The Twilight Saga: Eclipse has killed a man. Let me say that again: The latest movie in the Twilight series has killed a man. Sure, police in New Zealand, where the as-yet-unnamed man was found dead after a screening of Eclipse over the weekend are officially calling the death “unexplained,” but I think we all know the truth. Somehow, …
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Top Ten Tuesday Tech Deals
Summer time means that retailers are scrambling to try to get you to step foot in their stores. Here are some handpicked deals to help you avoid doing any actual work today. Let’s face it: It’s too hot outside and the long weekend wasn’t nearly long enough.
2010 FIFA World Cup: $32.99 for Wii, $38.99 for PS3, $39.99 for Xbox 360 ( …
New Comics for 7/8/10
You know what I don’t need on my list of weekly comics? Toys. Oh, and statues. And while we’re at it I could do without magazines, posters and t-shirts. When I climb the hallowed stairs of Midtown every week I’m going there to get new releases. So that’s what I give you. Just the new release comics for this week (which is on Thursday …
Inception, First Take: No Spoilers, Lots of Reasons to Be Excited
I saw Inception two weeks ago. I’ve been bursting at the seams to talk about it with someone, but Warner Bros. told us that we couldn’t do anything. No tweets. No Facebooking. No reviews. Nada.
Well, I’ve learned that the embargo just recently lifted. I think I’m going to see the movie a second time before I write up the full …
Exclusive Scene From Tonight’s Warehouse 13 Season Premiere
You’ve gotta love Warehouse 13. It can go from supernatural to silly to suspenseful in the span of only a couple seconds.
Last week, I interviewed Eddie McClintock (a.k.a. Pete Lattimer) about just what it is that has made this show such a hit for Syfy – and what we can expect from season 2, which airs tonight. Well I’ve seen the …
75 Years of the First Comic Book Superhero (It’s Not Who You Think)
With all the hullabaloo about Superman and Wonder Woman in the last few weeks, it’s worth remembering that the longest-surviving superhero indigenous to a comic book appeared 75 years ago this summer. New Fun was the first comic book series to consist entirely of original material. Its sixth issue, cover-dated October 1935 and published …
I Kissed A Nerd
Geekleaders Damsels of Dorkington star in I Kissed A Nerd, a spoof on Katy Perry’s annoyingly catchy I Kissed A Girl. The song itself is so-so (like the original), but the geek wear is adorable. Enjoy.
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Is Star Wars Headed Back To Theaters – Again?
We’ve had the original Star Wars movies, the re-released, re-edited Special Editions, and then, slightly re-edited re-edits for the DVD release of the original trilogy. But are we about to get another new edition of George Lucas’ classic series?
BleedingCool’s Brendan Connelly noticed Lucasfilm sound engineers Matt Wood and David …
Video: A Look At Google Voice’s Desktop App
TechCrunch has an exclusive look at Gizmo5 aka the Google Voice desktop app. According to TC, Google could be scrapping this project altogether since Larry Page and Sergey Brin “don’t want Google to be in the business of creating software outside of the browser.” Looks neat, no?
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Wonder Woman’s New Look Leads To Comic Sellout
Should I be as depressed as I am that all it takes to turn Wonder Woman into a hit comic is changing her costume? Perhaps, but that doesn’t change the fact that #600 of the Amazon Princess’ comic is being rushed into a second printing following the three-day sellout of the initial print run and what’s being called “phenomenal” downloads …
Please, Let This Really Be James Cameron’s Next Project
Consider it a marriage made in gimmick heaven: The Black Eyed Peas are, apparently, going to make a tour movie with Avatar‘s James Cameron, and it’s going to be in 3D. Peas punctuation-heavy frontman Will.I.Am told MTV,
Right now, we are planning our 3-D tour movie, and James Cameron is directing it. We have the biggest director,
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How Much Does It Cost To Make The Worst Film Of The Year? $280 Million
It’s (semi) official. M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender currently holds the lowest Rotten Tomatoes ranking of the year. Paramount’s $280 million live-action version of the beloved Nickelodeon series received only a 6% rating based on a ranking system that pools the reviews of film critics into a tidy little score. This means that …