You get a mysterious phone call from out of the blue. Did you hear? THE VIPER IS COMING. THREE TWENTY FIVE. Clearly this is the doings of COBRA, a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world. Is a terror … Continue reading The Viper is Coming to the Night Thread 3/25
Based on some of the promo images, I was expecting Dhoom 2 to be Fast & Furious with motorcycles. It’s not, really. While the movie does have motorcycle stunts, there are not that many chase scenes. The most thrilling one has a motorcycle … Continue reading Made Overseas: Dhoom 2 (2006)
Welcome to what may be the last season of X-Files ever. It’s been a better season than everyone expected, and hopefully the final episode can stick the landing. Considering it’s called “My Struggle IV”, though, we’re probably in for some … Continue reading The X-Files Live Chat (Season 11, Episode 10)
According to Box Office Mojo, the number one movie in America in 2006 was Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. You know, the second installment of the Pirates franchise. While it had some good parts. namely anything with fish monster … Continue reading Made Overseas: The Host (2006)
Let’s discuss X-Files! There’s only two episodes left this season, which may be the final season of X-Files ever! Though… the fact that we got two more seasons after the series “ended” supports the idea that you should never say … Continue reading The X-Files Live Chat (Season 11, Episode 9)
To celebrate International Women’s Day, I thought I’d talk about one of my favorite comic artists of all time: the incomparable Ramona Fradon. Fradon got her start in comics back in 1950 working on the “Shining Knight” feature. She often … Continue reading The Ramona Fradon Night Thread 3/8
Jackie Chan has been the driving force in Hong Kong cinema for years. I mean… duh. You’d have to have been in a sort of Rip Van Winkle sleep stupor to not know this. “Where’s Bruce Lee?” you would say … Continue reading Made Overseas: Skiptrace (2016)
Boy, that episode with all them scary robo sushi chefs was kinda great, huh? I hope we all learned our lesson: never hook your fireplace up to the wireless system. Let’s discuss the X-Files episode, “Nothing Lasts Forever”! Episode description: … Continue reading The X-Files Live Chat (Season 11, Episode 8)
If the only thing you know about Oldboy is the hallway fight sequence, you probably think that this is a martial arts action movie. The protagonist, Dae-Su (Min-Sik Choi), faces off an army of of thugs with clubs in a … Continue reading Made Overseas: Oldboy (2003)
It all started on the thirteenth hour of the thirteenth day of the thirteenth month: an all-new and altogether lost month. The month is sometimes included as a bonus on Simpsons calendars: So have a great month, Avocados! And rememember: … Continue reading Lousy Smarch Day Thread 3/1
And we’re back! It’s been a long three weeks, and anything could’ve happened during that time. What’s up with those planes throwing chemtrails over an apple orchard? Will this mean teeth falling out for all of America? Anyway, when last … Continue reading The X-Files Live Chat (Season 11, Episode 7)
Hey everybody! It’s Pokémon Day! Put on your trucker caps. Fire up that Pokémon Go game that you haven’t touched in a year. Talk about how stoked you are for Detective Pikachu. And discuss about which Pokémon is best for … Continue reading It’s Pokémon Day today!
George Herriman is basically one of the Founding Fathers of American comic strips. if a Mount Rushmore of cartooning were ever built, he’s a shoe-in to be one of the four faces. While his hallmark comic strip, Krazy Kat, wasn’t … Continue reading The George Herriman Day Thread 2/25
To coin a phrase from a wise caveman, the modern world confuses and frightens me. What, for example, are we to make of Okja? Is it a foreign movie? Is it a movie at all? Sure, it was helmed by … Continue reading Made Overseas: Okja (2017)
Matt Baker is the first known successful African-American comic book artist. While his name isn’t familiar, several of his works probably are. Matt Baker is the one, after all, that drew Phantom Lady. He took a character previously portrayed in … Continue reading The Matt Baker Day Thread 2/17
The King of Wakanda (a.k.a. T’Challa, a.k.a. Black Panther) now has his own movie! Come on in and tell us what you thought! Remember, this is Spoil Sports: no need to block out your text with the spoiler tag. Enter … Continue reading Spoil Sports: Black Panther
In Hong Kong, a well-known South Korean actress (Choi Eun-hee) mysteriously disappears. Suspicion immediately falls on her director ex-husband (Shin Sang-Ok). He travels down to Hong Kong to try to clear his name, where he himself is kidnapped. He … Continue reading Made Overseas: Pulgasari (1985)
For eight years, comics legend John Romita worked at DC doing romance stories. He had previously been working with Stan Lee at Timely. At the time, his most notable work was for a run on Captain America. He has stated … Continue reading The John Romita Sr. Day Thread 2/13
NOTE: it really should be a given that this review of a sequel is going to contain spoilers for the previous movie. But, if you haven’t watched the first Baahubali, maybe you should watch Dhoom instead. So what was the … Continue reading Made Overseas: Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017)
Episode description for “Kitten”: When Skinner goes missing after being forced to confront his past, Mulder and Scully try to track him down as their mistrust of him increases. Let us us chat here… in what is probably not the … Continue reading The X-Files Live Chat (Season 11, Episode 6)
Hal Foster is perhaps the most influential comic strip artist of all time. Previous to his most enduring work, he’s had an interesting career that took him all over Canada. He steered ships in the Atlantic and was a fur … Continue reading The Hal Foster Day Thread 2/6
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