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'Mad Max: Fury Road' Rightfully Recognized With Oscar Nominations
Mad Max: Fury Road was easily one of the greatest movies 2015 showed audiences. That doesn't mean I assumed it would be nominated for Best Picture when it came to Oscar time, but it was,...
Top Comic Book Adaptations: No. 17 - The Incredible Hulk
The lost film in the MCU, The Incredible Hulk deserves a hindsight spotlight for how ahead of its time it was and how it is still impacting some of our favorite superhero adaptations today. Anchored...
'Mission: Impossible' Still Thriving After 20 Years
Mission: Impossible was a 1996 spy film starring Tom Cruise, Jean Reno, Vanessa Redgrave, Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, and Emilio Estevez. The film was based on the 1966-1973 television series of the same name. The...
The 25th Anniversary of John Singleton's 'Boyz N The Hood'
Boyz N The Hood was the directorial debut of John Singleton and starred Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Laurence Fishburne (then credited as Larry Fishburne), Nia Long, and Angela Bassett. The film was...
Fox is Bringing Back 'Prison Break'
Prison Break will be returning to Fox, the serial drama about Wentworth Miller's Michael Scofield attempting to bust Dominic Purcell's Lincoln Burrows, his brother, out of prison. The two family members will be reprising their...
Top 50 Stand-Up Comedians: No. 12 - Bo Burnham
Image courtesy of the "Bo Burnham's Sad from what" video posted on YouTube. 12. Bo Burnham He will offend relativists because he has a strong point of view and he will offend those who prefer...
Model Lauren Luongo Joins Pop Culture Spin For Q&A
Image taken by Lauren Luongo. Lauren Luongo is an emerging model from Connecticut who I had a Q&A with on behalf of Pop Culture Spin. Through her official website , it can be seen that...
Could 'The Revenant' Lead to Oscars for Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy?
The Revenant is justifiably receiving widespread buzz. To find out what works and what doesn't in the movie, check out our Senior Editor Mike Bitanga's review . For the purposes of this article, I'm interested...
iZombie Review: 2.10: Method Head
iZombie season two returned last night with a fun episode. "Method Head" took Liv Moore to the set of Zombie High , a CW-like zombie show, giving the show lots of opportunities to have adorable...
Valiant Comics Weekly: Ninjak #11
All images courtesy of Valiant. Ninjak #11 opens with Ninjak and Punk Mambo, stranded on a Deadside Island, plotting their next move. Oddly enough, the sun (or perhaps simply some light source) rises in Deadside,...