Star Wars Rebels: Season One Release Date: September 1, 2015 Cast: Freddie Prinze, Jr.; Taylor Cray; Steven Blum; Vanessa Marshall; Tiya Sircar; David Oyelowo; Jason Isaacs Creators: Dave Filoni, Simon Kinberg, Carrie Beck Studio: LucasFilm Animation Distributor: Disney-ABC Domestic Television and Buena Vista Home Entertainment Genre(s): Animated, Science Fiction Extra Feature Rating: ★★★★☆ Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Low […]
Rockstar Book Tours: Liz Braswell Talks to Us About Her Relationship With Disney and “A Whole New World”
A Whole New World Author: Liz Braswell Series: Twisted Tales #1 Release Date: September 1, 2015 Publisher: Disney Press Genre(s): Young Adult, Fantasy GoodReads | Amazon | BN | iBooks Most of us grew up on classic Disney movies. We rooted for Robin Hood in his fight against the cruel Prince John. We cried with Simba as […]
David Levithan’s ‘Another Day’ Gives Us A Second Perspective On A’s Story From ‘Every Day’
Author: David Levithan Release Date: August 25, 2015 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Genre(s): Young Adult, Romance, Science Fiction, LGBT Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Moderate GoodReads | Amazon Almost three years ago now I wrote one of Nerdophiles’ first book reviews on David Levithan’s Every Day. It’s a very emotional book about a very […]
Unboxing: Marvel Collector Corps – August 2015
It’s that time again! The August Collector Corps box is making it’s way to subscribers now and it’s pretty great. While the last two boxes coincided with the release of a major MCU film, this August box is the first to take it’s theme from the comics. Marvel’s Secret War […]
King #1 is An Okay Start to What Will Probably Be an Okay Series
King #1 Author: Joshua Hale Fialkov Artists: Bernard Chang and Marcelo Maiolo Release Date: August 19, 2015 Publisher: Jet City Comics Genre(s): Sci-Fi Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Mild King is the last man on Earth. He’s not exactly the most stellar example of humanity but he’s all that’s left in a world that has in some […]
Ernest Cline’s “Armada” is an Entertaining, Pop Culture-Fueled Literary Joyride
Armada Author: Ernest Cline Release Date: July 14, 2015 Publisher: Crown Publishing Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Pop Culture Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon Armada is Ernest Cline’s sophomore novel and I have to tell you all that I’ve really been looking forward to it. Ready Player One is probably one of my favorite books of all […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – August 19, 2015
Not a whole lot happening on our pull list this week, unfortunately. Some of the series we’ve been following have sadly wrapped themselves up – including this week’s Oh Killstrike which ends the Deadpool-inspired miniseries from BOOM! Studios. There’s a lot of really great series starting up this fall, though, and […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – August 12, 2015
Another one of our lighter weeks for comics. We tried out new series Americatown from Archaia, but both Sam and Kylee agreed that it wasn’t great. Sam also couldn’t continue Rebels from Dark Horse out of sheer boredom with the series. But we did enjoy the comics that we otherwise read and reviewed […]
Disney Celebrates Walt Disney Animation Studios in the New ‘Short Films Collection’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRHIqJ67A_0 Walt Disney Studios Short Films Collection Release Date: August 18, 2015 Cast: Various Director: Various Studio: Walt Disney Animation Studios Distributor: Walt Disney Studios, Buena Vista Home Entertainment Genre(s): Short Film, Animated, Collection Extra Feature Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Moderate Amazon | BN Animated Shorts have been a part of Disney history from the […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – August 5, 2015
We’re getting back into the swing of things here at Nerdophiles after a brief break in our weekly comic coverage. We picked a great time for it, too. Last week saw the return of many of our favorites from BOOM! Studios with series new and old picking right back up from […]
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