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TV Review: Sleepy Hollow 1×01 “Pilot”

Chelsea Doyle watches the Sleepy Hollow pilot and surprisingly likes it! There will be spoilers in this recap about the pilot, so beware. Ichabod Crane defeats the demonic horseman in the past, but he wakes up in the modern day thanks to a magic spell. Or something like that. He meets police detective Abbie Mills and they band together to stop the reborn Headless Horseman. One of the cops in this asks the question I’ve always wondered: can he hear what people say? He doesn’t have ears!

DVD Review: Adventure Time: Jake the Dad

by Jachelle Overstreet, Reporter Oh my Glob. Did you hear that Cartoon Network is releasing a new Adventure Time DVD with a super mathematical Jake the Dog hat? No? Where have you been, man? Writing a book about the power…

Comic Book Review: Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys Vol. 1

by Mike Favila, Editor Having just won the 2013 Eisner Award in the category of Best U.S. Edition of International Material – Asia, Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, Vol. 1 just came up for review. Although I’d seen the live…

Comic Book Review: DmC: Devil May Cry: The Chronicles of Vergil

  by Emil Favila, Reporter Up for review today is Titan Books’ Devil May Cry: The Chronicles of Vergil,  a prequel story leading up to the events in Capcom’s video game DMC: Devil May Cry. Not to be confused with the Devil May…

Video Game Review: Payday 2 (PS3)

by Emil Favila, Reporter Payday 2 is an FPS shooter sequel to 505 Games’ Payday. You are part of a 4 man crew set up by a man named Bain. He contracts you and your team to do various missions around the…

DVD Review: Frankenstein’s Army

Nazis have long been one of Hollywood’s favorite movie villains. So what’s worse than a Nazi? How about a Nazi Zombie Robot? You might be asking yourself ‘Can it be done?‘ In fact, it can. Let’s check out Richard Raaphorst’s Frankenstein’s Army to find out how.

DVD Review: Community: The Complete Fourth Season

Following Dan Harmon’s shocking exit from Community following the end of Season Three, fans were pretty sure that their favorite Community College would be closing up shop. NBC surprised us all when they announced that Community would be returning for a fourth season, which would probably be the show’s last hurrah. Now you can rewatch the students at Greendale Community College as they try to navigate this brave new “Harmon-less” world in Community: The Complete Fourth Season, now available to own on DVD.

Blu-ray Review: Once Upon a Time: The Complete Second Season

Jump into the Enchanted Forest with Chelsea Doyle as she writes about the spellbinding latest season of Once Upon a Time, now out on Blu-ray and DVD. Will good triumph over evil? Are villains born or made? Just remember that all magic comes with a price and you never know when a beast might turn out to be a prince. Grab your bow and arrow and meet everyone at Granny’s for hot cocoa with cinnamon!

Movie Review: Kick-Ass 2

Kick-Ass is back for more action, adventure, and off the wall violence in Kick-Ass 2, hitting theaters this week!

Kick-Ass 2 wastes no time picking up right where the first installment left off.  Not only does the first scene with Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson – Avengers: Age of Ultron) and Hit Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz – Let Me In) parallel the original introduction to Big Daddy and Hit Girl from the first movie but we also don’t have to wait long to see the progression of Kick-Ass and Hit Girl in high school as Dave Lizewski and Mindy Macready, respectively.