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The Iron Giant is Returning to Theaters this Fall
The Iron Giant is returning to theaters on Sept. 30 and Oct. 4 of this year, deemed the Signature Edition. The visuals are getting a spruce up and they’re adding two extra scenes. If you know how great this...
- Posted 9 years ago
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Mondo is Debuting Some Amazing Classic-Style Figures at San Diego Comic-Con
Usually, when talking about new high-end figures and toys, we’re talking about companies ever in search of the shiniest, fanciest, most never-before-seen kind of presentation. That’s all well and good, it leads to some pretty nutty Star Wars and Batman figures,...
- Posted 9 years ago
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PS Plus July 2015 Freebies Dig Deep and Obscure
If the phrase (word?) AAA raises your eyebrow in curiousity, July is the month you wish you have Xbox Live Gold over PS Plus. If you’re too hip to care about labels, Sony is making a fairly...
- Posted 9 years ago
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Ranking the HBO Summer Sunday Lineup
There’s a comforting consistency to the way HBO rolls out its shows. Game of Thrones, Veep and Silicon Valley each wrapped up their annual season fairly recently. Worry not, for those two hours will not go to...
- Posted 9 years ago
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10 Gut Reactions to HBO’s Andy Samberg Tennis Mockumentary
Look, I know I’m a bit behind on this one, but I can’t just watch the trailer for 7 Days in Hell and not react in some tangible, documented way. Not only is Andy Samberg leading a mockmentary...
- Posted 9 years ago
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Free Games with Gold July 2015: Many Gears vs. Creed
Behold, the tyranny of Pool Nation FX has ended. Microsoft is offering four games across its two consoles free to Xbox Live Gold members in July, and none of those games are repeats from the previous month, nor do...
- Posted 9 years ago
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New to Netflix in July 2015: Summer Camp Drought
I’m going to dispel any misguided enthusiasm here. Yes, there are a couple of things to get excited about for Netflix in July 2015, but really it’s a crap month the victim of a far superior previous...
- Posted 9 years ago
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The Future After E3: What Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo Told Gamers at E3 2015
Every press conference and online event held for E3 2015 serves the same purpose: sell stuff. That’s not a cynical response to the event. It’s just a fact. EA, Ubisoft, Square Enix and Bethesda each held their...
- Posted 9 years ago
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Jurassic World Puts Up Record $500 Million in One Weekend
As titles go, Jurassic World is perhaps the most prophetical in recent history. The fourth film in the Jurassic Park franchise saw a massive, record-obliterating global weekend. The total number is about $512 million in all markets around the world. The...
- Posted 9 years ago
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The Best (and Worst) E3 Press Conference Possibilities
This is the week when video games gingerly pop through the culture veil the most that it ever does in a year. From the perspectives of mainstream news people, E3 is like a particularly volatile bubble arising...
- Posted 9 years ago
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The Martian: Where Else Should We Strand Matt Damon?
Based on the bestselling novel of the same name, The Martian is an upcoming film where Matt Damon gets stranded on a planet that isn’t earth. This movie is not a sequel, or prequel, to Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, a...
- Posted 9 years ago
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Sense8: About the Wachowskis and the Conceit of Plot
(Sense8 comprises 12 episodes, each clocking in at around an hour, all of which debuted on Netflix on June 5) Sense8 is a difficult show, not because it’s hard to understand, and not because there are six...
- Posted 9 years ago