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What Ever Happened To "Give Peace A Chance?"
For all the complaining I did when they removed Superman's underoos for Man of Steel , that was nothing compared to the fiasco that h...
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It's Been That Kind Of Day
The kind of day that needs to end with 30 seconds of Calvin and Hobbes dancing to jazz music. And thanks to Adam Brown, who is wise enoug...
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Dammit Veronica, Just Pick One Already
Full admission, I tended to side with the Veronica/Logan shippers back when Veronica Mars was originally on. Her only other options were...
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A Different Path. A Darker Path
It has been a long time since I looked forward to an X-Men movie. And all credit to Bryan Singer, he's doing a very good job of get...
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Peabody Here, And This Is His Boy, Sherman
Back when Mr. Peabody and Sherman was first announced, Robert Downey Jr. was set to voice the time travelling dog. Other things got in ...
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Caution: Suspects May Be Weird
It is entirely a coincidence that the day I review the new biography of Jim Henson , Disney releases the new poster for Muppets Most Wan...
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Marcia Wallace Has Died
Marcia Wallace, known best to multiple generations as the voice of Edna Krabappel, has died at the age of 70 due to complications from b...
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A Moustache Is A Power Weapon, Wield It Wisely
We began the week with Nick Offerman, so it is only fitting that we end the week with Nick Offerman. And as with last year, Offerman a...
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This Is So Toy
Have you read Fray ? You really should. Written during season six and seven of Buffy , it was Joss Whedon's first foyer into comics,...
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Winter Soldier Is The SHIELD Movie We Deserve
Marvel has settled into a perfect release schedule with their films, with a new one arriving every six months, and bringing with it a pre...
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Night Of The Riffing Dead
She should really just relax. I can say, without pause, that the most fun I've had in a long time was when I saw the RiffTrax Stars...
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Sherlock Series 3 Broadcast Date Announced In The US. Bully For Them
The BBC has yet to announce an air date for the highly anticipated third series of Sherlock , but the Americans aren't just sitting ...
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WWII Will Take Longer To Finish
The Christmas movie season is always flush with film trying to win awards, making December one of the better months for cinephiles (whic...
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I No Longer Like NBC
It helps that I wasn't particularly taken with them to begin with, but this really caps me in the slidesock. As everyone should be aw...
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In Soviet Russian, Meteors Come From Underground
I know, I'm sorry for the headline, but this is cool and I couldn't help myself. Russian divers have found the largest piece of t...
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The BBC Just Remembered Doctor Who Is Turning 50
So, here we have what is being called the first trailer for The Day of the Doctor , the 50th anniversary special. It isn't. Don't...
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Ottawa Doubles Down On Geek Obession
From C Stuckless Can anyone, in the comments or somewhere, explain to me the difference between a "comic-con" and a "fan ...
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Batman Makes Some Soild Points About How A Superman Team Up Would Be Stupid
Is it weird that until now it hadn't occurred to me that the plot of Batman/Superman: Dead By Dawn would be the government sending S...
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These People Are Looking A Little Too Sexy For My Liking
It was July of last year that we were treated to an "instalment banner" like this for The Hobbit . This year we had to wait...
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[Opinion] - Welcome To The Future, It's Terrible
We have a problem: the future is going to suck. And I'm not talking about five hundred, two thousand or deep time and a half from no...
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It's A Bird! It's A Plane! It's A 75 Year Old Reference!
Bruce Timm has done more good will for DC Comics than any other single person over the last twenty years. Between creating the definitive...
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Here's Hoping This Will Be A Good Day
Courtesy of the BBC Despite a name , and a poster , and now some new promo images, the BBC has yet to release a trailer for The Day of ...
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At Medieval Land Fun-Time World, You Win Or You Get Half Off Your Next Admission
I've said it before and I'll say it again , the folks over at Bad Lip Reading are geniuses. And while I thought it would be impo...
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The BBC Gets Strange... And Norrell
This past March , when the BBC announced their summer line up, one item attracted a lot of attention in the right circles: an adaptation ...
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My Favourite Batgirl Returns To DC Comics
Art by Dustin Nguyen Dustin Nguyen Dustin Nguyen I say that, but I've been burned before. After being unceremoniously wiped fr...
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Marvel Looks To Grow In The Future [Updated]
I don't usually like to report casting assumptions, because they more often than not turn out to be either 1) false or b) irrelevant...
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Fight Movie To Get A "Raze" Out Of You
Apparently this has been around for a while, but I'm only learning about it now. Raze is directed by Josh C. Waller, written by Robe...
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Pixar Spinoff Cancelled
Courtesy of Pixar A sensational headline, and I apologise for that. Three and a half years after opening, Pixar Canada has been shut by...
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Do Dogs Have Brains: An In-depth Examination
Occasionally, on the internet, someone will do or say something so monumentally stupid that everyone else affords themselves a couple min...
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Crowd Funding Solves An Exotic Problem
The Middleman is one of those unique pieces of cultural analysis, wrapped in a cosy cotton layer of satire that is seemingly inevitably ...
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Under His Tutelage, You Too Can Grow From A Husband Into A Father, And From A Father Into A Swanson
How to properly parent *: Step 1: Sire progeny, preferably with the cooperation of your special lady friend. Step 2: Construct your i...
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I, Frankenstein Looks Like Something I, Can Miss
There is a scene in the second series of Episodes where the TV executive complains that his network doesn't have a "vampire sho...
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