A Retrospective: What John Carpenter’s The Thing Means to Me
As everybody with a television or internet is probably aware, The Thing is now in theatres vying for your Halloween scare dollars. While there is a lot of clamoring going on around the internet about what this film is, it [...]
Assembling The Avengers: A Day of Gawking
As everyone knows, the filming of Marvel Studio‘s mega-film The Avengersis well under way, with the cast and crew taking the action from New Mexico to Cleveland, Ohio. Not as many of you out there probably know, unless you know [...]
Kevin’s Guide to Movie Theatre Etiquette
This other weekend my friends and I went to the midnight showing of Captain America: The First Avenger, and while we all agreed that it was a good movie, we admitted that there was something that hindered our enjoyment. It [...]
“The Hangover: Part II” Review
The Wolfpack is indeed back with the release of the the sequel The Hangover: Part II . Only instead of getting into loads of trouble in a drunken/roofie rampage in Los Vegas, the boys take to their talents to Thailand. [...]
How to Break Into Comics: Marvel Style
So, back in April, my colleagues and I went to a comic convention C2E2 in Chicago. (Editor’s note: Nick and I went off to this convention last year) For those of you who are unaware of what that is, I will [...]
Foo Fighters “Wasting Light”
It’s funny the last album I reviewed was created using the latest technological gadgetry and applications on the iPad. This album goes in the opposite trend and reverts back to the day when music was recorded on analog tape. The album [...]
Bulls#@t Breakdwown: The 83rd Annual Academy Awards
Every year near the end of January a magical event occurs. As if it is a demented, Orwellian form of Christmas I rise and rush to my computer and check my favorite movie news website for who was nominated for [...]
Kevin’s Top 10 of 2010
Ladies and gentleman, 2010 has come and gone and, as many critics and film sites tend to do, it is time to decide which films were considered to be the best of the previous 365 days. Not wanting to be [...]
Fear and Loathing in San Francisco: Day 1
My back is bent. It is sharing equal time with the wall and the floor near a convenient hutch of unloved condiments. I have crossed my outrageously long legs to avoid being chewed through by this dense, rabid throng of [...]
Why do you buy the comic books you buy?
Do you buy comic books? That’s my question for you today. Do you buy comic books? If so, why? What keeps you coming back each month to each book you buy? I’ve stated on many occasions that I’m an avid [...]
