shadowy artwork; we are treated to arguably the best value in comics today.

Batman's investigation into who is trying to kill him proves that even the world’s greatest detective has flaws. The Court of Owls is sending a message, but Bruce refuses to hear it because a childhood experience has convinced him that they can’t possibly exist.

This is an interesting development because we are used to seeing a Dark Knight that will look at every angle, and yet he refuses to believe in the threat he faces even though the Wayne Family has clear ties to the court.

Is it arrogance or fear that is fueling this particular exploration? There are a couple of appearances from the Talon, the Court of Owls hitman and we learn the true nature of Alan Wayne’s demise.

This book is too good to pass on!

Grade: A-


Green Lantern Corps #4
Writer: Peter J. Tomasi
Art: Fernando Pasarin & Scott Hanna
Colors: Gabe Eltabe
Publisher: DC Comics
Price: 2.99

John Stewart and a handful of Green Lanterns are being held prisoner by their judge, jury and executioners: The Keepers.

Their leader reveals to Stewart that they are the true keepers of the power battery which could send shockwaves in the Green Lantern universe.

Meanwhile on Oa, Guy Gardner is using every interrogation tactic in the book in order to get some answers from the one ring slayer they captured. Nothing seems to work until Stormwatch enters the mix, providing quite the interesting development.

There was nothing bad about the artwork at all and Tomsai’s script is getting better and better with each issue.

Grade: B


The Walking Dead #92
Writer: Robert Kirkman
Art: Charlie Adlard & Cliff Rathburn
Letters: Rus Wooton
Publisher: Image Comics
Price: $2.99

For the last three months Kirkman has set the stage for big storyline to surface.

We now have our answer as a new character named Paul Monroe, has entered the fold and reveals there are more survivors out there.

Will they lead to a new hope or the end of the road for Rick and his crew?

Carl still dealing with a lot of issues and the walkers are still a nuisance.

There are some dull moments in this issue but overall it’s a must read because we now know where things are headed and if history has taught us anything, somebody is going to end up dead. I wondered how this series was going to remain interesting due to the TV show becoming ultra popular.   I have faith we are going to be beyond satisfied with the end result.

Grade: B-

Venom #11
Writer: Rick Remender
Art: Lan Medina & Nelson Decastro
Colors: Marte Gracia
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $2.99

Flash Thompson is stuck between a rock and a hard place.

He has to commit a crime in order to protect his family and to make matters worse, The Jack-O-Lantern, his arch nemesis, is along for the ride to make sure he completes the task. If that is not bad enough, Captain America is not taking his ass whipping in the last issue too well and he has dispatched member of the Avengers to track down Thompson and retrieve the symboite.

This is an issue with a good pace and nice artwork go along with the dark fuel that is pushing Thompson closer to the breaking point.

If you haven’t read this series yet, this is a great issue to get started on as you will absolutely hate the Jack-O-Lantern and hope Venom knocks out the rest of his teeth.


Grade: B

Supergirl #4 (Shelf-Listed: Disappointment of the Week)
Writer: Michael Green & Mike Johnson
Art: Mahmud Asrar
Colors: Dave McCaig
Publisher: DC Comics
Price: $2.99

This was very close to being my pick of the week last month.

This month we are treated to a story that is simply lazy and not well thought out. Kara mentions Kryptonite by name on the first page which provided the record scratch moment right away. It hasn’t even been named yet as Tycho doesn’t even know what to call it.

She is rescued in a manner that screamed creative lethargy and Tycho is blown up in pieces and some how still alive…….in pieces while some of his staff got away without a scratch.

There is nothing memorable about the artwork in this issue even though I guess you can say it’s the highlight of a lowlight effort. Some might read this review and say you are supposed to suspend reality when you read comics but that is hard to do when there is no reality to suspend in the first place.

Grade: Don’t even bother reading this one.

TREEVENGE: The True Story Of Christmas Trees

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Okay, so you've unwrapped all your gifts and now the only thing you want to do is to put as much distance between yourself and the horror that is the holidays. And the first thing you are getting rid of is that dried out plant life sitting in your living room.

But perhaps you should take a look at the following short film first before you start ripping that tree down and drop kicking it to the curb.

Because if I've learned anything from Treevenge it's this: Beware the pissed off trees.

Flick after the break.


LITTLE GIRL GET'S HIGHLY PEEVED "By All The Pink Stuff" In The Girl's Toy Section

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Suck it you sexist poo-poo heads
Growing up I hated dolls. I thought they were useless pieces of plastic that did nothing but lay there or wet themselves. But every holiday season I was loaded with Barbies, dolls and random pink crap that pissed me off while my brother got awesome stuff like Nerf guns because people automatically assumed that I would enjoy playing "house" even though I would have rather gouged out my eyeballs with a spork.

But here comes Riley, a little girl who gets riled up with all the stereotypical girl crap surrounding her at a toy store when she would rather play with superhero stuff and decides to kick all the bullshit to the curb and tell toy marketers just what she thinks about all that stupid "pink stuff".

Bravo Riley!

Rant after the break.



EVERYONE'S MIXTAPE

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I've probably said this before but it bears repeating: If you were alive and conscious of cassette tapes in the 80s then you were probably the creator of a mixtape that explained, in musical detail, the very depth of your soul. And you conveyed these feelings by handing this tape to another person to listen to so that they would know exactly how very deep a human being you were.

A mixtape was more than simply two pieces of plastic squishing together a spool of magnetic media, it was my generation's Facebook, IM and texting all wrapped up in 90 mins of musical madness.

And sometimes I miss it.

Oh sure you can create a playlist on a flashdrive and hand over 1300 songs to someone you have a crush on but it's not the same. When you have an unlimited (well, close to it anyway) number of songs at your disposal instead of having to choose only 10 or so, you get sloppy with the message.

When you title a mixtape "Heartbreak" you know you are going have to choose the songs carefully because this is what you (or your former significant other) will be crying to in the dead of night.


And when you spend six hours listening to albums searching for deep cuts to impress a would be lover and then hand write liner notes on the cover of the cassette tape to explain why these song were chosen, well, that my friends, is worth a roll in the hay just for the effort.

Which is why the website Everyone's Mix Tape is kinda awesome. A virtual drag-and-drop  mixtape creator that anyone can add to (via YouTube, Vimeo and Soundcloud) that will have you scrambling through decades of music to add the most perfect song to an already intense mixtape titled "Make-Out".

And the best part?

You can email it to that very special person you've been stalking for a month.

'Cause nothing will ever say "I Want You" more than a mixtape containing the following songs after the break.








Wolf Pup Learns to Howl...What Do You Want From Me, News Is Light Because Of The Damn Holidays

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Because everyone but me seems to be on some kind of vacation (assholes), I am forced to post the most random things this week due to a lack of interesting stories.

So the following video is a wolf pup hearing the sound of other wolves howling for the first time via a computer and it's reaction to it.

Yes, it's adorable and yes, it will make you smile but I'm still kind of pissed that you get to stay home and watch movies all day while I have to put on pants and talk to people outside of my house.

Now, if you excuse me, I will leave you with a video of supreme cuteness while I have to get ready to go to work.

I really do hate you.

Wolf pup after the break.




Source: Superpunch

First Red-Band Trailer for THE BABYMAKERS

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Jay Chandrasekhar's next comedy The Babymakers is coming soon and now there is a red-band trailer for the film.

The director of Super Troopers and Beerfest returns to make a movie about a young married couple that can't have a baby. After going through many different plans, they decide that their only option is to rob the sperm bank for a sample donated by Paul Schneider's character. Olivia Munn plays his wife. Watch the very NSFW trailer right after the break.

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