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Our team made it out to the Lexington Comic and Toy Convention in Kentucky last weekend, and among the top-notch talent featured in the lineup was Greg Grunberg, known for his work in Heroes, Star Wars, Lost, Alias and Big… Continue Reading →
None But Myself is a glimpse of what most aspiring filmmakers go through to produce features, these days. That is, the short film, itself, is a pitch for those interested in investing or contributing to a larger production. Before, filmmakers… Continue Reading →
How long would it take to become a master of a fandom? By mastery, I mean the basic pursuit of watching every officially sanctioned episode and/or movie within that fandom’s universe. Get your calendars ready, we’re about to tell you… Continue Reading →
Per Matt When a film features SEVEN writers, three directors and undergoes a major rewrite, its troubled production schedule generally receives a bit of bad publicity. But when the movie in question is an animated Disney release, all possible negatives… Continue Reading →
He’s hyper-violent. He’s crude. He’s insane. And yet people love him. He’s Deadpool. But who the fuck is Deadpool, anyway?
Per Matt Much like the Zombies’ never-ending hunt for their next victims, I’ve been on a voracious, never-ending hunt for great undead literature. I’ve got a pretty good track record for finding some great books (along with a few ridiculous carcasses)… Continue Reading →
Per Matt Beginning today, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies receives the big-screen treatment it always deserved, but back in 2009, its success was hardly guaranteed. Quirk Books gambled on a relatively then-unknown author to combine the classic Jane Austen Elizabethan… Continue Reading →
Sometimes a Show can be a Zombie. That is to say, resurrected after death, to be judged by its droves of loyal fans. Such is the case with an old fave and standard-bearer of the supernatural genre — The X-Files. By… Continue Reading →
Quentin Tarantino’s 8th film, The Hateful Eight, follows in the same genre as his last film. Moreover, this is the third film in a row that the Oscar-winning director has chosen to use a non-contemporary setting. It makes sense that… Continue Reading →
Last week, The Shannara Chronicles aired on MTV and became the next fantasy adaptation of a book series. The story is set in a realm with familiar tropes. Most familiar are the races that inhabit the Four Lands, in which… Continue Reading →