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Doctor Who: Series Seven, Part Two Blu-ray Review: The Doctor Returns with a New Companion and a New Attitude

Now that the Doctor is back with a new companion and he's pulled himself out of his emotional cage, he's ...
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Doctor Who: The Snowmen Blu-ray Review: This Year The Doctor’s Christmas Gift Is a New Companion

Series Seven continues the tradition in the Doctor Who universe of a stand-alone Christmas special coming between the two halves. ...
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Book Review: Doctor Who: Harvest of Time by Alastair Reynolds

Forget about the Rolling Stones' 50th anniversary, the one that really counts is coming this November, which will mark 50 ...
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Fast Five Review: Between the Rock and a Heist Movie

Although the previous movie, Fast & Furious, showed the least amount of creativity in its title by removing "the" and ...
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Fast & Furious Movie Review: Figuring Out the Four-mula

After the disappointment of Tokyo Drift, I am very surprised director Justin Lin and screenwriter Chris Morgan returned for this ...
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Star Trek: Into Darkness Never Should Have Seen the Light of Day

After J.J. Abrams established a new timeline with Star Trek (2009) that would allow new stories to be told with ...
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Star Trek: Into Darkness Movie Review: Leads Into Dopiness and Damnableness

Spoilers are revealed throughout about Into Darkness because they need to be addressed in order to illustrate how truly terrible ...
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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Movie Review: Crashes and Burns

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift was the third installment in the franchise though its placement in the FF ...
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Star Trek (2009) Movie Review: A Weak Story with Plenty of Action

In 1994, Paramount transitioned the Star Trek movie franchise from the the Original Series cast to the Next Generation cast ...
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Star Trek: Nemesis Movie Review: The Wrath of Bad Moviemaking

At this point in the Trek film franchise, the makers of Star Trek had obviously given up on trying to ...
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Doctor Who: The Visitation Special Edition Review: Rubber Reptiles and Disco Androids Bring the Plague

The Visitation is the fourth serial of the 19th season of Doctor Who. Though it was fourth one aired, it ...
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Star Trek: Insurrection Movie Review: New Aliens, Age-old Problems

Star Trek: Insurrection was the third mission of the Next Generation crew on the silver screen. The movie found them ...
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2 Fast 2 Furious Movie Review: 2 Dumb 4 Me

With the overwhelming box-office success of The Fast and the Furious, there was no surprise the sequel 2 Fast 2 ...
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Star Trek: First Contact Movie Review: Meeting New Friends and Killing Old Enemies

Being the second film for the Next Generation crew and the eighth film in the entire Star Trek franchise, things ...
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Star Trek: Generations Movie Review: Passing of the Torch

“Kirk or Picard?” was one of the first questions Dr. Sheldon Cooper asked Dr. Leonard Hofsteder when they first met ...
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Review: Retirement is Truly the Final Frontier

After the abysmal critical and fan reception of Star Trek V, they had originally planned for the next film in ...
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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Movie Review: A Good Idea with No Payoff

In the opening of the fifth installment of the Star Trek franchise we find the Enterprise-A and her crew engaged ...
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Movie Review: Like, Totally Awesome

Written by Michael Nazarewycz Like most folks my age, I was introduced to the original Star Trek series when I ...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation: Seasons 1-3 Are the Picks of the Week

I am not what one would consider to be a trekkie (or a trekker or if you want to get ...
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Movie Review: You Can’t Keep a Good Vulcan Down

As a life-long Star Trek fan it's almost impossible to say there has ever been a bad Star Trek film. ...
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Fathom Events Presents Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Best of Both Worlds

For those non-Star Trek fans; "The Best of Both Worlds," a two-part cliffhanger that ended season three and opened season ...
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Movie Review: Classic Storytelling

For this fan, the greatest Star Trek movie of all time is Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982). ...
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture Review: Boldly Going Where They’ve Gone Before

As the May 17 release date for Star Trek Into Darkness approaches, it seemed like the perfect time for the ...
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The Fast and the Furious (2001) Movie Review: Start Your Franchise Engines

With the sixth movie in the series, the creatively titled Fast & Furious 6, about to hit theaters on May 24, 2013 ...
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LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out DVD Review: The Force Is Weak with This One

I love all of the LEGO video games. Love love love them, and play all of them to completion. A ...
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Book Review: Doctor Who: Shroud of Sorrow by Tommy Donbavand

