It seems that the Buffy and Angel comics are trying to live within the same timeline, which I appreciate. Angel's paying for his part in Twilight and he's suffering the consequences of his actions. Read More
Deus Ex: Human Revolution relaunches a venerable gaming franchise after more than a decade and succeeds not only in being a great game but also just might make cyberpunk relevant again. Read More
King Solomon’s Mines is the first adventure novel set in Africa and it created a whole new genre of literature. It was the inspiration for the Indiana Jones movies and the book itself was made into six movies featuring its main character, Allan Quatermain. Read More
Composer Mark Isham has said, “the score for Warrior has an extremely wide dynamic and dramatic range; perhaps more than any other score I've composed.” While this may be true quantitatively (there is definitely a wide range musically between certain Read More
The first installation of The Rinse is super rad — a quick and fun, gritty read that I really enjoyed. And I’m left hanging on for the next installation now too. I can’t wait. I really loved this, for everything: the artwork, the storyline, the Read More
Sci-Fi’s Finest - Volume One is a compilation of three dozen songs and themes from the best that the offbeat side of entertainment has to offer. For someone who has about 60 theme songs on her own iPod, this is a dream come true album. Read More
If “witty” orchestral music seems like a foreign concept, I think the perfect place to begin exploring it can be found in the music of Michel Legrand. The endlessly clever melodies and orchestrations sound wonderfully fresh on this album. Read More
After all of the information and speculation, whining and expectations, covers and character sketches, final issues and truncated storylines, the day has finally arrived. Justice League #1 has been released, and at last I have a copy of it in front of me. Read More
The Warner Archive has a knack for uncovering and remastering somewhat obscure TV shows from bygone eras and presenting them to all new audiences. The latest sci-fi classic to get this treatment is Man from Atlantis, a short lived series from the '70s Read More
In the directorial debut of Joe Cornish, this British adventure movie manages to present the familiar adolescent-finds-an-alien storyline in a way that's both fresh and entertaining. Attack the Block delights in retooling expected story lines, almost Read More
The soundtrack of this fourth installment of the Spy Kids movie franchise might be described as Mission: Impossible meets The Pink Panther, with a bit of James Bond thrown in for good measure. In addition to directing the movie, Robert Rodriguez Read More
ZEN Studios has been great about keeping the new table releases coming, and the latest one arrives this week with a pinball table based on Twisted Pixel's Ms. Splosion Man. Read More