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Fit For A Queen. Or, A Princess Anyway
It's little secret that Sideshow Toys makes pretty much the best collector statues on the market. Sure, their pricy as hell, but you ...
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Eventually, In The Old West
I've made no secret about Western being my favourite genre. I feel that, like Science Fiction, it's a genre that enables a write...
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From Another Dusk Til Dawn
From Dusk Til Dawn is the only one of Robert Rodriguez' films that I really love. Sin City is alright, The Facility is fine, and ...
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There Were Singing Vegetables!
I'm not one for sport, so I don't watch the Superbowl, or get overly excited about the ridiculously expensive commercials that ai...
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Size Matters
You know why I love the deep past? Because everything was huge. Sloths were huge, birds were huge, insects were huge. The modern ecosyste...
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Most Wanted Poster Still Not Wanted
Disney has released a new poster for Muppets Most Wanted . Is it perfect? No, it's still a pretty terrible poster. But it's leagu...
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Fry Takes A Day
My interest in 24: Live Another Day has been less than nothing. I gave up on 24 long before it finished, back when Jack Bauer had only ...
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Not Twelve. Thirteen
Well there he is. While we've seen Peter Capaldi hanging out in Matt Smith's former costume a couple times, now the BBC has relea...
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FX Is Straining Towards The Summer
It won't premiere until July, but Guillermo del Toro's The Strain continues to tease us with more vague notions that trouble is c...
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People Don't Use The Word "Dames" Enough Anymore
There is a popular trend amongst internet artists right now, adapting Disney princesses into other things: steampunkers, dress gowns, Sta...
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Shortpacked! Packing It In
By David Willis I was introduced to David Willis' Walky verse a few years back through Shortpacked! 's Batman jokes (it was Bat...
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MORE POWER!
Despite Jeremy Clarkson's claim that the 21 series of Top Gear would start tomorrow, the BBC has confirmed that the series will in ...
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If You Don't Throw Them A Piece Of Meat, They Go A Bit Nuts
Say what you will about Danny Boyle, the man has never conformed to expectations. His films are as eclectic as you can get, with Trainspo...
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Bully For Them
NBC rarely passes up an opportunity to shoot themselves in the foot. Take, for instance, the recent success of their Sound of Music live...
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ABC Still Holds Out A Hope On Marvel
Courtesy of Marvel Last week, ABC President Paul Lee made a couple of confirmations concerning the future of the MCU and Marvel televi...
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Shameful. Just Shameful
I like Elizabeth Banks. She's a quality actress, capable of a broad range of comedy and drama, takes interesting roles that you would...
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Penny For Your (Dark) Thoughts?
Just a couple of days after teasing us last, Showtime has confirmed a start date for Sam Mendes and John Logan's Victorian public dom...
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[Insert Male-Genitalia Pun Here]
You know what I bet Rob Thomas would be great at? Marriage counseling. Because he never gives up on anything. He had his series Cupid c...
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You Either Die A Villian, Or Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become The Still-A-Villian
The Oscar nominations were announced today , and everyone is getting all excited about them, except for me. I couldn't care less abou...
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In For A Penny, In for A Pound
I like covering the build up towards the premiere of Penny Dreadful , because I get to see how many "penny" and/or "dreadf...
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Ant-men
As I've said several times, I'm not a fan of posting casting announcements. Until the film is in the can, anything can happen. A...
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Only One Year Left Of One Year Old News
When season two of the Newsroom ended, it's future was unknown . The season had ended in a fairly series-finale-ish way, and Sorki...
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It's Not Easy Not Getting Gold
At the Golden Globes on the weekend, Muppets Most Wanted didn't win a single trophy . True, it wasn't nominated for any, and tha...
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Live In The New World, Or Die In The Old One
I just met someone who is working their way through Game of Thrones for the first time, in anticipation of the season 4 premiere. They a...
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If You Hit Reboot Enough Times, Eventually The System Crashes
I've made no secret about preferring Marvel's films to DC's. And, I hope, I've made no secret about preferring DC's ...
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Just Like The Gypsy Woman Said
Consider this your reminder that Archer returns tonight on FX, and that is only a good thing. If the producers are to believed, we'...
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That's Just One Of Our Block Builders From Sector 7-G
I think the record will show that I am a fan of Lego. I also feel, in various ways, as though I've made my thoughts on The Simpson...
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Well, If Twitter Likes It, It Must Be Good
I'm not going to lie: this site is probably going to be pretty Muppet heavy for the next couple months. Indeed, expect March to be as...
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In Space, No One Can Hear Your Children Scream
Usually, when a company announces that they are developing a video game based on the Alien franchise, the acceptable reaction is to gro...
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Thor: The Dark World Nearly Included More Kick Ass Women
Last year, I advocated the use of both Thor villainous The Enchantress, and love interest Valkyrie in any potential third Thor film. I...
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Dennis Nedry Has The Weirdest Laugh In Film History
Here is five minutes of people laughing like crazy people. I like it. I like it because Christopher Walkin, Nic Cage and Jack Nicholson a...
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A Heartbeat Away
Another trailer for season two of House of Cards , and things certainly appear to be escalating. Considering the season one was entirely ...
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Watching Television Tonight Is Justified
Just a reminder that season five of Justified starts this evening on FX. This season promises some snark from Raylan, a tendency to over...
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We've F**king Time Travelled, Yes?
While we shouldn't' expect to see anything new out of the TARDIS until at least the fall, "the Capaldi era begins," cl...
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And Starring Morgan Freeman As The Wise, Calming Influence
"Every actor is something. Robert Downey Jr.: good. Jim Belushi: bad. Van Damme: the good kind of bad. Johnny Depp: the bad kind of g...
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Help Us Veronica, You're Our Only Hope
For the sake of argument, let's say I've been off for two weeks. Now, usually this time of year is safe from major news breaking,...
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