If Trends Continue, Ultron May Have Some Perverse Sexual Fetish

If Trends Continue, Ultron May Have Some Perverse Sexual Fetish

James Spader is one of my favourite actors, and not just because he's rocking that pimp hat up there. Certainly he's one of the f...
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In Space, No One Can Hear You Pass Out, Get Sick All Over The Front Of Yourself

Really, the only thing that need be said about Space Drunk is how the filmmakers describe it on the YouTube page : Star Drunk is an e...
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[Opinion] - Tis The Season. I'll Be In The Car

As the summer comes to an end, and the first week of September approaches, the minds of parents turn towards that cherished annual tradi...
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When This Happens For Real, It Won't Be This Good

When This Happens For Real, It Won't Be This Good

There is a rumour going around that Bryan Cranston has been cast to play Lex Luthor in multiple films for the DC Movie Universe . Aside f...
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The Gun Will No Longer Be In The Dog

The Gun Will No Longer Be In The Dog

[ Author's Note: this post is spoiler free ] Luther creator Neil Cross confirmed last week, at the Edinburgh TV festival, that th...
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[Review] - The Newsroom, Season 2 Episode 7, "Red Team III"

[Review] - The Newsroom, Season 2 Episode 7, "Red Team III"

Courtesy of HBO There is a phrase that Aaron Sorkin has used in each of his series: doing a big thing badly. I can see the appeal of the...
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 Past Pete Is Here To Kill Future Pete

Past Pete Is Here To Kill Future Pete

I feel that now is the time to drawn attention to the fantastic mashup tumblr Mad Rock , which blends the antisocial insanity of Mad Men...
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In A(nother) Land Of Myth, And A (Different) Time Of Magic...

In A(nother) Land Of Myth, And A (Different) Time Of Magic...

OK, this one is on me. I missed it, and I own up to that. My only excuse is that, during the summer months, I don't pay that much at...
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[Review] - Breaking Bad, Season 5 Episode 11, "Confessions"

[Review] - Breaking Bad, Season 5 Episode 11, "Confessions"

Courtesy of AMC Right off the top, in a short scene like something out of an Elmore Leonard novel, we get acquainted with the Nazi skin ...
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Justified Season 5 Might Eat Crowe

Justified Season 5 Might Eat Crowe

Justified , despite being one of the three best shows on TV (and one of the five best shows on TV and the internet) right now, gets very ...
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Don't Get Excited, We've Still Got Eight Months To Wait

Don't Get Excited, We've Still Got Eight Months To Wait

The final of George R.R. Martin's teased three major castings has been completed for season 4 of Game of Thrones. First it was Pedro ...
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[Review] - The World's End

[Review] - The World's End

Courtesy of Relativity Media I don't just like movies, movies are important to me. I feel things about them, which is something i c...
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Daredevil Is Batman

Specifically, July 17th 2015 Now, I know that headline is a little unfair, and a comparison that everyone will be making, but it is tec...
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Yeah Boy!

You have one task this weekend: see The World's End . That's it. That's all you have to do. Forget about looking after the n...
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[Opinion] - You Are About To Experience A Dropped Call

I have recently returned from holiday. It rained everyday. Which wasn't too disappointing; rain is actually my preferred weather sys...
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Community Attempts To Court The Favour Of Spurned Viewers

Community Attempts To Court The Favour Of Spurned Viewers

I'm going to admit something here: I've given up on Community . I think. As much as I hope Dan Harmon's return means good th...
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Gotham's Going To Burn

We're just over two months away from the release of Batman: Arkham Origins , and I'm anxious to see if WB Games Montreal's pr...
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I'm Blinded By Science

I'm Blinded By Science

Here's something I don't understand: we're living in an age when eighties nostalgia is at it's maximum (with the return o...
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I Want So Badly To Make A "Squeal Like A Pig" Joke Here

I Want So Badly To Make A "Squeal Like A Pig" Joke Here

Does a person need a reason to post a video of Steve Martin and Kermit the Frog having a dueling banjo match? I don't think so. And if...
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At What Point Did Brad Pitt Start Looking Permanently Greasy?

I'm going to do something a little unusual here, and compare Ridley Scott to Tim Burton. Not a comparison many would make. But both a...
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[Review] - The Newsroom, Season 2 Episode 6, "One Step Too Many"

[Review] - The Newsroom, Season 2 Episode 6, "One Step Too Many"

Courtesy of HBO. If it had been Will instead of that Dantana guy back there, this could be a DVD cover. The gang is almost entirely all h...
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Technical Difficulties... Please Stand By

Some readers may notice the site is not working quite properly today. I don't know why this is. I use Blogger as a platform, and it&...
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When They Come For You, All You'll Know Is Bushy Tails, Then Darkness

True fact 1:   squirrels are the fears of young children made flesh and fur. Every time a child screams in terror, a squirrel is belched...
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Elmore Leonard Has Died

Elmore Leonard Has Died

Prolific western and crime writer Elmore Leonard has died at the age of 87, due to complications from a stroke. The author, occasionally...
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[Review] - Breaking Bad, Season 5 Episode 10, "Buried"

[Review] - Breaking Bad, Season 5 Episode 10, "Buried"

Courtesy of AMC Well, at least now we know how much money Walter had in that storage locker: enough to support a very large black man&...
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For Some People, This Is Pornography

Professional stunt women Jessie Graff and Tree O'Tool, who I'm hoping chose that as a screen name, and didn't have incredibl...
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All I Did This Summer Was Explore All The Different Foods Covered In Powdered Cheese

All I Did This Summer Was Explore All The Different Foods Covered In Powdered Cheese

Last Thursday, John Oliver officially stepped down as interim host of the Daily Show , in anticipation of the show's two week break ...
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[Review] - We're The Millers

[Review] - We're The Millers

Courtesy of New Line Cinema About the best thing you can say about We're The Millers is that it boldly asks the question, "wou...
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Why In The Hell Is There Going To Be A Jurassic Park 4?

