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Comic Book Review: The Vigil #5

by Tony Rhea, Reporter A chessboard is a representation of battle. The pieces, representing two armies, staged in opposition to each other on a field. Every move is strategic, with the victor being the one with enough foresight to predict…

Comic Book Review: Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #2

Alan Scott continues to shine in the second chapter of Alan Scott: The Green Lantern from DC!

You might think you know the origin of the Golden Age Green Lantern, but Writer Tim Sheridan (Teen Titans Academy), Artist Cian Tormey (Superman: Son of Kal-El), Colorist Matt Hermes (The Flash), and Letterer Lucas Gattoni (Blue Beetle: Graduation Day) have some pretty impressive tricks up their collective sleeves.

Blu-ray Review: Farscape: The Complete Series (25th Anniversary Edition)

So – you’re testing out an experimental ship in outer-space, and the next thing you know, you are on the other side of the universe surrounded by strange creatures, and all you want to do is get back home. Your name is John Crichton, and you are the only human being to have ever traveled this far from Earth. Welcome to the premise of the Sci-Fi Channel Original Series: Farscape.

Comic Book Review: Pimp Killer

If you are a woman in need of help, LA Jones is who you seek out. She is out to clean up the vile, dangerous men who use women as punching bags or exploit them for their personal gain. She is judge, jury and executioner.

Comic Book Review: All-New Firefly: The Gospel According to Jayne – Vol. 3 (HC)

With writing and visuals like these, fans of the franchise will once again be screaming, “Why was Firefly cancelled?!”.  After I grieve with the crew of Serenity, I will eagerly wait for what comes next for our band of misfits.

Movie Review: Napoleon

One of the problems you’re always going to run into when creating a movie based upon a real life historical figure is that, unless you lie and exaggerate things a whole bunch, there will be significant periods of normalcy and drudgery which don’t interest the average action-addicted moviegoer. This means that movies like Napoleon, or Ghandi, or what have you all need to be taken with a grain of salt. Real life is seldom as exciting as fiction. Napoleon from director Ridley Scott conforms to this rule; it is not purely meant to entertain. It is meant to educate, and to show you something that hopefully you will internalize.