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Take Time to Stop and Smell the Geekiness

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Well it’s here.  The release of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice has finally come.  So far the news has not been good, in fact it’s downright vitriolic.  However, Gfunk would say differently ()  Since… Continue reading

The Best Movie About Jesus Christ Ever Made

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  My Christian faith is something I rarely talk about, especially here.  I’ve mentioned it a few times in my posts but for the most part I focus on movies, comics, television shows,… Continue reading

Akiva Goldsman: Serial Hack And Dark Tower Murderer

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I’m passionate about film.  Anyone who’s ever met me knows that’s the case. Sometimes too passionate.  However, if I’m sometimes overzealous it’s only because I believe in the transformative power of film.  Movies… Continue reading

Make Indy Great Again

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  It pains me to paraphrase the campaign slogan of a racist, misogynist, hate-filled demagogue, who’s also a sociopath, pathological liar, and serial asshat, but in the case of the fifth Indiana Jones… Continue reading

In Defense of ‘Man of Steel’

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Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice is nearly upon us.  In just a few weeks the second film in the cinematic DCU will explode into theaters like Krypton. Aside from The Force Awakens, I… Continue reading

In Memoriam: Pat Conroy

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If you’re a reader, or moviegoer, or avid gamer, or music aficionado, at one point in your life you’ve experienced transcendence.  There’s that band, or book, or film that seems to speak to… Continue reading

TV Review: The X-Files Season 10*

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  *I’m calling this season ten because I don’t consider this a “series event’” but a natural extension of the show.  Consider it a fourteen year hiatus between season nine and ten if… Continue reading

By Crom! Give Audiences Another Conan Movie!

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  Saying Terminator: Genisys failed with both critics and fans is like saying Jai Courtney can’t act. They are both axiomatically correct.  Despite my initial review, I ended up selecting Genisys as my worst film of… Continue reading

My Oscar Predictions for the 88th Annual Academy Awards Ceremony

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Well it’s that time of year again when actors and actresses gather on the Red Carpet for the biggest popularity contest of the year.  That’s right I’m talking about the Academy Awards.  Although… Continue reading

Television Review: ‘Ash Vs Evil Dead’ Season 1

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  The year was 1989.  “Look Away” by Chicago was the number one song of the year, Tim Burton’s Batman topped the book office,  and Balki and Cousin Larry ruled the television airwaves on Perfect Strangers.  It was… Continue reading