A Dinosaur Under Troubled Water
In 2013, the worst flood in Alberta occurred, wreaking $1.7 billion in damage to 32 separate communities including Calgary, and killing four people. It was a horrific event, and one that lacks any kind...
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Of All The Iceballs In All The Universe, We Had To Land On This One
Yesterday, humanity accomplished a first. I love it when that happens.At 1600 GMT the Philae lander, launched from the Rosetta spacecraft, successfully landed on the surface of the rocky, roughly duck...
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[Review] - Constantine, Season 1 Episode 4, "A Feast of Friends"
Courtesy of Warner TelevisionFinally, an episode that feels true to the source material, but not bound by it. But first, an ongoing issue I have with the series: John's tie. I'm a tie man, I appreciate...
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Building Better Worlds
Him again...I don't go in for "viral advertising," especially in the context of films. While I understand and respect myth and world building, a film should be able to stand on it's own and not have to...
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[Review] - The Newsroom, Season 3 Episode 2, "Run"
Courtesy of HBOI've been disillusion by some of the TV I watch recently. Watching episodes week to week seems like such a burden. Maybe I'm suffering from depression, or maybe its because so much of TV...
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[Review] - Constantine, Season 1 Episode 5, "Danse Vaudou"
Courtesy of Warner Bros. TelevisionAs a personal aside, life might be swings and roundabouts, but that doesn't mean the roundabouts suck any less.Yesterday, NBC announced that they would not be...
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[Review] - Agents of SHIELD, Season 2 Episode 8, "The Things We Bury"
Courtesy of Marvel Television ProductionsI think that Agents of SHIELD might have turns a corner. I think they might have ironed out their issues and, whether accidentally or through sheer will and and...
View ArticleThere's An Island, Off The Coast Of Costa Rica...
When Jurassic World was first announced, I was among the dissenting voices. And slowly, as more and more details emerged, I moved on from my initial gut, emotional reaction, and began reacting to...
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[Review] - The Newsroom, Season 3 Episode 3, "Main Justice"
Courtesy of HBOThis week's episode was the least cohesive episode of the season thus far, but somehow that failed to impact the overall quality of the episode. The through line of the season is now...
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This Is A BBC Christmas
The BBC has been right rampant with teases and hints and musings about it's upcoming Christmas season, and I thought I'd collect them all in one easy to find spot.Starting off, Radio 4 has announced...
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[Analysis] - Jumping The Gun On Jurassic World: Part 1, The Trailer
Much to my relief, earlier this week when the Jurassic World trailer appeared online, it was good. As a 2 minutes and change introduction to what I had previously considered a senseless money grab, it...
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I Have Cried Twice In My Life: Once When I Was Seven And I Was Hit By A...
After months of uncertainty (NBC: let's wing it!), an official airdate for Parks and Recreation's final season has been announced. The last 13 episodes will begin airing on Tuesday, the 13th of...
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[Review] - Constantine, Season 1 Episode 6, "Rage of Caliban"
Courtesy of Warner Bros TelevisionConstantine continued it's creative upswing with an episode that wasn't very good this week. Wait... Sorry, that should have read "with an episode whose dialogue...
View ArticleThe Bricks Awaken
Last week saw the release of a trailer for a movie coming out next year that got my cockles in a tizzy. It called upon some very basic, very child-like inspirations of excitement and wonder, and used...
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[Review] - The Newsroom, Season 3 Episode 4, "Contempt"
Courtesy of HBOI love this season of The Newsroom, I just don't like this episode. While it had a few choice and magical moments (all of which involved Sam Waterston), the episode was sadly a return to...
View ArticleMr. President...
Netflix has confirmed the release of the third season of House of Cards, which will premiere in its entirety on the 27th of February. I thought that the second season, while still better than most...
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Holy Crap, The Internet Got One Right?
When I did my analysis of DC's slate of live action films, I considered Suicide Squad an outlier. In fact, I went so far as to guess that it, like Shazam, that it wouldn't be included in the shared...
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[Analysis] - Jumping The Gun On Jurassic World: Part 2, The Lego Sets
As designed by senteosanThe announcement a few weeks ago that Lego had achieved the license for Colin Trevorrow's Jurassic World was met, by me at least, with excitement, because it meant that we Lego...
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James Bond Will Return In...
Earlier today at Pinewood Studios, which has been the home of 007 since Dr. No (and in fact has it's own named stage at the facility), director Sam Mendes unveiled the cast and title of the 24th James...
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[Review] - Agents of SHIELD, Season 2 Episode 9, "...Ye Who Enter Here"
Courtesy of Marvel Television StudiosAnd the confirmation of information keeps on coming. After a couple weeks of mystery after mystery being resolved and revealed, this week we 100% learned the...
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