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- Digital Deal: ‘Doctor Who’, ‘Battlestar Galactica’, ‘House’
- Geek Gear: Dr Horrible ‘Hammer-Out Homelessness’ Shirt
- Nike Unveils Limited Edition ‘Back To The Future 2′ Sneaker, The MAG
- 2 New Teaser Posters For ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1′
- What If…Trip Advisor Reviewed Movie Hotels?
- Comic Book Art Blogs Worth Viewing: The Sindiecate
- Watch Now: First Clip From ‘The Thing’ Prequel
- TV Review: ‘Breaking Bad: Hermanos’
- Video Game Deal: 50% Off ‘Dragon Age II’
- Check Out the Viral Web Site and Videos for ‘Contagion’
- Book Review: Naamah’s Blessing
| Digital Deal: ‘Doctor Who’, ‘Battlestar Galactica’, ‘House’ Posted: 09 Sep 2011 05:36 AM PDT  The Gold Box spotlight deal of the day over at Amazon today is a sale on select seasons of Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica, and House from their Instant Video catalog. So, you can purchase a season at a drastically reduced rate and then watch it right online or download it for viewing on your PC. Visit the Sale page to see all the seasons offered, some of which are available in HD. Note, this deal is valid only for today, Friday, September 9, 2011, until 11:59PM PST. Here's a sample of some of the available sale items: -- Doctor Who Season 5: $5.99 [13 episodes] -- Battlestar Galactica Season 1: $9.99 [13 episodes] -- House Season 1: $9.99 [22 episodes] Considering that just a rental of one episode is $1.99, these sale prices are awesome for so many episodes. [...]            |
| Geek Gear: Dr Horrible ‘Hammer-Out Homelessness’ Shirt Posted: 09 Sep 2011 04:45 AM PDT The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at TeeFury today is a Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog-themed shirt called “Hammer-Out Homelessness” by artist TheBensanity. The sale began at Teefury today, Friday, September 9, 2011, at midnight EST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it's over, it will not be sold on [...]      |
| Nike Unveils Limited Edition ‘Back To The Future 2′ Sneaker, The MAG Posted: 08 Sep 2011 08:18 PM PDT  It's very much likely that we all at one point or another have dreamed of those crazy fictional things from the "future" we've seen created for movies, TV shows, comics, and video games somehow being made into a reality some day. And perhaps the movie that presented the most fun and intriguing futuristic goodies to bring to life, was of course Back to the Future II. The most iconic futuristic item shown in the movie would have to be the hoverboard—a skateboard without wheels that hovers a foot or so above the ground—which hasn't been mass–produced...yet...though one artist did build his own working hoverboard a while back. But after that, it's all about the self–lacing shoes that Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) wore in the movie, called the Nike MAG. And now those very shoes are a reality...sorta. A reality for those of us with a lot of money sitting around, anyway. [...]      |
| 2 New Teaser Posters For ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1′ Posted: 08 Sep 2011 06:25 PM PDT  There's been lots of photos released for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, the penultimate installment in the Twilight film franchise. We've seen love birds Bella and Edward readying for their wedding, enjoying their honeymoon with plenty of steamy shots, and then getting some shocking news. As far as third wheel Jacob, everything we've seen of him is one pissed-off brooding wolfboy. Now, Yahoo! has two new teaser posters for the film that show more of the same -- sexy, in love Bella and Edward; brooding Jacob. But, I think Twilight fans will definitely dig it. Check out the posters here [...]      |
| What If…Trip Advisor Reviewed Movie Hotels? Posted: 08 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT  When planning a vacation it's always good to make your hotel reservations in advance. Otherwise you might find yourself staying at a complete dump where the elevators spill gallons of blood and your next door neighbor might be the Devil incarnate. Then again you may just get no mint on your pillow and access to a swimming pool that never gets cleaned as often as it should. These things tend to happen, which is good that we have Trip Advisor. Now the clever folks over at Screen Junkies have come up with a feature that posits what the good people at Trip Advisor would have to say about the hotels and motels that have appeared in some of the finest films ever made, and others that aren't as good [...]      |
