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DVD Review: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Complete Series

by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor Back in 1993 when Mighty Morphin Power Rangers first premiered, it was uncool to be a fan of the show. A group of teenagers are given powers by an alien wizard, and told to go fight…

DVD Review: Transformers Prime – One Shall Stand

by Kroze Kresky, Media Editor Transformers fans have had it pretty well within the past few years with the complete pop culture onslaught the Transformers license has been doing. The newest iteration of the TV show Transformers Prime has been…

DVD Review: The Glades Season 2

by Karl Madsen, Editor How is it that there can be so many police shows on T.V., and yet every fall new cop shows get aired and every spring some of those shows get renewed? Do you ever wonder if…

DVD Review: Jiro Dreams Of Sushi

by Mike Favila, Reporter Jiro Dreams Of Sushi is centered around Jiro Ono, arguably one of the greatest sushi chefs EVER. Even at 85, he is still working and perfecting his craft, crafting the best sushi out of the finest…

Movie Review: The Dark Knight Rises

It’s no secret America loves to watch a hero fall only to rise up again like the proverbial phoenix and surpass the overwhelming odds stacked against them.  It’s also no secret that with a title like The Dark Knight Rises,…

TV Review: Arrow “Pilot” Review

by Kroze Kresky, Media Editor Ever since Smallville started branching out and including live action versions of the heroes of the DC Universe, fans of the hit television superhero show have clamored for a spinoff to feed their hunger of…

TV Review: Revolution – “Pilot”

by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor In a world that is so reliant on electronics and power for personal comfort and daily operations, a new series called Revolution (on NBC this September) poses the question: what happens when the power goes…

Book Review: The Excellent Adventures of Max and Madison

by Jayden Leggett, Assistant Editor It’s not just for kids… OK, it’s pretty much entirely for kids. But it’s GOOD for the kiddies! The Excellent Adventures of Max and Madison is an imaginative collection of stories grounded in reality but…

Movie Review: The Amazing Spider-Man

There’s a great part where Spidey’s swinging in front of an American Flag. Impossible to find.  Oh well.  This’ll do. by Karissa Barrows, Editor Happy Independence Day, ComicsOnline readers!  What better way to celebrate than to put up my (only…

Blu-ray Review: Spider-Man Trilogy

by Erin Hatch, Editor It has been ten years since Sam Raimi launched his series of Spider-Man films, and the best way to see just how much has changed in the past decade is to watch the series over again…

Movie Review: TED

by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor Now if you were told that someone was going to be creating a movie about a boy and his teddy bear, one would think that this would be a family flick with wholesome morals and…

Book Review: Redshirts

by Brian Burgoyne, Reviewer   Stop me if you’ve heard this one…Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Ensign Ricky beam down to the planet; guess who’s not coming back. Redshirts.  The most made fun of characters from Star Trek TOS.  A character…

Book Review: Miserere, an Autumn Tale

by Michelle Stettler-Gill, Books Editor Miserere is the debut novel by writer Teresa Frohock, a complex world done in parallel to earth referred to as Woerld. The novel is not so subtle in its religious overtones, in Woerld all of earth’s…

Movie Review: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

by Erin Hatch, Reviewer The Civil War may be the most traumatic event in American History, a bloody conflict that determined our national identity while leaving wounds that linger even in today’s contentious politics. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter turns this…

Movie Review: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Abraham Lincoln was one of the most important Presidents in our country’s history, which is why I imagine Seth Grahame-Smith chose to write a novel in his quirky style of serious-story-meets-pop-culture-fantastical-addition.  He’s done this with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,…