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Dave Finally Watches: Beasts of the Southern Wild

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

If you’ve been waiting on a copy of Beasts of the Southern Wild from Netflix, I’m sorry. We held on to one for, like, months, because neither of us could bring ourselves to have our hearts ripped out, which is … Continue reading →

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Catching Up With Atomic Robo

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

Back in the halcyon days of 2007, I had this to say about the first issue of Atomic Robo. Since then, comics (particularly monthly comics) and I have had a general parting of ways, though I still order stuff regularly. … Continue reading →

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Orbital by Runberg and Pellé

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

A while back, spurred by this and this , I found myself falling into a French Science Fiction Comics hole. One of the things I found down there was Orbital, a series by Sylvain Runberg and Serge Pellé.   In … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter and the Magical Movie Marathon Part 2

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

I would treat the last four movies individually, as I did in Part 1, but they all kind of blur together from here out. That’s not a criticism, just from this point there’s more of a single story being told … Continue reading →

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Showcase Presents: Rip Hunter, Time Master

Posted on January 4, 2013 by

Yesterday I complained about the fact that Doctor Who is less interested in telling stories about a guy with a time machine having adventures than it is with how a girl made that guy not sad anymore. If you’re like … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who: The Snowmen

Posted on January 3, 2013 by

It’s the Doctor Who Christmas Special, only this time it’s much more than just a Christmas special: there’s a new TARDIS interior and a new companion! Also the return of some fan-favorite characters and an old enemy. What did I … Continue reading →

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Mail Order Mysteries by Kirk Demarais

Posted on January 2, 2013 by

One of the presents I got for Christmas was a copy of Mail Order Mysteries by Kirk Demarais. It’s a straightforward book with a very simple idea. Anyone who grew up around comics in the 60s and 70s remembers the … Continue reading →

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

Unlike a lot of my geek colleagues, the works of J.R.R. Tolkien do not loom large in my mind. I didn’t read The Lord of the Rings until some time in my mid-20s, and then just the one time. I … Continue reading →

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