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  • The Star Wars Episode VII Trailer: A New Hope

    The Star Wars Episode VII Trailer: A New Hope

    When the sneak peak, or teaser, or whatever they call the shorter version of a trailer now, aired last December I was understandably cynical; it had a weird soccer ball droid which seemed to be trying way too hard to be cute, and I was terrified this was going to end up being the new… Read more

  • The Walking Dead: Burying the Lead

    So today I had a piece of toast and went outside for a bit. I talked with some friends. Went shopping. Had another piece of toast. Played some video games. Went dancing. And then I came home. And then I had another piece of toast. … That, what I just did up there, is called… Read more

  • Fear the Walking Dead

    Fear the Walking Dead

    Fear the Walking Dead came to an end on Sunday and quite frankly I’ve never seen a show destroy it’s own premise quite so quickly. It’s clear that this spinoff of The Walking Dead isn’t an attempt to do anything creative or fun with the Walking Dead series. Rather, it’s an attempt to make a… Read more

  • Mad Max: Fury Road Review

    Mad Max: Fury Road Review

    So this is the first of my draft purgatory articles, I’ve decided to to write a brief introduction to each and give you some insight as to why I didn’t post it. I originally wrote this three months ago when I saw Mad Max in theaters, but then made the mistake of reading other people’s… Read more

  • Tortured By a Dentist: My Last Two Weeks

    So I’ve been AWOL for the past two weeks, and it wasn’t by choice. First my landlady’s internet went down, a niggling little annoyance that should have been resolved quickly. Unfortunately her internet service provider is… well an ISP in the United States, which operate under the assumption that their customers should pay them while… Read more

  • The 3 Most Pointless Scenes from True Detective

    The 3 Most Pointless Scenes from True Detective

    So I’ve done my main review, but I wanted to mention a few weird things that really stuck out during this season of True Detective. And in the interest of publishing smaller, more bite-sized posts, this is going to short and sweet. 3. The Bar Singer Okay technically she has multiple scenes, but they’re all… Read more