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Points Off For Groot Being Awesome

Cinema Sins is something I can usually get behind. When they pick up on those tired cliches that get worn out in film after film, that is a legit Sin. When a movie has glaring plot holes enough to fly...

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Things Aren't As Bad As They Seem

I think Neil deGrasse Tyson has been officially challenged as the great modern communicator for science, and the title of the the Face of Space may truly be in contention, thanks to the affable, calm...

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New Year's Eve Is The Worst Holiday. Except For All The Others

Last Week Tonight returns with a new season on February 8th, but John Oliver and HBO have been tiding us over with occasional clips on YouTube, which was a brilliant bit of forethought on their part....

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[Review] - Big Eyes

Courtesy of Silverwood FilmsI've waited eleven years to see a good Tim Burton film again. Coincidentally, that film had the word "Big" in the title too. Mostly, I'm just relieved that Burton is still...

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Warning: Do Not Consume After 65 Million Years

Artist Alejo Malia has taped into two powerful fan bases, and merged them with near perfect harmony: gigantic monstrous reptiles from the depths of time, and dessert. Yes, answering the age old...

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That's A Lot

The letter B is a wonderful letter, if you pronounce it correctly. If you are wondering what pronouncing B correctly sounds like, go take a listen to Rowan Atkinson making his way around the word "Bob"...

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[Review] - The Librarians, Season 1 Episodes 5 And 6, "And the Apple of...

Courtesy of Electric EntertainmentHalf way through the season, and Flynn returned to check in on the condition of the Library, while providing no actual progress on his own mission to re-anchor the...

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Every Time NBC Cancels A Show, An Angel Gets Pissed Off And Turns The TV To CBS

We're a week away from NBC's childish burning off of the entire seventh and final season of Parks and Rec, so that they can get back to broadcasting the programming that they want to air, and that no...

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Good Grief

If, while watching this trailer for the upcoming Peanuts film, you feel a wash of familiarity, it isn't because the animators have managed to perfectly capture the nostalgic feel of Charles Schultz'...

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[Review] - Agent Carter, Season 1 Episodes 1 And 2, "Now is Not the...

Courtesy of Marvel Television StudiosI think everyone's biggest worry going into this was that Agent Carter would repeat the mistakes of Agents of SHIELD, and that the televised corner of the MCU would...

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Give An Ant, Take A Man

Marvel had released the first official footage of Ant-man. And it is... OK, I know that this is a teaser trailer, and it's whole purpose in life is to just give us a look at bare, raw footage and some...

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The Dead Should Stay That Way

Well, folks, this here is an odd one. The Lazarus Effect is a horror movie, coming from fine horror purveyors, and wouldn't warrant a moment's interest or second look from me, someone who loathes the...

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[Review] - Good Omens

Courtesy of the BBCYeah, it's late. I suck like that some times.If Dirk Maggs wants to just keep on adapting Neil Gaiman's works, he is welcome to do so. He clearly has the right mentality when it...

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Shows Have Actors In Them, Don't You Know

As the new year breaks, so does the cavalcade of casting announcements for shows that shall see their premieres in the first quarter. Like, a whole day and a half after the blockbuster premiere of...

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Finally, An Insider's Look At Today's Stars That I Could Stomach

It is no piece of news that Neil deGrasse Tyson has a lot to say about science in the modern world (and how it got there), and enjoys saying it, and says it well. It was only a matter of time until...

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Crime Solving Ponies Make Everything Better

HBO would like to remind you of several things. 1) Last Week Tonight was a huge success, both critically and creatively, and that it is coming back for more. B) The more it is coming back for begins on...

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Sometimes Animals Talk Back

You know, after watching a trailer like this, your mind rolls back over every Disney movie where the protagonists talked to cuddly little animal buddies, and reevaluates the wholesomeness of that brand...

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Not A Great Day For America, Everybody. Or The Rest Of Us

When Craig Ferguson ended his run on the Late Late Show last month, which happened the day after Colbert finished his show, and pretty much left me devastated that weekend, he said a lot in his...

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[Review] - Agent Carter, Season 1 Episode 3, "Time and Tide"

Courtesy of Marvel Television StudiosWell, that was a horrible "previously on" sequence to attach to the front end of a perfectly good show. The narration, the pacing, the way the footage was cut in....

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Survival Of The Fittest

This first, full trailer for House of Cards season 3 really amps up the tension with a lot of quick cuts and a pounding soundtrack. However, as much as it really revs me up for another season of...

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