| Comic Book Art Blogs Worth Viewing: The Sindiecate Posted: 08 Sep 2011 03:00 PM PDT  There are a lot of great comic book art blogs out there, beyond the deviantart pages of the world, and if you're a comic book fan, these are webpages that you should be checking out on a daily basis. All this week (okay, so we had a bit of a break, I had to find some more to talk about), I'm going to highlight a few that I think are worthy of your attention or are just pages for some of my favorite artists. The Sindiecate is one of the newest art collective blogs. In fact it just started a few weeks ago. The artists involved in this one are David Lafuente, Jorge Munoz, James Harren, Ryan Ottley, and Mike Choi. Their stated goal is to "pay homage to independent comic books and authors." The first theme they tackled was Todd deZago and Mike Wieringo's Tellos, with Jonathan Ross/Tommy Lee Edwards being the second theme. This week is focusing on Locke and Key, and there are already a couple of great pieces up [...]      |
| Watch Now: First Clip From ‘The Thing’ Prequel Posted: 08 Sep 2011 01:00 PM PDT  MTV has released an exclusive new clip from the upcoming The Thing. You can check it out below this article. The clip runs less than a minute, but it does feature a few quick (and ineffective) jump scares that culminates with the titular alien beast breaking free from its icy tomb. The theatrical release of the much-maligned prequel/sequel/remake/whatever of The Thing, John Carpenter's 1982 classic of otherworldly horror, is little more than a month from release but Universal Pictures hasn't done much so far to market the new film outside of the release a teaser poster and a trailer. Upon their release both received a lukewarm reception from science fiction and horror fans and an even worse reception from longtime fans of the John Carpenter film, which itself was both an updated remake of the Howard Hawks-produced 1951 sci-fi shocker The Thing from Another World and a more faithful adaptation of "Who Goes There?", the John W. Campbell short story that inspired both films [...]      |
| TV Review: ‘Breaking Bad: Hermanos’ Posted: 08 Sep 2011 12:00 PM PDT  Breaking Bad Season Four, Episode 8 - Hermanos Directed by Johan Renck Written by Sam Catlin and George Mastras Starring: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte, Bob Odenkirk, Giancarlo Esposito, Jonathan Banks, Steven Bauer, James Martinez, and Michael Sheets Sangre por sangre. Relationships have always been an important component of Breaking Bad, but a key aspect of these relationships are the blood ties that have formed over the course of the show. For good or for worse, our characters have formed connections due to the circumstances they find themselves caught in. "Hermanos" is an episode that illustrates the full extent of these ties and the dangers that they can lead to. Note: From here on out we'll have to go full-on spoilers for this episode. You've been warned. [...]      |
| Video Game Deal: 50% Off ‘Dragon Age II’ Posted: 08 Sep 2011 11:00 AM PDT  Amazon today is currently running a sale on the video game Dragon Age II for Xbox 360 for only $19.99 each (that's 50% off the list price of $39.99) Dragon Age II is a single player role-playing game (RPG) for play on the PC. Epic sequel to the BioWare developed 2009 Game of the Year, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age II continues the adventure with a new hero, Hawke, and utilizes the choices made by the player to affect a story that spans ten years worth of time in-game. Additional game features include: the ability to choose your character's class and sex, a new cinematic in-game experience, a nonlinear narrative and the ability to import saved information from earlier Dragon Age games. [...]      |
| Check Out the Viral Web Site and Videos for ‘Contagion’ Posted: 08 Sep 2011 09:43 AM PDT  As Steven Soderbergh's epic global pandemic drama Contagion prepares for its theatrical premiere this Friday, Warner Bros. has established a viral web site for a faux organization called Family Values @ Work to help promote the film. You can read news articles and watch videos about topics related to the film. When you click on the link scroll to the bottom right and click the 1000 Voices link to view the videos [...]      |
| Book Review: Naamah’s Blessing Posted: 08 Sep 2011 08:01 AM PDT  Naamah's Blessing Hardcover | Kindle By Jacqueline Carey Grand Central Publishing Release date: June 29, 2011 Naamah's Blessing is Jacqueline Carey's grand finale to the Naamah Trilogy, which are the companion books to her Kushiel's Legacy series. That's a total of nine books. Having not read any of the first eight books in Carey's magnum opus, I expected to feel a bit lost, but the author does a good job of connecting all the previous dots through main character and narrator Moirin's very convenient and near-constant reminiscing of the past. Once I adjusted to Moirin's annoying sing-song voice, I tucked in to a tale of great action and adventure in which we follow Moirin and her husband, Bao, as they journey across vast seas to Terre d'Ange, home of Moirin's father and half of her ancestry. Moirin is following her Destiny, as guided by her diadh-anam, which is the "spark of the soul of the Maguin Dhonn," or the Great Bear, which is the other half of Moirin's ancestry inherited from her mother, who lives in Moirin's place of birth called Alba [...]      |
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