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• The Geekery Guide: Who is Sir Terry Pratchett and What is the Discworld?

  

  Anyone whose browsed the fantasy section of any bookshop in the past 30 years would have noticed dozens of titles carrying similar artwork and bearing the name... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Why Do Star Wars Fans Hate Ewoks So Much?

  

  With Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens mere months away (still doesn’t seem real to me) I can’t help revisiting the original trilogy. If time permits I... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• The Pull List: 8/26/2015

  

  Buzz worthy books of the weekEast of West # 20Finally! It’s back. I feel like it has been gone for so long.Fight Club 2 #4There is part of me that feels like... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Revisiting ‘Heroes’ Before ‘Heroes Reborn’

  

  Amongst the upcoming new TV shows we have the resurrection of the 2006 sci-fi series Heroes. Coming before the Marvel reinvented the cinematic superhero... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Cheap Game Tuesday: ‘Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture’

  

  This addition to the PSN store has been garnering positive reviews and has a great title, which caught our attention. It also has been billed as a ‘spiritual... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Beer and a Movie Marathon

  

  We are lucky enough to live in a day and age, where the greatest drink known to man is readily available in a variety of styles and variations. Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Book Review: “City of Death”, by James Goss

  

  “You’re a beautiful woman, probably.” – The Doctor, City of Death (1979)The Doctor Who story City of Death has quite a legacy. Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• The Pull List: 8/19/2015

  

  Buzz-worthy books of the weekArchie #2The Archie reboot continues. The first issue was pretty good. Updated time period. More modern art. But pretty much the... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Movie Review: ‘Straight Outta Compton’

  

  Director: F. Gary GrayCast: O’Seah Jackson, Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Paul GiamattiPlot: With their community offering them little opportunity and... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Tribute: Yvonne Craig R.I.P.

  

  A few hours ago the news broke that movie and television star Yvonne Craig had passed away. Yvonne Craig had more than a couple of great roles under her belt,... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Movie Review: ‘Vacation’

  

  Director: John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. GoldsteinCast: Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Skyler Gisondo, Steele StebbinsPlot: Rusty Griswold, son of Clark... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• The Significance of Black Panther In The MCU & Beyond

  

  Captain America, Iron Man, Batman, Superman Thor. Each one of these superheroes has various similarities. Thor and Superman are physical powerhouses. Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• 5 Unused Rogues for Spider-Man’s New Movie

  

  With Marvel having the rights back to its most popular character, they are wasting little time getting him back into the cinemas, for better or worse. Anyway,... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Why Does Everyone Hate ‘Fantastic Four’?

  

  Oh boy, here we go again. We had a similarly themed article concerning Pixels a few weeks ago, a movie aimed squarely at the geek market that failed abysmally. Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Tv Review: ‘Minority Report’

  

  Straight off the bat this seemed like a bad idea. A movie based on Minority Report does have potential as a procedural investigation show, a popular television... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Five Creepy Unsolved Mysteries Part 9

  

  All of you were warned, and here is the latest installment in our exploration of the unknown and the unexplained. With things in this world getting creepier it... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• I Welcome Judgement: True Detective Season 2 Episode 8 “Omega Station”

  

  Dramatis PersonaeColin Farrell as Detective Raymond Velcoro, Vinci Police DepartmentVince Vaughn as Frank Semyon criminal and entrepreneurRachel McAdams as... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• The Pull List: 8/12/2015

  

  Buzz-worthy books of the week Americatown #1 In a distant future, an economic collapse has killed the United States of America. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Tabletop Tuesday: ‘Exploding Kittens’

  

  Needless to say, this isn’t the first tabletop game to employ an attention getting title. It’s evocative of the already popular ‘Kittens in a Blender’. Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Movie Review: ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’

  

  Director: Guy RitchieCast: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki and Hugh GrantPlot: At the peak of the Cold War spy games in Berlin CI... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO