By James Nelson In case you avoided the media blitz on Thursday, William Shatner has released a new documentary about The Great Bird of the Galaxy; the man, the myth, the legend, Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek. The…
The Wrath of Khan: A Tale of Two Ships
By Zach Nichols Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is widely regarded as the greatest of the Star Trek films and quite possibly the greatest story in the entire Trek franchise encompassing 28 television seasons, 12 movies, and hundreds…
Mission Impossible Rogue Nation review: Cruise at his best
By Kenneth Shipp Twice this summer, a fourth installment or higher film turned out to be very good (Mad Max and Jurassic Park). Would there be a third? Turns out the answer is….
The Commercial Age of Comics (Part II)
In my last post I discussed how we have entered into a new age of comics, one which is defined by three increasing trends: increasing diversity, simplifying canon, and corporate synergy between print and film. None of these things in themselves…
This election cycle is too damn long!
By Trevor Law I love politics, I mean I really love it. For me the entire process is exciting and interesting as season of football, or hockey. I watch every play, every mistake, diving into the raw data and researching…
13 Hours Trailer Review
By Trevor Law and Kenneth Shipp Upon hearing that this film was going to happen, Trevor was adamant about covering it. We recorded his raw commentary as he watched the trailer for the first time. Enjoy!! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCs2QHQSQa4&w=560&h=315]
App game of the week! Hearthstone Heroes of Warcraft!
By Jerry Maynard Blizzard has been a major player in computer games for a while and while this game originally started off on the computer its easily made the shift to mobile markets and has become thus far my top…
We’re in a New Comic Book Age, and We Didn’t Even Know It (Part I)
The history of comics is a long and diverse tale spanning the majority of the 20th century. It has been divided up in various ways, but by most it’s considered to have began in 1938 with the introduction of Superman.…
Heroes Reborn….Don’t get excited
By Kenneth Shipp I have a hard time believing that this mini-series will be any good. And to be honest, I have more info telling me it can be bad rather than good. But let’s talk a few things out…
FOX HATES YOU AND YOUR X-MEN!!!!! (or you’re freaking out over nothing.): A Conversation
By Zach Nichols In our modern era of filmmaking, (i.e. ever since the internet boom and our subsequent massive increase in exposure to the filmmaking process and the absolute destruction of movie magic by our own predispositioned opinion of a…