The eighties had a lot of action heroes – enough for two tiers of them… enough to churn out B-movie action flicks in plain, twisted, ironic and even extra-toasty. Tier one included names like Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, and Arnold. Tier two included the likes of Jean-Claude Van Damme and the star of Driven to […]
CONTEST: Win our Expedition Africa – Prize Pack
The fine folks at The History Channel has given us TWO Pretty cool Expedition Africa Explorer Prize Packs to give away for their new series – Expedition Africa, which airs this Sunday night at 10pm on the History Channel. Here’s what you get The Explorer’s Prize Pack features: –History Channel Laptop Backpack –Expedition Branded 35mm […]
TELEVISION NEWS: Leno Daily Dose, Arnold Schwarzenegger on Prop 8
Since we’re now part of NBC’s little exclusive Digital Network Club, we’re getting a ton of material from them. One of them will be lots of Jay Leno clips. Personally, I hate Leno – and all late night talk shows, but I know a lot of folks do like it, so here’s your daily dose […]
GEAR NEWS: The Zune HD is Official and coming to X-Box 360
In one of the worst kept secrets on the web, the Zune HD is now official. Microsoft will roll it out next week during E3 and the official launch is coming in the fall. MS hopes to make the Zune HD a competitor to the iPod Touch. It’ll feature a 3.3 inch, OLED, HD Radio […]
TELEVISION: American Idol is FIXED! Says the New York Times!
I’m vindicated! The New York Times has an article today about how AT&T may have “fixed,” this year’s American Idol Voting by holding special events and providing free texting services for Kris Allen in Arkansas. There were rumors floating around that for such a small state Arkansas really “represented,” during the final voting. Now we […]
TELEVISION: The Goode Family – Safe as Milk – Pasteurized, Bacteria-Free, Boring Old Milk!
ABC’s new animated series, The Goode Family [Wednesdays, 9/8C], is the series from Mike Judge of King of the Hill fame. If it was a tenth as funny as that series, The Goode Family might be worth checking out. Instead, this comedy about the Goode family – vegan, non-confrontational, recycling, hybrid-driving – bends over backwards […]
MOVIE NEWS: The Good News: A Buffy Movie Is In The Planning Stages; The Bad News: It’s Whedon-Free!
Reports from ew.com, The Hollywood Reporter and The Los Angeles Times are stating that Fran Kuzui [director of the cult fave film] and husband Kaz Kazui are looking to produce a new Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie. Word is that they want to do a darker version in keeping with the times. At this time, […]
COOL-TECH: New JVC HDTV Set Specifically for Photographers
Here’s something interesting. The folks at JVC have just launched a brand new HDTV set – the JVC Xiview LT-42WX70 designed for folks who use Digital SLR Cameras. The theory is that you high-end photographers want a television that’s truly capable of reproducing all of your super sharp images as perfectly as possible. But really, […]
COMIC BOOK NEWS: Captain America #600 Images!
It’s the historic Captain America issue you’ve been waiting for as Eisner-winning writer Ed Brubaker teams up with a group of red hot artists like Butch Guice, Steve Epting, and many more to bring you the extra-sized Captain America #600! It’s the anniversary of the day Captain America died, as the Marvel Universe reflects—and the […]
BLU-RAY NEWS: The Watchmen Director’s Cut Blu-ray will feature Full Watchmen Game!
I finally sat down, played and beat the Watchmen: The End Is Nigh, video game this weekend. So it was pretty cool to see that they are making a sequel to the game, not only that but the full game Part 1 and 2 will be included in the upcoming Director’s Cut version of The […]
VIDEO GAME NEWS: inFAMOUS Hits the PS3 Today!
The long awaited PS3 exclusive game inFAMOUS hits the streets today. I’m going to go to the evil store (Walmart or Gamestop) today and pick up a copy. I liked the pace of the demo, although I’m usually not a fan of Open World game, this one seems pretty cool. inFAMOUS immerses players in the […]