Hear and Now just keeps getting smoother, tighter, and more competently edited, doesn’t it? This week we’re talking up Caracal, the new release from the now hyper-popular house duo Disclosure. We move on to the surf punk group Wavves, with their newest and perhaps best album, V. And we finish things […]
The Flash: The Fury of Firestorm Recap
Synopsis of 2×04: As Dr. Stein’s condition worsens, Team Flash becomes desperate to find a replacement for Ronnie, sending them to two very different but equally qualified candidates for help. Rating: ★★★★1/2 The greatest episodes of television, almost without fail, are unified efforts. They are chapters where the converging strands […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – October 21, 2015
With just a couple issues left, it looks like The Fade Out is promising to end strong. Meanwhile The Paybacks is continuing on to become a pretty great book even just two weeks in. Teen Titans, though, hits a low note and Giant Days fails to be anything but average. […]
Supernatural Recap: ‘The Bad Seed’
Synopsis of 11×03: The race is on the save Castiel. As the Winchesters search for Rowena, Amara upsets the balance in Hell. Rating: ★★★★☆ The Winchesters have a major problem, and it’s lying on the bunker floor wearing a trench coat. The Darkness is on the move, but Sam and Dean […]
Gotham: By Fire Recap
Synopsis of 2×06 Bridgit and Selina go on the run from the Pike brothers and the GCPD. Gordon tries to safely arrest Bridgit but she’s almost killed in a police standoff. Galvan and Penguin move against each other and Butch is flipped by Theo. Nygma kills Kringle. Rating: ★★★★☆ One of […]
The Paramount Vault Brings A Bunch of Full Movies to YouTube – For Free!
Do you like movies? Do you like free movies? Good news, then. Paramount has uploaded around one hundred movies to YouTube that you can watch in full for free. They have set up a brand new, separate YouTube channel called The Paramount Vault where you can find playlists with dozens of […]
“Poorly Drawn Lines” Makes the Jump from Webcomic to Book!
Poorly Drawn Lines Author: Reza Farazmand Release Date: October 6, 2015 Publisher: Plume Genre(s): Webcomic, Graphic Novel Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon If you’re not already familiar with Reza Farazmand’s thrice weekly webcomic Poorly Drawn Lines now is the perfect time to find out what you’ve been missing. To be honest, even if you […]
The Walking Dead: Thank You Recap
Synopsis of 6×03: While Abraham, Sasha, and Daryl continue to lead most of the herd, Rick’s group further splinters to deal with the stragglers that broke free towards Alexandria and the sound of the truck horn. There are many Alexandrian casualties and more… Rating: ★★★★☆ The nonlinear story-telling of this season […]
Fannibals United at the Morbid Anatomy Museum in NYC for a “Hannibal Lecter, Book Collector” lecture
Hannibal may not have been directly represented at New York Comic Con, but that definitely didn’t keep the fans down. Even in the face of cancellation, and an uncertain future for their favorite show, fans showed up en mass to celebrate at the pop culture event. After the first day […]
“When Clowns Attack” Might Make You Pity Clowns Rather Than Fear Them
When Clowns Attack Author: Chuck Sambuchino Release Date: September 29, 2015 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Genre(s): Humor Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon I had high hopes for this book. The cover design was sufficiently creepy and the idea sounded a lot of fun. I mean, clowns are creepy. We all know that. There’s […]