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Howard The Duck: An Appreciation

On March 22, 2009 by Ivan

Image via Wikipedia [Purchase DVD] It was the 1980s. Fresh from their success with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, husband-and-wife writing team Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, fellow film school graduates and friends of George Lucas, began to toy with…

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Manga Review: Disappearance Diary

On March 10, 2009 by Ivan

Image via Wikipedia [Purchase Book] When one sees or hears the name Hideo Azuma, one either immediately thinks of lolita manga or simply asks, “who in the hell is that?” He’s known as being the “father of lolicon,” with many of his…

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Comic Review: Ursa Minors!

On January 21, 2009 by Ivan

[Purchase Book] There are times in which a graphic novel can so perfectly capture the balance of satire and action that one literally cannot decide whether to laugh or marvel. Well, sure, it’s possible to do both at once, but it doesn’t…

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Comic Book Review: Mort Finkleman’s Tales To Suffice

On January 7, 2009 by Ivan

[Purchase Comic] These days, comic books are usually printed on higher-quality paper than they used to be and have a generally glossier look, which can help us appreciate their finer details or make all the more glaring their flaws. It can also…

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Review: The Dark Knight

On July 26, 2008 by Ivan

Image via Wikipedia [Purchase DVD] In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by three separate, yet equally important groups. The police who investigate crime, the District Attorneys who prosecute the offenders, and the Goddamn Batman. This is their story.

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Review: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

On May 24, 2008 by Ivan

[Purchase DVD] “How much of human life is lost in waiting?” The Indiana Jones films have always been about fun. They’re a similar sort of throwback to the days of the pulp serials as the Star Wars films, but while Star Wars…

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Manga review: Osamu Tezuka’s Apollo’s Song

On April 2, 2008 by Ivan

[Purchase Book] Osamu Tezuka truly is the god of manga. The attention to detail is simply staggering, and he produced his hundreds of the thousands of pages of manga over the decades the long, hard way. Sometimes, when reading his work, one…

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

On December 27, 2007 by Ivan

Cover via Amazon [Purchase DVD] My curiosity was recently sated when I attended a screening of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street with my dad, who was not at all prepared for what awaited. SPOILERS HEREIN.

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Max Bacon: From the Banks of the River Irwell

On November 18, 2007 by Ivan

[Purchase CD] As a fan of the Buggles, Asia, Geoffrey Downes and GTR, I was eager to hear more from the same area of the musical world. I greatly enjoyed Max Bacon’s vocals on the GTR album; he has a fantastic, well-controlled…

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