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Gone Blu-Ray Review by Tim Janson, Columnist and Critic
(May 24, 2012)
“Gone” came and went quickly when it was released theatrically in February and while it’s not a bad film it probably was better suited to a direct-to-video release than to theaters. Jill Conway (Seyfried) is a young Portland woman who lives with her

Chronicle DVD Review by Tim Janson, Columnist and Critic
(May 21, 2012)
Gaining super powers is something we’ve all probably fantasized about at one time. Super strength, invulnerability, the power to fly...Chronicle attempts to explore that scenario as a found footage film with mixed results. The film presents three stude

Game of Thrones: The Prince of Winterfell Review by Jarrett Kruse, TV Critic
(May 21, 2012)
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Summer of '82: The Road Warrior by Rob Vaux, Mania Critic
(May 21, 2012)
With the possible exception of Blade Runner, no movie from the summer of ’82 reverberated across the pop culture landscape quite as profoundly as The Road Warrior. (And technically we’re cheating a bit here, since it opened in Australia in 1981. That o

The Woman in Black Blu-Ray review by Tim Janson, Critic
(May 20, 2012)
The Woman in Black is a ghost story in the grand tradition of writers like M.R. James. But while it might seem like its origins are steeped in the Gothic style of the 1800s, it is, in fact, based upon a far more modern novel of the same name written by Su

Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker Review by Tim Janson , Columnist and Critic
(May 18, 2012)
Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker is an original Anime film based upon the popular RPG videogame series from BioWare. However the film isn’t traditional Anime in its look and design, going for a more westernized style.

Mania Review: The Dictator by Rob Vaux, Mania Critic
(May 18, 2012)
The idiom of Sacha Baron Cohen fundamentally depends on an outsider’s approach. Well, that and his giant brass balls, but they all essentially work in tandem. He combines ambush tactics with willfully appalling characters to shed light on our own failure

Mania Review: Battleship by Rob Vaux, Mania Critic
(May 18, 2012)
Remember when they first announced the creation of a movie based on a board game and the filmgoing public tried with all its might to convince the powers that be that it was a really really bad idea? We should have tried harder. We should have hopped off t

The Aggression Scale Blu-Ray Review by Tim Janson , Columnist and Critic
(May 14, 2012)
It’s Home Alone meets A History of Violence in this film about a young, psychopathic boy who fights back and defends his family against four armed henchmen. The always enjoyable Ray Wise plays a gangster named Bellavance who gets bonded out of jail on a

Once Upon A Time: A Land Without Magic Review by Kurt Anthony Krug, TV Critic
(May 14, 2012)
So, the first season of Once Upon A Time ends with a somewhat lackluster finale. After Henry (Jared Gilmore) eats the poisoned apple turnover meant for Emma (Jennifer Morrison), his birth mother/the savior of Storybrooke, he falls into a coma.

Summer of '82: Conan the Barbarian by Rob Vaux
(May 14, 2012)
Is there any film in existence more fantastically ludicrous than Conan the Barbarian? In any kind of rational universe, we’d burn the perpetrators at the stake. Racist, homophobic, willfully unaware of its own laughable shortcomings, it should rank among

Game of Thrones: A Man Without Honor Review by Jarrett Kruse, TV Critic
(May 13, 2012)
Like last weeks opening, we are treated to the continuing misadventures of “Prince” Theon as he tries to hold Winterfell. Upon waking, the traitor Greyjoy is informed of the midnight escape of the young Starks Bran & Rikon along with Osha and Hodor (Kr

Fringe: Brave New World Part 2 Review by Kurt Anthony Krug, TV Critic
(May 12, 2012)
As far as Fringe season finales go, this one was pretty anti-climatic. Perhaps, it’s because the creators worried that it wouldn’t be back for a 5th season. Who’s to say? On a whole, it’s best to watch the 2 parts back-to-back as it gives it more h

Mania Review: Dark Shadows by Rob Vaux, Mania Critic
(May 11, 2012)
Tim Burton always walked a razor’s edge between genius and self-indulgence. The visionary nature of his early films struck a chord with audiences and quickly made him one of the most bankable directors in Hollywood. Over time, however, his formula became

Once Upon A Time: An Apple as Red as Blood by Kurt Anthony Krug, TV Critic
(May 08, 2012)
Henry (Jared Gilmore) manages to convince Emma (Jennifer Morrison) to return to Storybrooke after she kidnapped him at the end of the last episode. However, he does not convince her about the curse, failing in that attempt just like August (Eion Bailey) di

Underworld: Awakening Blu-ray Review by Tim Janson , Columnist and Critic
(May 08, 2012)
Underworld: Awakening is the 4th installment in the Underworld series despite the fact that the previous entry, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, was disappointing both critically and financially. And perhaps even more surprising is the fact that the end of

Fury My War Gone By: Comic Review by Kimberly McCall, Comic Critic
(May 08, 2012)
“My name is Nick Fury. I've had a bullet in my head since Nineteen Forty -Four. I can't seem to die, don't even age much. I fight and fuck like a goddamn demon. I lick up war like it was sugar. These are the things I've done for my country.”

Avengers Assemble your Toys by Tim Janson, Columnist and Critic
(May 06, 2012)
With the release of the Avengers we are of course getting a barrage of toys and Hasbro is pulling out all the stops with a vast array of figures in different sizes, vehicles, role-playing items, Hero Squad, and more. Things for all ages, from kids who wil

Game of Thrones: The Old Gods And The New Review by Jarrett Kruse, TV Critic
(May 06, 2012)
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