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TV Review: Breaking In – “Game of Jones”

by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor

Breaking In continues its hotstreak of episodes with “Game of Jones”!

You know who is great? Jones. He always takes care of everyone in the office. I especially love it when he buys everyone lunch. He sure is nice. Wait… Jones isn’t real? Don’t tell the boss… Oz gets in a bit of trouble when Molly gets suspicious about the missing, but grateous, Mr. Jones, who is supposedly Contra Security’s International Sales Specialist. Oz enlists Cash’s aid to throw her off the trail, but Cash takes things a bit too far. Meanwhile, Cam attempts to subdue his crazy new boss, before she goes off on the entire office.

Comic Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1-5

Heroes in a Half-Shell, Turtle Power!

 

by Jayden Leggett, Reviews

Cowabunga! Fans of the heroes in a half-shell can rejoice, as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have finally returned to comics in this exciting reboot by IDW Publishing.

Blu-ray Review: The Muppets – Wocka Wocka Value Pack

by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor

The Muppets have returned to our lives with the new movie called…The Muppets, now available to own in an amazing Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Combo Pack!
Having grown up watching the original Muppet Movie countless times (I was born a little late for The Muppet Show), I was excited, yet hesitant when this newest endeavor was announced. The last few Muppet theatrical installments were…Less than great (I’m looking at you Muppets In Space), and didn’t really meet expectations. Upon hearing that the 2011 film was being written by Jason Segel (How I Met Your Mother) and Nicholas Stoller (Undeclared), with original music by Bret McKenzie (Flight of the Concords) I was slightly reassured. But how will the new film compare to my childhood memories of Kermit and the gang?

 

Movie Review: The Hunger Games

May the odds be ever in your favor.

 

by Jennifer Bay and Karissa Barrows, Editors

I was given The Hunger Games boxed set of books for my birthday.  At the time, I had vaguely heard of it but knew nothing of the story.  After blazing through the series, I have waited impatiently for the release of the first film by the same name.  Karissa, conversely, had not yet read more than the first thirty pages of the first book at the time we saw this movie.  (She did, however, finish reading all three books in two days after seeing the film.)

DVD Review: Breaking Wind

by Chris Kane, Reviewer

A mere year after the release of the critically panned Vampires Suck, director Craig Moss (Bad Ass, The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It) weighs in with his direct-to-DVD spoof of the Twilight saga, Breaking Wind.  This film struck me as being a celluloid version of that knock-knock joke.  You know the one that goes knock-knock (who’s there?) I eat mop (I eat mop who?)  HA HA!  Yeah, Breaking Wind is a little like that joke: moronic, scatological, and kinda funny!

TV Review: Breaking In – “The Blind Sided”

by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor

Breaking In continues it’s sophomore season with this week’s episode “The Blind Sided”, where the team from Contra Security must track down and apprehend the malicious (and talented) hacker known as Rembrandt. When it is revealed that this uber-genius turns out to be a 14 year old prodigy named Jamal, Veronica decides to bring him to Contra as their new intern, to give her a Blind Side moment (yes it is exactly what you think… and acknowledged in the show). Now the team must find a way to overcome by utilizing their special skill sets to help move Jamal away from a negative life path…if it’s the last thing they do. 
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TV Review: The Walking Dead – “Beside The Dying Fire” (Season Finale)

“We have to get off the farm!” -Glen

by Jodie Zoll, Guest Reporter
 
The second season finale of The Walking Dead has finally arrived, and with it comes some big answers, action, and revelations that will make fans raise their hands to the air and yell “KIRKMAN!!!”…because this episode is so damn good.
 
Beware of Spoilers for The Walking Dead Season Two!!!

WonderCon 2012: Superman Vs The Elite Review

by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor Friday at WonderCon 2012, Warner Bros debuted their newest DC Animated Universe Original Movie: Superman vs The Elite. Based on the 2001 Action Comics story “What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way?”,…

TV Review: Community – “Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts”

COMMUNITY RETURNS!!!

by Kroze Kresky, Media Editor

Community finally returns from their mid season hiatus, which left fans begging for more of the wacky antics from our favorite study group. Jeff, Annie, Pierce, Britta, Troy, Abed, and Shirley don’t waste any time in “Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts”, as they are immedately thrown into having a wedding right at Greendale!

DVD Review: Todd & The Book of Pure Evil – The Complete First Season


High School is Hell

by Kevin Gaussoin, Editor-in-Chief

Fifteen years ago, Buffy the Vampire Slayer premiered on television and the success of its seven seasons (or twelve if you include Angel) brought supernatural action drama into being, leading inevitably to today’s supernatural shows ranging from The Vampire Diaries, through Supernatural and Being Human, and into the occasionally-clothed and always sexy True Blood. But Buffy had a few things going for it that the others did not. Notably here are its clever and ubiquitous self-referential humor and perhaps most importantly here is that Buffy possessed something that most other supernatural shows never had. It was in the beginning set in one of the most frightening places on earth: High School.

(Beware: Some spoilers ahead!)

 

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TV Review: The Walking Dead – “Better Angels”

by Kroze Kresky, Media Editor

Beware! This article contains Spoilers for Season Two of The Walking Dead!!!

 

Why hello new episode of The Walking Dead! Nice to see you have finally returned to us in full form!

Blu-ray Review: The Three Musketeers

by Mike Favila, Reviewer

As a relatively big fan of Milla Jovovich (The Fifth Element), I was eager to check out her and husband Paul W.S. Anderson’s (Resident Evil Series) take on the classic book by Alexandre Dumas. Would The Three Musketeers blast away the Disney version starring Charlie Sheen (pre winning era)? I popped in my Blu-ray to find out.

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TV Review: Breaking In – “The Contra Club”

by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor

Dear Breaking In,

First of all, welcome back! It’s been far too long since we last enjoyed the antics of Cam, Cash, Melanie, and Oz…but now that the gang is finally back together, it feels like old times.