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

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 Yo...
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Things Aren't As Bad As They Seem

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 ...
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Points Off For Groot Being Awesome

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 ...
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With Great Power Comes Great Terror

With Great Power Comes Great Terror

Penny Dreadful 's sophomore season is still an indeterminate number of months away, but Showtime wants to keep reminding us of it'...
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Let's Try This Again, Shall We Lego?

Let's Try This Again, Shall We Lego?

From Lego Ideas, by Alatariel Remember a while back , when Lego Ideas approved Ellen Kooijman's fantastic Lady Science sets (she c...
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[Review] - Doctor Who, 2014 Christmas Special, "Last Christmas"

[Review] - Doctor Who, 2014 Christmas Special, "Last Christmas"

Courtesy of the BBC. When Steven Moffat is being clever, he's really clever. For instance, many science fiction shows feel quite fre...
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Good Tidings

Good Tidings

Courtesy of the BBC For those that might have forgotten, BBC Radio 4 is currently airing the Dirk Maggs adaptation of Good Omens , once ...
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Puny Seasonal Mascot

Puny Seasonal Mascot

Remember kids, when sitting on Santa's lap, always check to make certain that he's a kindly old elf and not a genocidal purple mon...
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[Review] - The Newsroom, Season 3 Episode 5 And The Series Finale Episode 6, "Oh Shenandoah" And "What Kind of Day Has It Been"

[Review] - The Newsroom, Season 3 Episode 5 And The Series Finale Episode 6, "Oh Shenandoah" And "What Kind of Day Has It Been"

Courtesy of HBO Let's get this over with, shall we? Hit the jump for the review, which contains spoilers that were almost certainl...
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[Review] - The Librarians, Season 1 Episodes 3 And 4,

[Review] - The Librarians, Season 1 Episodes 3 And 4, "And The Horns Of A Dilemma/And Santa's Midnight Run"

Courtesy of Electric Entertainment The Librarians precursor, Leverage , was not shy about casting geek icons for each week's marks....
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Laika Has Us By The Strings

Laika is officially the new studio that can do no wrong. In my mind, they are the company making the most interesting and the most succe...
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An Open Air Insane Asylum

An Open Air Insane Asylum

Kill Me Three Times isn't a film that was on my radar until today. I'd seen the promotional image of Simon Pegg in mustache and s...
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This Is The Week That Was

This Is The Week That Was

I was unexpectedly gone last week, and I missed a few things that I wish I hadn't. Like being able to properly say goodbye to both The...
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Tis The Season That A Fat Man Watches You To See If You're Being Naughty

Tis The Season That A Fat Man Watches You To See If You're Being Naughty

There is no end, every year, of updates and alterations to Twas The Night Before Christmas . But, like so many things in life, I think I ...
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[Review] - Agents of SHIELD, Season 2 Episode 10, "What They Become"

[Review] - Agents of SHIELD, Season 2 Episode 10, "What They Become"

Courtesy of Marvel Television Studios When ABC gave SHIELD a second season, I was shocked. Frankly, I didn't think they deserved it...
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Next Summer, Pixar Puts The Foot Down

Next Summer, Pixar Puts The Foot Down

Disney has released a second teaser trailer for their next film, Inside Out , which explores the origins of human emotions inside the huma...
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Zemeckis Walks the Walk

Zemeckis Walks the Walk

I have a conflicting relationship with the career of Robert Zemeckis. Back to the Future and Roger Rabbit are both modern classics and a...
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[Review] - Constantine, Season 1 Episode 7, "Blessed Are the Damned"

[Review] - Constantine, Season 1 Episode 7, "Blessed Are the Damned"

Courtesy of Warner Bros Television Before we get into the particulars of this episode, I want to take a moment to give the appropriate k...
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[Review] - Agents of SHIELD, Season 2 Episode 9, "...Ye Who Enter Here"

[Review] - Agents of SHIELD, Season 2 Episode 9, "...Ye Who Enter Here"

Courtesy of Marvel Television Studios And the confirmation of information keeps on coming. After a couple weeks of mystery after mystery...
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James Bond Will Return In...

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...
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[Analysis] - Jumping The Gun On Jurassic World: Part 2, The Lego Sets

As designed by  senteosan The announcement a few weeks ago that Lego had achieved the license for Colin Trevorrow's Jurassic Worl...
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Holy Crap, The Internet Got One Right?

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 gues...
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Mr. President...

Mr. 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 ...
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[Review] - The Newsroom, Season 3 Episode 4, "Contempt"

[Review] - The Newsroom, Season 3 Episode 4, "Contempt"

Courtesy of HBO I love this season of The Newsroom , I just don't like this episode. While it had a few choice and magical moments (...
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The Bricks Awaken

The 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,...
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[Review] - Constantine, Season 1 Episode 6, "Rage of Caliban"

[Review] - Constantine, Season 1 Episode 6, "Rage of Caliban"

Courtesy of Warner Bros Television Constantine continued it's creative upswing with an episode that wasn't very good this week....
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I Have Cried Twice In My Life: Once When I Was Seven And I Was Hit By A School Bus, And Then Again When I Heard That Parks And Rec Was Ending

After months of uncertainty (NBC: let's wing it!), an official airdate for Parks and Recreation 's final season has been announce...
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