June 2015

5 Minutes

Television | Reviews

Game of Thrones: “The Dance of Dragons”

T. Dawson June 8, 2015

After the mic-drop battle at the end of last week’s “Hardhome,” it seemed as though Game of Thrones was trying to warn us that it would be breaking from its established tradition of crazy-ass ninth episodes....

9 Minutes

Television | Reviews

Halt and Catch Fire: “New Coke”

T. Dawson June 8, 2015

Margaux and I talk drug problems on this week’s Halt and Catch Fire. Trevor: “New Coke” didn’t have the zip of last week’s “SETI,” but I’m interested in seeing how all these storylines will coalesce. Especially...

1 Minute

Video Games

Mega Man Legacy Collection brings enhanced 8-bit classics to new platforms

J. Luis June 8, 2015

Mega Man has, for the most part, always been associated with the Nintendo Entertainment System. Sure, he made the jump of to the Playstation and had a less than stellar compilation on the Genesis,...

1 Minute

Movies

Uwe Boll has meltdown because people don’t love him & didn’t fund his latest shit film

J. Luis June 8, 2015

Uwe Boll, director of terrible video game movie adaptations that would make even Roger Corman wince is back in the news again today. Not content with no longer making shit films on his own...

1 Minute

Movies

Matt Damon stars in THE MARTIAN; official trailer below

J. Luis June 8, 2015

Ridley Scott knows science fiction life few other directors, so seeing his named attached to this epic sounding tale of rescue and survival already had my interest peaked. Add to that an all-star cast...

6 Minutes

Television | Reviews

Transformers: Robots in Disguise “Hunting Season”

B. Simmons June 7, 2015

I get the impression that traveling back and forth to Cybertron isn’t that big a deal. People just keep showing up. Now it’s two at a time. This time, two bounty hunters show up...

8 Minutes

Television | Reviews

Adventure Time “Hot Diggety Doom” & “The Comet”

B. Simmons June 6, 2015

Since the episode is basically a two-parter of Adventure Time, I’ve decided to run these together. The second part picks up right where the first leaves off anyway. The episode starts off with Peppermint...

3 Minutes

Television | Reviews

Sense8: “Limbic Resonance”

T. Dawson June 5, 2015

It’s hard to know what to make of Sense8 – and I think that’s the point. Netflix’s latest offering comes courtesy of the Wachowski siblings and J. Michael Straczynski (Thor), and as such it’s appropriately loony....

9 Minutes

Television | Reviews

Hannibal: “Antipasto”

T. Dawson June 5, 2015

Margaux and I take a look at Bryan Fuller’s brilliant Hannibal. Trevor: Season two of Hannibal was structured like the traditional Japanese dish kaiseki from which it took each of its episode titles. Every installment complemented...

18 Minutes

Television News

I watched all the best episodes of Entourage & this is what I learned

T. Dawson June 5, 2015 1 Comment

With the Entourage movie right around the corner, I decided to…ah, fuck it, this is an endurance test. Aside from the occasional rerun on Comedy Central, my exposure to Entourage has been pretty limited. But I’m a citizen...

3 Minutes

Television | Reviews

Wayward Pines: “One of Our Senior Realtors Has Chosen to Retire”

T. Dawson June 5, 2015

I gotta hand it to Wayward Pines – this show continues to zig when I expect it to zag. After the stunning ending of last week’s episode, “One of Our Senior Realtors Has Chosen...

4 Minutes

Television | Reviews

Adventure Time “On the Lam”

B. Simmons June 5, 2015

It’s getting pretty close to the end of the week, and I have no clue how Adventure Time is going to deliver on this whole thing in a single episode. If this turns out...