Manga Review: All You Need Is Kill
by Mike Favila, Editor Like most Americans, my first exposure to All You Need Kill was through the excellent action film, Edge of Tomorrow, directed by Doug Liman, and starring Tom Cruise. It didn’t look that amazing from the previews, but…
DVD Review: The Expendables 3
by Mike Favila, Editor When I heard of the first iteration of The Expendables, it almost sounded like an urban legend. Like fan fiction made up by a 12 year old me, it had every action hero from the 80s and…
Geek Gift Guides 2014: Best Comics Of The Year Pt. 1
by Mike Favila, Editor Top Five Best Comics Of The Year (part 1) I have to be honest, Emil turned me on to most/all of these, but these are my picks for 2014. It’s been a great year for both…
Book Review: Alien: The Archive
by Mike Favila, Editor As a longtime Alien fan, I was really intrigued when I heard that Alien: The Archive was being released. When I heard that Titan Books would be the publisher, I knew it would be worthwhile to check…
Comic Review: Shadow Show #1
by Mike Favila, Editor I’ve always liked the stuff coming out of IDW these days, so it was a nice surprise to get a copy of Shadow Show #1 in the mail last night. I didn’t know too much…
Book Review: Voltron: From Days of Long Ago: A Thirtieth Anniversary Celebration
by Mike Favila, Editor I was really excited to hear that Viz was putting out a volume about Voltron, one of my most favorite cartoons as a child. As young boy in the Philippines, I loved watching Voltron with my friends,…
Baltimore Comic-Con: Dave Gibbons Interview
by Mike Favila, Editor and Emil Favila, Reporter Even if you’ve been living under a rock, (and that’s fine if that’s your thing), you’ve probably heard of a little comic called Watchmen. His collaboration with Alan Moore is a high…
Book Review: Joss Whedon The Biography
by Mike Favila, Editor When I first heard of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, I just couldn’t shake how silly it all sounded. Buffy. Vampire. Slayer. My friends said that it was the best TV show they’d seen since the X-Files, but…
Comic Book Review: Battle Royale: Angels’ Border
by Mike Favila, Editor Having only read the classic novel Battle Royale last month (shame, I know) I was very excited to see that Viz was also releasing the side story, Battle Royale: Angels’ Border. Though Battle Royale is Koushun Takami’s…
Video Game Review: The Wolf Among Us Episode 3
by Mike Favila, Editor Read our reviews for the previous episodes: Episode 1 / Episode 2 This whole review is going to be on SPOILER ALERT, so please, if you haven’t played through the first two installments, stop now, play…
Book Review: Battle Royale Remastered
by Mike Favila, Editor Even though any ‘real’ science fiction fan will tell you that Battle Royale: Remastered is the original, I’m going to have to go full disclosure and say that I’ve seen and read Hunger Games first….
Blu-Ray Review: Ranma 1/2 Anime Set 2
by Mike Favila, Editor I am personally glad to see that Viz is coming out with Ranma 1/2 box sets very regularly. At this rate, they should be able to kick out the whole episode run by next year. Ranma 1/2…
Blu-Ray Review: Ranma 1/2 Anime Set 1
by Mike Favila, Editor I won’t lie. When Viz announced that they were remastering Ranma 1/2 Set 1 and doing a revamped translation of the manga, I immediately put it on my calendar. Ranma 1/2 was the first anime I…
Video Game Review: The Wolf Among Us Episode 2
by Mike Favila, Editor If you’ve read my review of The Wolf Among Us Episode 1: Faith (and shame on you if you haven’t), then you know I really enjoyed it. With great cel shaded artwork, excellent story, and overall…
Movie Review: Lust for Love
by Mike Favila, Editor Lust For Love is a new romantic comedy film coming out this Friday (2/7/2014) starring a number of excellent actors from Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse, including Franz Kranz, Dichen Lachman, Enver Gjokaj and Miracle Laurie. It also…