Archive for August, 2010

  • Cinematic Blues – August 31, 2010

    A slightly above average week in the Pop Bunker House of Blues. It's a Three-Star Extravaganza next...

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  • Sequel City – Batman Forever

    A Batman film that I don’t hear talked about anymore is 1995’s Batman Forever. I think that’s a shame: it’s a fun movie, and a sequel which doesn’t deserve to be forgotten.

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  • Tales of a Comic Book Virgin: Issue 3

    Issue 3: In which our willing heroine takes a little trip into the past with Hal and gets on board with the big bad wolf.

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  • 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards: And the Winner Is…

    When the Nominations were announced, I made my predictions. Now that the Emmys are over, we'll see just how good my prognosticating skills are.

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  • This Week in Pop Culture History: 8/29-9/4

    Giving you the 7 day forecast for a bunch of things that have already happened.

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  • Netflix Fix: Best of Watch Instantly 8/21-8/28

    Cutting through the crud to the fun. The best of Netflix streaming for this week: Documentary The Botany of Desire: Michael Pollan explores the way plants manipulate human behavior, forcing us to spread their genes worldwide. Who knew apples, tulips, potatoes and pot were such...

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  • Covert Affairs: “Communication Breakdown” [Recap]

    Auggie's looking for love in all the wrong places, Annie's back to being too naive for the spy game, and Elwood likes songs about trains.

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  • This Week in Odd History (August 23, 1974): John Lennon Sees a UFO

    This Week in Odd History, John Lennon, naked on the balcony of his East 52nd Street penthouse, spotted a flying saucer over New York City. He might have been expecting it. More than a year earlier, when his relationship with Yoko Ono broke down, he’d...

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  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the Shepherd’s Pie

    One of the greatest things about the Scott Pilgrim books is the way they break the fourth wall and invite you into the story. My favorite instance of this is in Volume 2, where we’re given a little cooking lesson with one of the characters’...

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  • [Trailer] The Walking Dead

    I’ve been looking forward to this since they announced who was going to be involved. AMC has released this 4 and a half minute long trailer for The Walking Dead. They also announced that it will be premiering Halloween Night and that the first episode...

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