"PC Reg Cranfield turned the corner into Totter's Lane, the beam of his torch slicing through the fog. It was ...
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Book Review: Doctor Who: The Dalek Generation by Nicholas Briggs

Of all the creatures the Doctor has met in the universe, none are more evil than the Daleks. But what ...
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WonderCon 2013 Review: WonderWow

Written by Mike Bruno If it can be imagined, it can come to life, and what better place to hold ...
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Book Review: Doctor Who: Plague of the Cybermen by Justin Richards

Written by Grace Bon My Doctor is the 10th Doctor. I have watched all the episodes, read the books, even ...
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Book Review: Doctor Who FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the Most Famous Time Lord in the Universe by Dave Thompson

In some ways, I have found the history of the Doctor Who television series to be even more fascinating than ...
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Skyfall Movie Review: Good but Not Particularly Special

Written by Chris Morgan The James Bond movie series has existed through 23 films and 50 years, but it's only ...
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Heavenly Shades of Delight: Twilight Time’s Blu-ray Releases, Volume Two

What do classic musicals, aerial races, William Faulkner, and flesh-eating zombies have in common? Not much, really - apart from ...
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Doctor Who: The Ark in Space (Special Edition) DVD Review: Wheel in the Sky Keeps on Turnin’

The "wheel in space" was the New Frontier-era notion of what space stations of the future would look like. I ...
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Heavenly Shades of Delight: Twilight Time’s Blu-ray Releases, Volume One

I know it's one of those things that we all hate hearing about, but nevertheless, it's true: the economy in ...
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Doctor Who: The Aztecs (Special Edition) DVD Review: The First Doctor Can’t Change History

The Aztecs is the sixth serial of Doctor Who and was first broadcast from May 23 - June 13 1964. ...
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Skyfall Blu-ray Review: Nobody’s Done It Better

Director Sam Mendes and his team deliver such a satisfying film in so many areas, Skyfall may well be my ...
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Skyfall Is the Pick of the Week

The conclusion of the whole internet debacle is that I now have satellite internet. The commercials all hype the high ...
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Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror DVD Review: Re-Animating the Doctor

When it comes to resurrecting lost Doctor Who episodes, the people at BBC Home Video have come up with some ...
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Doctor Who: Shada DVD Review: The Doctor Goes to Cambridge to Save the Universe

The story behind Shada is one of the strangest in the long history of Doctor Who. The six-part serial was ...
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Inglourious Basterds Movie Review: Liquid Modernity and Alternate History

Written by Mule Inglourious Basterds (2009) directed by Quantin Tarantino stars Mélanie Laurent (Shosanna Dreyfus), Christoph Waltz (Col. Hans Landa), ...
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Book Review: If You Like Quentin Tarantino… by Katherine Rife

Written by Michael Nazarewycz After opening to great reviews on Christmas Day (and presently flaunting an 80 on Metacritic after ...
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TV Review: Doctor Who: The Snowmen

Santa Claus brought Doctor Who fans a new companion this year, and she proves to be a keeper. As 19th ...
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Grindhouse Movie Review: Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, and Friends Recreate the Experience

The word "grindhouse" used to refer to the old, run-down theaters that showed double bills of B-movies. Back before there ...
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Jackie Brown Movie Review: Yes, This is Quentin Tarantino’s Best Movie

A new Quentin Tarantino movie is generally a cause for excitement, even if the filmmaker is often his own worst ...
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Kill Bill Volume 1 & 2: An Artful Bloodbath

Written by Mary K. Williams Back during the filming of Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman cooked up a ...
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From Dusk Till Dawn Movie Review: Genre-hopping and Gore

Written by Mule There is no reason to expect anything other than a hyperawareness of the very artificiality of the ...
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Four Rooms: The Man From Hollywood Movie Review: Tarantino Doesn’t Do Much with It

Written by Michael Nazarewycz A look at Quentin Tarantino's body of work wouldn't be complete without a lesser-known writing/directing effort ...
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From Dusk Till Dawn Movie Review: Half Action Movie, Half Vampire Movie. Guess Which Half Sucks?

Written by Michael Nazarewycz It was the best of films; it was the worst of films. Okay. So it isn't ...
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Fathom Events Presents Star Trek: The Next Generation: A Season Two Celebration

It's hard to believe that it's been 25 years since Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the crew of the Enterprise-D ...
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Pulp Fiction: The Five Things I Love About It

Written by Kristen Lopez What can be said about Pulp Fiction that hasn't been written since the film's release in ...
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