Guardians of the Galaxy has hit many milestones according the EW this past opening weekend with an estimated $94 million. It’s the new record holder for the highest opening debut movie in August the third biggest opening in 2014 so far the seventh highest opening in history for a non-sequel
August Staff Picks: Comics
Displaced Persons Derek McCulloch (Writer) and Anthony Peruzzo (Artist) Image I don’t know much about Displaced Persons. It’s an OGN by an Eisner nominated writer, Derek McCulloch of STAGGER LEE and Gone to Amerikay, and Anthony Peruzzo, an artist I’m not familiar with. I haven’t seen much advance buzz. What I have seen is this cover…
Studio Ghibli Considers Restructuring For Now
This past Sunday, Studio Ghibli representative director and co-founder Toshio Suzuki announced some changes in the studios future after rumors of the company’s demise for the last few years. Studio Ghibli has been responsible for many beloved animated movies, not limited to Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro, and Howl’s Moving Castle. But they made no secret about…
Things to Play: Monster of the Week
Monster of the Week is a tabletop role-playing game that allows you to play as a character like Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Hellboy, hunting down monsters and saving innocents. Unlike Dungeons & Dragons and some other RPGs, Monster of the Week can take place in current times, so you can use modern technology like cellphones and…
Mighty Marvel Monday: Hey, Did Guardians come out yet?
Marvel Monday! Again? Already? Here’s a round-up of what has happened in this new, Post-SDCC, world:
Love, Lizzie: A Secret Diary Review
In 2012, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (fondly known as LBD) brought the familiar and beloved novel Pride and Prejudice to a relatively new online platform as a webseries, and the results were nothing less than extraordinary. Jane Austen’s characters shifted into grad students, aspiring fashion designers, medical students, and CEOs, their lives and uncertainties closer…
Sharknado 2: The Best One Yet
Up until last year, The Boneyard topped my list of movies that are so bad that they are awesome. What could possibly be better than a horror movie featuring Phyllis Diller and an eight foot tall zombie poodle? Why, a tornado full of sharks, of course.
#WWACNerdMovie Was Incredibly Fun
Wednesday July 30th was the inaugural #WWACNerdMovie Night, in which we get together to watch a classic nerd movie and live tweet our snarky little hearts out. This month’s movie was Barbarella, a film that practically whimpers with ecstatic joy to be snarked upon. And snark we did.
