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He Doesn't Bother To Bite Your Jugular Like A Lion
Agents of SHIELD is still off for another week, but until then here is a tactical raptor. Oh, I'm sorry, theTactical Raptor. Because being the great killing machine of the Cretaceous wasn't enough, you...
View ArticleSize Matters
You know why I love the deep past? Because everything was huge. Sloths were huge, birds were huge, insects were huge. The modern ecosystem can't support mega-fauna (thanks, decreasing oxygen content of...
View ArticleThere Were Singing Vegetables!
I'm not one for sport, so I don't watch the Superbowl, or get overly excited about the ridiculously expensive commercials that air during. But this one has Muppets, and is fantastic (and works just as...
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[Review] - Justified, Season 5 Episode 4, "Over the Mountain"
Courtesy of Sony Pictures TelevisionEveryone knows that one of the rules of comedy is that lists come in threes. And that a good comedian will attempt to find a way to subvert convention while still...
View ArticleFrom Another Dusk Til Dawn
From Dusk Til Dawn is the only one of Robert Rodriguez' films that I really love. Sin City is alright, The Facility is fine, and Desperado is enjoyable. But I've never felt that way about his films....
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Eventually, In The Old West
I've made no secret about Western being my favourite genre. I feel that, like Science Fiction, it's a genre that enables a writer to tell any story they want. And because of the extreme nature of the...
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[Review] - The Barenaked Ladies: Grinning Streak Tour
Via Sun MediaWhile some might disregard the Barenaked Ladies as a nineties holdover, this year marks their 25th anniversary as a group. And this tour is as much a celebration of that fact as it is of...
View ArticleFit For A Queen. Or, A Princess Anyway
It's little secret that Sideshow Toys makes pretty much the best collector statues on the market. Sure, their pricy as hell, but you get what you pay for. The Premium Format items are especially well...
View ArticleTwo Blokes Go To Italy, Make Voices At Each Other
In 2011, IFC Films released The Trip, starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, as they take a tour of bed and breakfasts and manage to bicker and do impressions at each other. The film wasn't great,...
View ArticlePhilip Seymour Hoffman Has Died
Philip Seymour Hoffman has died at the age of 46, of a suspected drug overdose. In May of last year, the respected actor had revealed that he had relapsed after over 20 years of sobriety, and had...
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[Review] - Inside Llewyn Davis
Courtesy of StudioCanalSome filmmakers evolve over time; some become bloated with success and scale. The Coens aren't like that. They appeared years ago fully formed, and there is a sense of comfort in...
View ArticlePeople Die At The Fair
Earlier last week, we got a series of character posters for Seth MacFarlane's A Million Ways To Die In The West.I said at the time that unless the trailer really sucked, I was going to be looking...
View ArticleIf Neil deGrasse Tyson Asks You To Travel To The Cosmos With Him, You Say Yes
Children, pay attention: this is what epic looks like.Cosmos returns March 9th, on FOX.
View ArticleBack Off Man, I'm A Builder
Lego Cuusoo continues to make excellent choices (though I'm still bummed that Muppet Lego didn't happen... yet) in their official selections. Minecraft was a perfect fit, and the Back to the Future set...
View ArticleI've Always Found The Idea Of Death Comforting
Last season, Bryan Fuller was not shy about sharing his hopes and visions for Hannibal's future. Unfortunately, all of those hopes were dependent on the various rights holders of the various Hannibal...
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[Review] - Agents of SHIELD, Season 1 Episode 13, "T.R.A.C.K.S."
Courtesy of Marvel Television ProductionsOften times, especially with shows that have heavy serialised components, the show is better afterwards, when watched all in one go. ABC is doing the exact...
View ArticleCool Beans
I don't really think I need to include a blurb with these Muppets post anymore, do you? Other than I love the suggestion that Constantine and Kermit will do a Marx Bros mirror gag at one point in the...
View ArticleIf They're Shooting At You, They're Bad Guys
Some weeks, I have to scrimp and scrape and bleed the internet to find things I feel are worth posting (and I only post two or three things a day). Other weeks, I'm spoiled for choice, like this week....
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[Review] - Justified, Season 5 Episode 5, "Shot All to Hell"
Courtesy of Sony Pictures TelevisionLast week, I noted how some of the elements of that episode, particularly the disconnected scenes that came at the very end, seemed like they were either filler or...
View ArticleWhere Are Your Gods Now?
Earlier last year, HBO seemed confident that their long gestating American Gods series would see some signs of life by the end of 2013. I even took the opportunity to make some casting suggestions (all...
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