MUSIC VIDEO MONDAY: UK Electro Duo Monarchy Teams Up With Burlesque Superstar...
Hey fans of electro music, the UK duo Monarchy have teamed up with the former Ms. Marilyn Manson, Dita Von Teese, to bring the sexual and emotional entrapment that is marriage to light through their...
View ArticleApple 2013: Seeing Forstall For The Trees
Before the new year, it was announced that Apple stalwart ScottForstall would be leaving the company. Apple fanboys and tech industry enthusiast gobbled this news up, generally with glee. Forstall...
View ArticleSHOW OFF YOUR LOVE OF MIX-TAPES With the Cassette Tape Coffee Table
There was something magical about creating the perfect mix-tape, and those that had the gift for putting together tapestries of feelings and covert admissions of desire between the pauses of songs...
View ArticleThe Pull List: DAREDEVIL #22, BATMAN #16, SAVAGE WOLVERINE #1 & More!
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!The Black Beetle #1 (Pick of the...
View ArticleREV UP YOUR LOINS FOR SOME...NASCAR Romance Novels?
Okay, so I know that there's a lot of people out there who enjoy the thrill of sitting in the stands and watching cars go around a track at top speeds (why, I don't know but everyone is entitled to at...
View ArticleShout! Factory Announces FROM BEYOND Blu-ray Bonus Content
The Scream Factory brings Stuart Gordon's cult classic, From Beyond to Blu-ray on March 5th, 2013 in a collector's edition containing an unrated director's cut, and have recently announced additional...
View ArticleLEGO MAN OF STEEL Gets a Second Trailer
You know, I have to say that I'm beginning to look forward to the Legoization of movie previews far more than I do the actual film, and this Lego version of the 2nd Man of Steel trailer is simply...
View ArticleContest! Win DOCTOR WHO: SHADA on DVD!
Written by Douglas Adams as his final contribution to Doctor Who, Shada was envisaged as a Time Lord story without a Gallifreyan setting. It sees the Doctor bringing Romana to present-day Earth to...
View ArticleTUESDAY BLUs (& DVDs): This Week's New Releases 1/22/13
Every week, we'll be letting you know which Blu-rays and DVDs will be available for purchase or rental starting today. What looks good to you?End of Watch From David Ayer, the writer of Training Day,...
View ArticleGOT GAME? 86-Year-Old Woman Says Gaming Contributes To Her Mental...
My mother, who will be 70 soon, is what you would call an active gamer. Ever since the Atari 2600 made it into our house back in the wee early '80s and she picked up the iconic joystick to imbibe in...
View ArticleRogue’s Rise From Villain to Hero—Avengers Annual #10 Revisited
She’s been a hero and a villain, a leader and a follower, a lover and a fighter, and everything in between. Her very name denotes a rebellious streak, and she’s been a mainstay of the world of the...
View ArticleWANNA FEEL BAD ABOUT BEING A HUMAN? Then Steve Cutt's 'Man' Will Certainly...
Steve Cutts' animated short called Man is all about our relationship with the natural world and how we tend to destroy it. It would be a real buzz kill if it wasn't for the fact that Cutts is amazingly...
View ArticleAvoiding Quentin Torrent-tino: Illegal Downloading During Awards Season
Dear Hollywood, I am partial to a touch of illegal downloading, especially when it comes to certain overpriced computer software, but when my friend casually mentioned watched Django Unchained in the...
View ArticleTHE GREATEST CRAIGSLIST AD Ever Written By A Human Being
Normally I would introduce a post by personalizing it in some way or making a couple of witty comments about it but this time, well, there's absolutely no need to say anything. For this is the...
View ArticleYour Monthly NetFIX Get It On...
Once again, I've pilfered the INSTANT WATCH avails to suggest some of the more interesting under-the-radar releases now streaming.Cult Classics, Not-So Classics, Not-Yet Classics and Disney rule the...
View ArticleTHE MORE YOU KNERD: A PSA From The Portland Nerd Council On What Constitutes...
I am constantly amazed by how many people in skinny jeans and Sally Jessy Raphael red faux glasses call themselves a nerd when really, they are just a bunch of attractive people who happened to find a...
View ArticleWATCH MARTIN SCORSESE'S Student Film 'What's A Nice Girl Like You Doing In A...
Student films tend to be a conglomeration of every cliche known to art house film making...close-ups of roaches, over-processed shots of women putting on lipstick, John Woo Doves...you name it, it's...
View ArticleMixtapes From The Midwest: 2012
The world didn't end, but I did hear a lot of great music that I want to share with the world. Some of the bands and artists in this column are ones I have loved for a long time who released stuff...
View ArticleTHE FOUR FINGERED GRIP OF DISNEY Has Always Been Wrapped Around the Neck of...
Hey friends, it's time to play Spot the Conspiracy! Look at the photo above, does anything look kinda weird? Like maybe there's an iconic mouse gazing longingly at a certain money-making franchise...
View ArticleTHE FOLLOWING: "Pilot" S1E1 (review)
By Steve AhlquistKevin Bacon comes to series television in creator Kevin Williamson's The Following, playing Ryan Hardy, "a flawed hero in search of redemption." That's not my description, but the...
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