TV Review: The Walking Dead- “Days Gone Bye” (SERIES PREMIERE)
Once in a while, a new television show debuts and captivates viewers all over the world. It happened with Lost. It happened with Battlestar Galactica. On Sunday, October 31st, it’s going to happen again, only this time it will involve zombies!
AMC’s brand new series The Walking Dead is appropriately set for its 90 minute premiere on Halloween. After you watch this premiere you will believe that the dead walk among us.
(BEWARE OF MINOR SPOILERS)
Blu-ray Review: Dollhouse: Season Two
Echo (Eliza Dushku) returns for more adventures in Dollhouse: Season Two! Paul Ballard has learned the truth about the existence of Dollhouse and helped the house face off against the murderous Alpha. Now Ballard has joined the Dollhouse to help Echo and take down the house from the inside. Will the disastrous future that we saw in the first season finale come to pass? Can Echo save the world before everyone becomes a doll? Secrets will be revealed in the final 13 episodes of Joss Whedon’s hit series. Now Dollhouse: Season Two is now available on Blu-ray!
DVD Review: Jonah Hex
In American fiction, the Western has been one of the most important genres of the last century. It mythologizes the history of our country. Not the founding, but a point in history when the country was just starting to mature. We see that period of history as we want to, with heroes and villains, that arguably teach us right from wrong. This is why it has always been a no-brainer to combine the Western with other genres from science fiction to horror, and everything in between. This sub genre is called Weird West. The earliest film example is The Phantom Empire, a 1935 serial starring Gene Autry. Shortly after this, the idea of crossing genres with westerns died out until the late 1950’s. Once the trend restarted a new movie was released every few years, until 1990, when the idea becomes popularized with Back To The Future – Part III. After this there is a movie released at least one each year, until 1999, when the Western becomes popular once again. Television had also used this idea a few times with differing results each time, the most notable series being The Wild Wild West (1965-1969), and The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. (1993-1994). In the 1970s, comic books also started upon this trend, since it was easier to depict these genre-bending stories. The first widely popular comic was Weird Western Tales, where one of the most well known comic heroes of the Weird West got his start. The character was Jonah Hex, and now his tale is available for you to own on DVD!
TV News: NBC Orders Full-Season Pickup for Chuck!
Good news fellow Chuck Fans! Chuck has been given an additional 11 episodes for Season 4! Check out the press release below:
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – October 19, 2010 – NBC has given full-season pickups to the new high-octane drama "Chase" and the returning action-comedy "Chuck" for 2010-11. The announcement was made by Angela Bromstad, President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC and Universal Media Studios.
Blu-ray Review: Open Water & Open Water 2: Adrift Double Feature
We’ve had movies with people stranded in the woods, in the desert, in caves, and deserted buildings. They’ve been stranded in cars, in planes, busses, and on boats. We’ve even stranded them on spaceships and planets. But in the new Blu-ray double feature, from Lions Gate, Open Water and Open Water 2: Adrift the characters are stranded in the ocean.
Blu-Ray Review: The Blair Witch Project
When you think of the great hoaxes in history some just automatically come to mind. Orson Wells broadcast of War of the Worlds, The death of Paul McCartney, and now The Blair Witch Project. From the SciFi Channel’s documentary about the legend of the Blair Witch, and the mystery behind the finding of the tape after the crew disappeared, to the sequestering of the actors until after the movies premiere, added to the mystique of this movie’s release.
PS3 Game Review: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
Welcome to the witty banter dimension, population: Us.
by Kevin Gaussoin, Editor-in-Chief
DVD Review: Human Target – The Complete First Season
"I work with a cover, blend in to the background, let you appear vulnerable so the threat reveals itself and then eliminate the threat."
If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire…Christopher Chance! Based on the DC Comics series, Human Target follows the adventures of Christopher Chance (Mark Valley), the man you turn to when your life is at stake. Chance is a man of many talents, and is an expert at blending into the background to seek out the threat and literally become a human target. Now the Complete First Season of Human Target is available to own on DVD!
Xbox 360 Game Review: Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock Guitar Bundle
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by Kevin Gaussoin, Editor-in-Chief
NYCC 2010: Avengers Assemble! Panel
The Avengers Assemble panel was moderated by Arune Sighn and the guests panelists were Brian Michael Bendis, Bill Rosemann, Christos Gage, Johnathan Hickman, Jim McCann, Sean McKeever, Paul Tobin, and Christos Gage and Tom Brevoort.
They let us know that Red Hulk will be showing up in issue Avengers #7. They premiered a video of the Old Tony Stark in the current storyline speaking about new power. “The Red Hulk changes everything”.
The timeline from Avengers #5 gives real hints and clues for the years to come in the Avengers titles.