[Review] - Justified, Season 5 Episode 7, "Raw Deal"
Courtesy of Sony Pictures TelevisionEpisode seven of a thirteen episode season is the fulcrum episode. The episode where the narrative sits in a kind of equilibrium, as it begins to shift from set up...
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This fan made trailer for season 4 of Game of Thrones, using only footage taken from the Foreshadowing teaser HBO aired a few weeks ago, is really very effective. Yes, some of the sound edits are a bit...
View ArticleJust Funny-Lookin'
FX's Coen Brothers produced version of Fargo is the type of remake I can really get behind. Rather than just passively retelling the same story over again, with different actors and better production...
View ArticleFound: One Head, Very Old, Slightly Fossilized
The dinosaur capital of the world, Drumheller, Alberta, has produced yet another amazing find. The University of Calgary unveiled a nearly complete Pachyrhinosaurus skull last week, the first found in...
View ArticleThe Muppets Sing A Sequel Song, And Take Some Selfies
Muppets Most Wanted will be the first direct sequel the Muppets have ever made, as evidenced by the show opening number, the Sequel Song, which picks up the action literally during the credits of the...
View ArticleAll Men Must Die
I was just having a conversation with someone about HBO's motif's for the Game of Thrones season thus far. Season one was Ned and the throne, season two was a crown, and season three was the dragon....
View Article[Review] - Hannibal, Season 2 Episode 1, "Kaiseki"
Courtesy of Sony Pictures TelevisionSeason one of Hannibal was about establishing a new arrangement for these characters. The character of Hannibal Lecter had, in my opinion, had all the intrigue...
View ArticleI Haven't Thought Of You Lately At All
Joss Whedon has said that one of the biggest challenges of making Serenity (after getting the film green-lit) was making a film that someone who had never seen the series could enjoy, while making a...
View ArticleJurassic World Just Got That Much Creepier
I've avoided talking too much about the casting of Jurassic World, previously Jurassic Park 4, for the usual reasons: until the film actually gets made, casting can change at the drop of a hat. But the...
View ArticleA Dog And A Rat Buy Ice Cream
We're only 19 days away from Muppets Most Wanted. Here is a short film of Rowlf and Rizzo ordering food in a drive through. If this isn't the highlight of your day, you've got biggest problems.Via...
View ArticleThe Storm Of Swords Will End With A Feast for Crows
Courtesy of HBOHBO has learned, over the last three seasons, to keep certain things close to it's chest when it comes to Game of Thrones. This season has seen a significant (and welcome) decrease in...
View ArticleThere Isn't Life On Mars, But Man Kind Might Take A Picture As We Drive Past
The U.S. House of Representative's Science, Space and Technology Committee met yesterday with a single goal: to accomplish nothing. Sorry, no, they had two goals. To ultimately accomplish nothing, and...
View Article[Review] - Agents of SHIELD, Season 1 Episode 14, "T.A.H.I.T.I."
Courtesy of Marvel Television ProductionsIs ABC disappointed in Agents of SHIELD's performance? Yes, you better believe it. If they hadn't gotten a full season order straight out of the gate, based on...
View ArticleTake Care Of This Bear
When they first announced a live action Paddington Bear movie, called simply Paddington, I was nervous. First off, no film could match the wonderfulness of the BBC shorts from the seventies, in terms...
View ArticleThe Arkham Knight Rises
Time to come lean: I'm not that big a fan of Arkham City. It, like so many franchises, stuck to the idea that bigger equals better. That is rarely true. City didn't do anything that Asylum hadn't...
View Article[Review] - Justified, Season 5 Episode 8, "Whistle Past the Graveyard"
Courtesy of Sony Pictures TelevisionAfter four solid seasons, I guess we can begrudge Justified a filler episode or two. This week's offering felt like little more than an extension of last week`s,...
View ArticleDare To Be Square (And Slightly Mildewy Around the Corners)
The last two trailers for Laika's The Boxtrolls have been charming and endearing. This one is just beautiful. If this movie isn't high up on your most anticipated films of 2014 list, then you need to...
View ArticleNothing Slips By A Muppet
I didn't watch the Oscars, but the internet tells me that John Travolta made a fool out of himself and embarrassed one of the performers by getting her name not just wrong, but utterly and completely...
View ArticleBetter Late Than Never
The long promised Sin City sequel, A Dame To Kill For, finally actually exists. All credit to Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, other directors would have given up on the project a long time ago, but...
View ArticleCalling People Horrible Things For The Greater Good
What is the funniest scripted show on television right now? Parks and Rec? Brooklyn Nine-Nine? Community? Archer? Rick and Morty? I think that's all of them, except the real answer, which is Veep. It's...
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