Colin Trevorrow, soon to be director and co-writer on Jurassic Park 4 , appeared on the Jurassic Park Podcast (I love the internet) to d...
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These Are The Grey Hats

These Are The Grey Hats

Depression-era mob stories set in LA are really nothing new. And frankly, since L.A. Confidential , there hasn't been a good one (I l...
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[Opinion] - The BRIAN BLESSED Of House Fixtures

If any of you are long time readers, or cursory readers, or happened to have have found your way here  across successive weeks, you'...
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For One Night Only, It's Just A Show, You Should Really Just Relax

For One Night Only, It's Just A Show, You Should Really Just Relax

The guys over at RiffTrax, Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 fame, have previously perf...
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Sex Is Sciencey

Showtime's programmes aren't exactly the greatest works ever put to screen. They aren't schlock, but they aren't art eit...
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[Review] - Elysium, In IMAX

[Review] - Elysium, In IMAX

Courtesy of Media Rights Capital Neill Blomkamp's Elysium could just as easily be called "We are The 99% IN SPAAAAAACE." ...
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If It's By Shakespeare, Everyone In The Title Dies

As summer winds to a close, and millions of students prepare to return to the classroom, it is important to remember that over the course...
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Thor Returns To Our World, While Kevin Feige Plays The Long Game

While I was away, a new trailer for Thor: The Dark World appeared. It is largely the same as the previous trailer, featuring the same vo...
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[Review] - The Newsroom, Season 2 Episodes 4 and 5, "Unintended Consequences" and "News Night with Will McAvoy"

[Review] - The Newsroom, Season 2 Episodes 4 and 5, "Unintended Consequences" and "News Night with Will McAvoy"

Courtesy of HBO Here we have two very different episodes, in tone, in structure and in success. One was an over written melodramatic me...
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Yet Again, It Will Soon Be Time To Play The Music

Yet Again, It Will Soon Be Time To Play The Music

Of my areas of expertise, you can count the subjects of dinosaurs, classical mythology, and the Muppets. When any of those things happen t...
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This Post Contains Bad Words

This Post Contains Bad Words

It never fails that, when I go on holiday, something stupidly huge happens, then I come back and everyone's been talking about it for...
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[Review] - Breaking Bad, Season 5 Episode 9, "Blood Money"

[Review] - Breaking Bad, Season 5 Episode 9, "Blood Money"

Courtesy of AMC As with last season, or the first half of this season (for the love of gods, not this again...), I find myself at someth...
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[Video] - Decay

[The author has been on holidays for the past week, so you'll have to look elsewhere for day old news, poor grammar and an inability to ...
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[Video] - Paraphernalia

[Video] - Paraphernalia

[The author is on holidays for the next week, so you'll have to look elsewhere for day old news, poor grammar and a level of self deprec...
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[Video] - Hybrids

[Video] - Hybrids

[The author is on holidays for the next week, so you'll have to look elsewhere for day old news, poor grammar and an unhealthy attractio...
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[Video] - Two Scoops

[The author is on holidays for the next week, so you'll have to look elsewhere for day old news, poor grammar and a pathological inabili...
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[Video] - ABE

[Video] - ABE

[The author is on holidays for the next week, so you'll have to look elsewhere for day old news, poor grammar and sarcastic indifference...
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"When I Turned Again, Sherlock Holmes Was Standing Smiling At Me Across My Study Table."

I'm off for a week of holidays. There will be posts between now and then, but I won't be back properly until next Tuesday with a...
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[Review] - The Wolverine

[Review] - The Wolverine

Courtesy of 20th Century Fox. The X-Men franchise was one that I had all but given up on. Despite all the very exciting things coming o...
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And The Dozenth Doctor Is...

And The Dozenth Doctor Is...

Peter Capaldi, most famous for his role as the foul mouthed Malcolm Tucker on The Thick of It . Capaldi's casting as the 12th Doctor,...
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He's Been Out Of The World For A Spell

He's Been Out Of The World For A Spell

Agents of SHIELD has already overcome the first major obstacle in getting a series to air, in that it has been picked up. Now, it moves ...
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The Lord Oaf Of Highgarden

The Lord Oaf Of Highgarden

Well... Roger Ashton-Griffiths has been cast as Mace Tyrell, father to soon-to-be-Queen Margaery, in the upcoming season of Game of Thro...
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Bryan Cranston Could Start Giving Morgan Freeman A Run On Narrating Things

Bryan Cranston Could Start Giving Morgan Freeman A Run On Narrating Things

Bryan Cranston reading Shelley's Ozymandias is about as haunting as you can get. And pretty pitch perfect for the coming final episo...
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