BEST FRIENDS FOREVER: The Legendary Friendship Necklace Gets A STAR WARS Twist
I have rarely met a fellow female who didn't, at one point in her life, make the sacred friendship oath with her bestie via the exchanging of the Best Friend Forever necklace. If you are unfamiliar...
View ArticleCosmic Treadmill: A Look at 'Classic Star Wars - A New Hope'
I wonder if Jedi before me woke up with a light saber in their bed like I did today. Of course mine is a Halloween prop from years ago, I dug it our to do a pose for a project I’m working on. Also, to...
View ArticleWTF TUESDAY EDITION: You Know What The World Needs? A Video of A Woman...
There are a lot of reasons to go online, but none so noble as looking for a completely random video that someone mistakenly posted to YouTube hoping to be discovered. And this, my friends, is one of...
View ArticleSummer Movies 2013: A Look Back
As the dog days of summer drag to a close, let’s take a look back on one of the weirdest movie seasons in memory, when humongous “sure-fire” blockbuster wannabes bombed embarrassingly, anticipated...
View ArticleTEAM FORTRESS 2 Parodies Mulan's "I'll Make A Man Out of You"
I'm not a crazed Team Fortress 2 fan (except for Heavy Weapons Guy...he's awesome) but I will admit to enjoying this parody of I'll Make A Man Out of You from Disney's Mulan. I don't know, maybe I'm...
View ArticleLOW WINTER SUN: "No Rounds" S1E3 (review)
By Kate McKendry “No Rounds” begins with Joe (Lennie James) in church, reflecting on the crimes he committed with his deceased partner, Brendan McCann. We learn Joe had told the truth to Frank (Mark...
View ArticleTHE COMIC LIST: Releases For 8/28/13
After the jump check out a list of which which comics, graphic novels, toys and other pop-culture merchandise will arrive at your local comic shop via Diamond Comics Distributors. Please check with...
View ArticleYOUR MAN: Well, This Is Certainly One Of the Weirdest Animated Shorts I've...
Sometimes an animated short film pops up on your computer that has the power to boggle the mind, and Your Man by the creative multi-discipline Dublin studio Pearsmiths is such a film. Designed to look...
View ArticleAutonomy of a Failed Show: The Agreeableness of ‘THE NEWSROOM’
Let me start this post with a preface: I’m not trying to jump on The Newsroom bashing bandwagon. I watch the show because I really want to like it. But during last week’s episode the fundamental...
View ArticleThe AMSTEL PAUSE VENDING MACHINE Will Spot You A Brew If You Can Stay Still...
In order to get people to take a few minutes out of their day and relax, the Dutch brewery company, Amstel, created a vending machine that dispensed FREE BEER to those people who could manage to spend...
View ArticleAce of Records: We Know
By Jessie Lynn How many punk bands can you think of who wear suits and fancy dresses on stage, and encourage their fans to do the same? How many punk bands can you think of who reference in their songs...
View ArticleHANGIN' WITH THE HOMIES Car Air Freshners Will Give Your Minivan A Gangsta Vibe
If you came of age back when N.W.A hit the airways, bringing hardcore rap into the bedrooms of white-bred suburban girls who, for whatever reason, felt a certain kinship to the power of anger-driven...
View ArticleDisney DuckTales Remastered (video game review)
Review by PJ Hruschak Reviving old properties is an effective way to try and cash in on nostalgia. Case-in-point is Capcom's recent release of DuckTales Remastered, a modern-day makeover given to a...
View ArticleYou Have Just Five Days To Stream the BBC Radio Play Based On Pink Floyd's...
Last night BBC Radio aired a radio play (written by the great Tom Stoppard) based on Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and, if you are a fan of the trippy album and of radio plays (and I don't see...
View ArticleSWAG A-GO-GO: reviews for stuff you should check out
Here at FOG! HQ lots of cool stuff comes in, giving us the opportunity to check out some merchandise, that to be completely honest, we think you should check out! This time out we've a bunch of...
View ArticleSEND YOUR LITTLE ONE Off To School In Style With The R2D2 Lunch Bag! It'll...
I 'm not a parent so I don't know if the hierarchy of the cool lunch box in elementary school is still as pervasive as it was back in the 80's, but I'm just going to assume it is for the purpose of...
View ArticleJAMES SPADER is ULTRON in THE AVENGERS 2
Ending speculation that Paul Bettany's Jarvis would portray the big bad in the upcoming The Avengers sequel, Marvel Studios has announced that Emmy Award winning actor James Spader will portray Ultron...
View ArticleHoly Geek Outrage, Batman!
These past few days, I have been embarrassed for my geek brethren. See, I am very used to being the only black face in the room and getting asked about black stuff. And I am used to being one of the...
View Article'EVERY YOUNG MAN'S BATTLE': A Self-Help Movie About Resisting Soul-Destroying...
Full Disclosure: I watch porn. Not everyday or anything, but I have Cinemax and well, that's pretty much the only thing on it that's watchable, so yeah, I'll spend a few minutes of my life watching...
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