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This week demonstrated the Kids can still be both bizarre and tasteless. I wish they had been consistently funny. It takes a certain nerve, I’ll admit, to do extended abortion jokes. The weight gags, however, were largely predictable. Death played a very small part this week; the conclusion suggests he’ll be front and center in next [...]

As of this week, I’m starting to list Boom! Studios titles as well. The complete list of titles is available here. Boom! Studios CARS #2 FARSCAPE DARGOS QUEST #4 (OF 4) TOY STORY #2 DC Comics ACTION COMICS #887 BATGIRL #8 BATMAN AND ROBIN #10 BATMAN WIDENING GYRE #5 (OF 6) DOOM PATROL #8 HUMAN TARGET #2 (OF 6) JUSTICE LEAGUE RISE AND FALL SPECIAL #1 REBELS [...]

The Academy Awards for films released in 2009 have been announced. Below, you’ll find the complete results, with winners listed first in category and formatted in green bold text and with nominees listed afterwards. (Thanks for the suggestion, Lunadude.) Best Picture The Hurt Locker Avatar The Blind Side District 9 An Education Inglourious Basterds Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by [...]

The Razzie awards are celebrating their 30th anniversary this year. Not only did they “honour” this year’s worst theatrical output, but they’ve also pointed out some notables from the entire decade. This year’s worst output: Worst Picture: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (which we still haven’t reviewed; perhaps we should) Worst Actress: Sandra Bullock for All About [...]

First, the DVD picks: 101 Timeless TV Classics! The Art of Being Straight Benhur: Tale of the Christ: Blaine: As this is a 1925 edition, I suspect it’s the same one that was a bonus feature on the release of the four disc 1959 edition. I should probably get around to watching my copy some [...]

Caprica airs its second strong ep in two weeks. Title: “Know Thy Enemy” Cast and Crew Directed by Michael Nankin Eric Stoltz as Daniel Graystone Genevieve Buechner as Tamara Adams Paula Malcomson as Amanda Graystone Sasha Roiz as Sam Adama Esai Morales as Joseph Adama Allesandra Torresani as Zoe Magda Apanowicz as Lacy Rand Sina Najafi as Bill Adama Polly Walker as Sister Clarice Willow James Marsters [...]

Tim Burton’s 3D vision of the Lewis Carroll classic opened this weekend. How does it hold up? Can Burton still deliver in the new visual format? Cast and Crew Information Mia Wasikowska as Alice Kingsleigh Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen Anne Hathaway as the White Queen Crispin Glover as Stayne, the [...]

By popular demand, here’s a review of a non-genre detective series starring Captain Tightpants himself, Nathan Fillion. Cast and Crew Information Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle Stana Katic as Kate Beckett Molly Quinn as Alexis Castle Susan Sullivan as Martha Rodgers Jon Huertas as Javier Esposito Seamus Dever as Kevin Ryan Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Roy Montgomery Tamala Jones as Lanie Parish Created by Andrew Marlowe Written [...]

New Futurama will hit the airwaves on Thursday, June 24 according to this report. Futurama is one of the unreviewed shows eligible for voting here, if you’d like to see reviews of the previous seasons.

Believe it or not, I do read mainstream superhero comics. I tend to be more of a DC version, and to be honest, I tend to prefer things by Trade Paperback rather than by individual issue. Additionally, I tend not to upgrade my individual issues to trade  paperback form, for strange personal reasons. So, I normally don’t [...]

The word is out: Smallville will be back for a tenth season.

The Winter Olympics have ended, and the Kids and the Hall return with the latest chapter in their mini-series about Death’s doings in a small Canadian town. The trial grows more bizarre, Corrinda Gablechuck gets cleared of the second murder, and Dusty’s relationship with the mayor’s corpse turns sexual. Is anyone else at the Bureau watching? And did [...]

HBO has given the greenlight for 10 episodes based on George R. R. Martin's fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire. The pilot is in post-production now and no word on how far into the books (or just book) the season will go.

The complete list of titles is available here. Dark Horse Comics BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #33 TWILIGHT PT 2 (OF 5) – This is the issue that officially reveals the identity of Twilight. I’m told it’s already leaked online when some future covers were leaked, but I’ve been avoiding the spoilers. CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #19 DC Comics ADVENTURE COMICS [...]

Noted film critic Roger Ebert lost his voice to several cancer surgeries. Unlike others– such as the world’s most famous electro-larynx, Stephen Hawking– Ebert has been given a computer voice that sounds like his original. Thumb’s up for modern technology.

There are a lot of good low-cost box sets out this week, as well as virtually all non-Disney versions of “Alice in Wonderland.” First, the DVD picks: The 39 Steps: The 2008 remake, not the Hitchcock original. 2012 Alice in Wonderland (1933): Starring Richard Arlen, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant and W.C. Fields. Alice in Wonderland (1966): Starring Peter Sellers Alice in [...]

A true original of genre television and an icon of the late 1980s, Max Headroom, central character in promotional blurbs, the British Channel 4 film Twenty Minutes Into the Future, and his own short-lived but thought-provoking U.S. series, will finally appear on DVD. Prescient, funny, and overdue for a revival. I still have my square Max [...]

This week demonstrates the kind of plotting and pacing the show needs to survive, as we jack into Caprica’s version of Grand Theft Auto and witness a key moment in Cylon history. Title: There is Another Sky Cast and Crew Directed by Michael Nankin Eric Stoltz as Daniel Graystone Genevieve Buechner as Tamara Adams Paula Malcomson as Amanda Graystone Sasha Roiz as [...]

Farscape was one of those shows I heard great things about, but never got around to watching in the original broadcast. Amazon.ca had the complete series on for a decent price, so I took the risk. Cast and Crew Information Ben Browder as John Crichton Claudia Black as Officer Aeryn Sun Anthony Simcoe as Ka D’Argo Lani Tupu as [...]

Chad pointed us to this article. One of the ten known copies of Action Comics #1 recently sold for a million dollars. Perhaps it’s worth losing so much floor and closet space to all of these long boxes… UPDATED: The day we posted this was the day Detective Comics #27, featuring the [...]