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TV Review: The Walking Dead – 3.08 – Made To Suffer (SPOILERS)

TV Review: The Walking Dead – 3.08 – Made To Suffer (SPOILERS)

Brent McKnight December 3, 2012

Many of us spent last season desperately waiting for something, anything to happen on AMC’s “The Walking Dead”. With the exception of last week’s episode, season three has done a fine job rectifying this...

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TV Review: The Walking Dead – 3.07 – When The Dead Come Knocking (SPOILERS)

TV Review: The Walking Dead – 3.07 – When The Dead Come Knocking (SPOILERS)

Brent McKnight November 26, 2012

Well Glenn (Steven Yeun) certainly showed that he really is one tough son of a bitch in “When the Dead Come Knocking,” the latest episode of AMC’s “The Walking Dead”. There’s no doubt why...

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TV Review: The Walking Dead – 3.06 – Hounded (SPOILERS)

TV Review: The Walking Dead – 3.06 – Hounded (SPOILERS)

Brent McKnight November 19, 2012

When last we left Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) on AMC’s “The Walking Dead” he had just picked up a telephone. And that’s how he spent the vast majority of last night’s episode, “Hounded”. Seriously,...

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TV Review: The Walking Dead – 3.05 – Say The Word (SPOILERS)

TV Review: The Walking Dead – 3.05 – Say The Word (SPOILERS)

Brent McKnight November 12, 2012

So far season three of AMC’s “The Walking Dead” has been the most consistent, intense one of the bunch. We’ve had more action, zombies, tension, and blood than the first two seasons combined. In...

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TV Review: The Walking Dead – 3.04 – The Killer Within (SPOILERS)

TV Review: The Walking Dead – 3.04 – The Killer Within (SPOILERS)

Nix November 5, 2012

THIS REVIEW OF LAST NIGHT’S “THE WALKING DEAD”, EPISODE 3.4, “THE KILLER WITHIN”, CONTAINS SPOILERS. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Oh, T-Dog, we hardly knew ye. Well that’s not true. We knew you were on...

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TV Review: Arrow – Pilot Episode

TV Review: Arrow – Pilot Episode

Nix October 10, 2012

They really should have gotten rid of the voiceover. Other than that, the CW’s latest stab at superhero TV, “Arrow” (Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. central) was a very good stab indeed. An adaptation of...

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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Spartacus – Vengeance (Season 2)

New on DVD/Blu-ray: Spartacus – Vengeance (Season 2)

Dedpool September 12, 2012

“KILL THEM ALL!!” -Spartacus “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” was a breakout hit for not only Starz, the channel that airs the show, but for burgeoning actor Andy Whitfield. Tragically Whitfield was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s...

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New On Blu-Ray/DVD: The Walking Dead Season 2

New On Blu-Ray/DVD: The Walking Dead Season 2

Brent McKnight August 27, 2012

The second season of AMC’s zombie juggernaut “The Walking Dead”, now out on Blu-ray and DVD, is really a tale of two halves. Part one is chiefly concerned with the group, led by Rick...

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New on DVD: Young Justice – Dangerous Secrets

New on DVD: Young Justice – Dangerous Secrets

Nix August 14, 2012

You could go mad trying to collect all of “Young Justice” on DVD. Warner Home Video had previously released the show’s Season 1 in chunks of 4 episodes, but with “Dangerous Secrets” they’ve collected...

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TV Review: Longmire, Pilot Episode

TV Review: Longmire, Pilot Episode

Nix May 24, 2012

“Justified” minus the Dixie mafia swagger? Not quite, though close, and you’d be forgiven for thinking that when you heard about A&E’s new drama “Longmire”, which stars Robert Taylor as Walt Longmire, the grizzled...

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TV Review: The Walking Dead Season 2 Finale – Beside the Dying Fire (SPOILERS)

TV Review: The Walking Dead Season 2 Finale – Beside the Dying Fire (SPOILERS)

Nix March 18, 2012

WARNING: THE FOLLOWING REVIEW INCLUDES MASSIVE SPOILERS ABOUT THE SEASON 2 FINALE OF “THE WALKING DEAD”. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Holy shit. They destroyed the farm. Killed off Dale two episodes ago. Then killed...

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New on DVD/Blu-ray: The Fades Season One

New on DVD/Blu-ray: The Fades Season One

Nix February 28, 2012

If you don’t have BBC America as part of your cable subscription, you’re really missing out on some fine genre offerings from Across the Pond. Who knew the Brits could do genre fare so...

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New on DVD: Young Justice – Season 1, Volume 3 (2010)

New on DVD: Young Justice – Season 1, Volume 3 (2010)

Nix February 23, 2012

The sidekicks of the D.C. universe continue their excellent tour of duty on the Cartoon Network in “Young Justice”, a surprisingly well-done animated show that continues to improve with each new episode in its...

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TV Review: Alcatraz (POTENTIAL SPOILERS)

TV Review: Alcatraz (POTENTIAL SPOILERS)

Nix January 16, 2012

For a show that boasts J.J. Abrams as producer and the mythical powers of “Lost” on full force behind the cameras, the two-hour pilot that FOX premiered of “Alcatraz” earlier tonight sure is a...

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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Doctor Who – The Complete Sixth Series

New on DVD/Blu-ray: Doctor Who – The Complete Sixth Series

Nix December 1, 2011

Doctor Who comes to America in Series Six of the constantly regenerating (see what I did there?) British sci-fi TV show. Of course that’s just where it starts, and like most Doctor Who seasons,...

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TV Review: AMC’s Hell on Wheels

TV Review: AMC’s Hell on Wheels

Nix November 7, 2011

Didn’t AMC learn anything from “The Walking Dead’s” pilot episode? The cable network’s latest scripted TV show “Hell on Wheels” should have been a two-hour pilot. Or at the very least, a condensed 90-minute...

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New on DVD: Luther Season 2

New on DVD: Luther Season 2

Nix October 23, 2011

Fans of the BBC’s “Luther”, starring the magnetic Idris Elba cleaning up the scums of the London crime scene, need to buckle up, because Season 2 of the killer crime show hits stores October...

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TV Review: Terra Nova, Pilot

TV Review: Terra Nova, Pilot

Joseph Savitski September 27, 2011

Friends, fanboys, and countrymen, lend me your laptop screens. For I may not have come to bury “Terra Nova”, but I sure as hell haven’t come to praise it. You remember “Terra Nova”, the...

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New On Blu-ray/DVD: Spartacus: Gods Of The Arena

New On Blu-ray/DVD: Spartacus: Gods Of The Arena

Brent McKnight September 13, 2011

It feels strange to write a review of “Spartacus: Gods of the Arena” right now, just a short few days after the untimely passing of actor Andy Whitfield, who played the titular gladiator in...

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New on DVD: Batman – The Brave And The Bold: Season Two, Part One

New on DVD: Batman – The Brave And The Bold: Season Two, Part One

Nix August 18, 2011

The Caped Crusader returns once again to save the day in the second season of TV’s “Batman: The Brave and the Bold”, which finds Gotham City’s (not all that dark) knight teaming up with...

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