Blu-ray Highlights for October 23rd, 2012 – Four Score and Seven Vamps Ago
In this week’s Blu-ray releases, we learn that not all politicians are blood-sucking monsters – even if most of them are. Also, Tyler Perry puts on a dress (again) while Channing Tatum rips all his...
View ArticleDisney Buys Lucasfilm – Mickey Welcomes Jar Jar to the Family
By now, you’ve undoubtedly heard the news that shook the business and entertainment worlds on Tuesday. In a move that seemed to come from out of nowhere, the Walt Disney Company bought Lucasfilm, Ltd....
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Who Should Make the Next ‘Star Wars’ Movie?
Ever since news broke last week that Disney has purchased Lucasfilm and intends to release a new ‘Star Wars’ movie in 2015, the entire internet has been abuzz with speculation about who would actually...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Best & Worst Movie Trailers
In a world… where movies need to be advertised by short 2-3 minute previews that encapsulate all the reasons an audience should run out to see them, movie trailers are both an art form and a necessary...
View ArticleMid-Week Poll: Will J.J. Abrams Save ‘Star Wars’ or Ruin It?
Last week, nerd worlds collided when Lucasfilm’s new corporate owners at Disney announced that the next ‘Star Wars’ movie will be directed by J.J. Abrams, the man currently holding the reins of the...
View ArticleWill Harrison Ford Really Return as Han Solo?
Over the past week, reports have flooded the internet that Disney has made a deal with Harrison Ford to reprise his role as Han Solo one more time for the upcoming ‘Star Wars’ films, which are being...
View ArticleFull Metal Jackets: May the Steel Be with You
It is a long established fact that ‘Star Wars’ fans will lap up almost any opportunity to rebuy the franchise’s movies every time they’re reissued in new editions. The UK division of Fox Home...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Exploiting Your Childhood
Did the world really need a prequel to ‘The Wizard of Oz’ that’s 74 years late? Did that film need a prequel at all? In honor of ‘Oz: The Great and Powerful’, this week’s Roundtable tackles other...
View ArticleA Look Back at LucasArts Games: Episode I
After over thirty years of publishing and developing videogames, including the majority of ‘Star Wars’ games, LucasArts is in a holding pattern under Disney and may ultimately never release another big...
View ArticleA Look Back at LucasArts Games: Episode II
In the short time since we posted the first part of our LucasArts retrospective, Disney has unfortunately applied the one thing that it knows about videogames to the company: full-scale layoffs and...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Peter Cushing: A Life in Film’
May 26th marks what would’ve been the hundredth birthday of Peter Cushing, and the prolific British actor left behind a sprawling filmography for his many admirers to rediscover. A number of Cushing’s...
View ArticleVideogame Releases: Week of May 5th, 2013
While so many gamers are still rocking the ’80s electro synth in the neon-colored neo-apocalypse of last week’s ‘FarCry 3: Blood Dragon‘, the flow of new videogames ebbs this week. Fortunately, pinball...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Movies You Own the Most Copies Of
We movie collectors can be an obsessive bunch who often feel compelled to rebuy new copies of films we already own in order to upgrade to a new format, benefit from a slightly-improved video transfer...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Favorite Movie & TV Toys
Yes, I know, it’s Friday the 13th today, but we’ve done other Roundtables on horror movie topics in the past. Let’s try to think out of the box this week. With the upcoming ‘Alien’ retro action figures...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Worst Movie Endings
SPOILER ALERT! This week’s Roundtable is all about movies ruined by their lousy endings. It stands to reason, therefore, that we’re about to give away those endings. Scan the list of bolded titles and...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of Oct. 13th, 2013 – Fantasy and Microchips,...
This week brings us some science that is quite weird indeed. Giant robots, deranged surgeons, slutty cyber-vixens, clones and teleportation all prominently feature in the latest batch of Blu-ray...
View ArticleVideogame Releases: PS4 Launch Edition
With apologies to the Wii U, the next generation of videogame consoles begins with the PS4, and the launch of a new console means launch games to go with it! All in all, the launch lineup is a mixed...
View ArticleVideogame Releases: Xbox One Launch Edition
Achievement unlocked! The official debut of the Xbox One comes with a slew of launch games, including some compelling exclusives. Not only will more than a dozen retail releases be available at launch,...
View ArticleGeorge Lucas: Do As I Say, Not As I Do
Did you think that George Lucas would simply fade off into obscurity after selling his Lucasfilm dynasty to Disney and handing the reigns of the ‘Star Wars’ franchise to J.J. Abrams? These days, the...
View ArticleClassic 1980s G.I. Joe Characters Ripped off From Movies and TV
Tonight on NBC, ‘Community’ will air a special animated episode parodying the ‘G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero’ cartoon from the 1980s. The potential for awesomeness in that is almost too much for my...
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