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Must Watch: BRAWL - Episode 1: Twilight Ruin

By MD • Sep 25th, 2008 • Category: Movies

This is a must watch series. Check out Episode 1: Twilight Ruin, you’ve never seen Mario, Luigi or The Princess this way! BRAWL - Episode 1 : Twilight Ruin from There Will Be BRAWL on Vimeo. Continue Reading




Anime After Dark in Boston This October

By MD • Sep 16th, 2008 • Category: Movies

Not only is Boston home to Anime Boston, but now Anime After Dark as well. AAD will be screening old and new anime. Although AAD is not a convention, there will be events taking place during showtimes in case you need a break. Currently, AAD is planning to show: Grave of the Fireflies Cat Continue Reading




Gabe and Tycho Shredding Expert Guitar Hero at PAX08

By MD • Sep 1st, 2008 • Category: Movies

The Penny Arcade Expo, or PAX08, in Seattle, Washington was crazy cool! So, I wanted to share a bit of the fun with you! Here’s a brief video showing Gabe and Tycho of Penny Arcade pwning Guitar Hero on Expert. Enjoy! Continue Reading




Punisher Will Be Rated R

By MD • Aug 17th, 2008 • Category: Movies, News

Thanks to Nomad for double checking the validity of rumors surrounding the rating of the new Punisher film. (Something I should have done…woops!) PG-13 Rating? Nope. Hmm…not everyone is convinced by the rumors. FilmSchoolRejects.com calls the rumors bullshit. I certainly hope they Continue Reading




Punisher Turns Punk: Lionsgate Wants PG-13

By MD • Aug 17th, 2008 • Category: Movies, News

Please Note: Rumors Turn Out To Be Bogus! Lionsgate has put their tail between their legs and turned punk on Punisher: War Zone. Punisher. War Zone. Doesn’t sound PG-13 to me at all. So, WTF?! Does Lionsgate know anything about Frank Castle? They sort of had the idea in 2004 when the Continue Reading




Dark Knight Pwns All But One

By MD • Aug 17th, 2008 • Category: Movies

Batman and Joker rule. That’s no surprise to me, but the films success has taken Hollywood by surprise. “Going in I would have been happy with $250 million,” Warner Bros. distribution chief Dan Fellman said today. “…We went for a ride like the public.” The Dark Continue Reading




Top 10 Comic Book Movie Stars

By MD • Aug 8th, 2008 • Category: Movies

When considering the Top 10 comic book movie stars, who comes to mind? Will Smith, Hugh Jackman, or Patrick Stewart? Over at Access Hollywood, the top 10 list includes all three. Read more. Personally, I would trade Gerard Butler for Ron Perlman. There are so many great looking comic-inspired Continue Reading




The Dark Side of Harry Potter

By MD • Aug 1st, 2008 • Category: Movies

The bitching and moaning about how the Harry Potter series continues to darken has begun. TheWest.com.au: It indicates that the producers continue to darken the movies in keeping with the ageing of Harry Potter’s core audience and the bleaker mood of so much of contemporary cine-fantasy, such Continue Reading




Wired.com Interview: Nerdcore For Life

By MD • Jul 28th, 2008 • Category: Movies

Dan Lamoureux’s documentary Nerdcore For Life received some coverage from Wired.com’s Angela Watercutter. The interview covers all kinds of interesting things including Nomad’s resurgent beef with MC Router (who quit making nerdcore music). Dan also discusses the upcoming Continue Reading




Watchmen Movie Trailer

By MD • Jul 19th, 2008 • Category: Movies

The trailer for Watchmen looks pretty sweet. For those that don’t know, Watchmen is based on the graphic novel of the same name. It is set in an alternate version of America circa 1985. From Wikipedia: It tells the story of a group of past and present superheroes and the events Continue Reading




Love and Honor The Movie

By MD • Jun 7th, 2008 • Category: Movies

A new movie from Director Yoji Yamada, director of the Academy Award nominated movie “The Twilight Samurai”, is coming to Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon in July. The movie is called Love and Honor. Of interest to anime fans, the star actor did the voice of Howl on Continue Reading