My life as a geek is a simple one. When there is a show or movie that I am interested in, I watch it. My life as a geek father is much more complicated. In all honesty, I do make it a bit more difficult by being fairly strict about the things I allow my children to watch. Then there are my personal geek preferences: Star Trek over Star Wars, DC over Marvel, Green Lantern over…everyone. As my son gets older, I am realizing that this is going to be more difficult than I thought it would be? How do I raise a young geek to have his own interests and not just imitating me? How do I expose him to all the wonders of the geekdom while keeping in mind age appropriateness? How do I keep him from ever being interested in things like Twilight!?
Review: Jurassic World
In the summer of 1993 a little movie was about to come out. It promised of very realistic looking dinosaurs attacking humans in a modern setting. I was fascinated with the idea of Jurassic Park. I couldn't wait to see it, but then I discovered that it was a book before they made the movie. As fast as I could I did as many chores as possible to scrounge up the ten bucks it cost to buy this book in paperback form. I was enamoured with this book. First the cover was beautifully simple. It was a Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton logo that was raised a bit off the paper so it was a bit bumpy and 3-D. I read the book in two days, using the 90 minute drive down to Six Flags Great America to read as much as I could (motion sickness be damned!) I fell in love immediately with the author and the story. For my birthday, which was only a week before the release date, my Uncle took me to the movie. From the music, to the story, to the stunning visual effects, this movie had moved me and made me a fan of cinematic story-telling forever. Fast forward to 2015 and I had that same tingly feeling going into the anticipation of Jurassic World.
Ant-Man TV Spot #3
Marvel's Daredevil Casts Punisher!
Just days after the rumors of Jason Statham was in talks to play Bullseye for the upcoming second season of Marvel's Daredevil, a rumor that has since been denied by Statham himself, we get news that Frank Castle has been cast! Jon Bernthal (The Walking Dead, Fury) will portray The Punisher in the critically acclaimed Netflix series when it returns in 2016.
Official Synopsis For 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 Teaser
Ant-Man TV Spot #2
Ant-Man IMAX Extended Look Teaser
Official Trailer For 'The Martian' Has Arrived!
In anticipation for Ridley Scott's next sci-fi film The Martian (based on the novel of the same name by Andy Weir, who we interviewed recently) we were given this little teaser clip introducing us to Mark Watney and the crew of the Ares 3...
The Martian Trailer #1
Review: Poltergeist (2015)
Before I begin this, I’d like to first insist that I enjoyed this remake of Poltergeist.
All of the actors do well with what they are given. The direction is interesting, bold and well paced. The writing, at the very least, wasn’t as terrible as it could have been. However, as I’ve been putting my thoughts together over the last few days, I continue to find more and more problems with the film.
Ant-Man TV Spot #1
Toy Division: How Toys (And Collecting Them) Has Changed for Better and for Worse.
I love toys. Even more specifically, I love action figures. I always have. As a kid, I had more action figures than you can imagine. As a twenty-seven-year-old man I have...well...more action figures than you can imagine. As a kid, action figures were a way to let my creative young mind act out all kinds of amazing fantasies, from epic space battles to monsters attacking knights in a castle (remember, the Fisher Price Great Adventures line? The one that had pirates and knights and cowboys and monsters and stuff? No? Just me? Oh man, those were great toys!
Four Eyes Review: Mad Max: Fury Road (Spoilers)
Rocksteady Cast For Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2!
With filming underway on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sequel, we've gotten news that both Bebop and now Rocksteady have been cast. Playing Bebop is Gary Anthony Williams and today we learned that Rocksteady will be played by WWE Superstar Sheamus.
Wizard World Comic Con: St. Louis 2015!
Over the past weekend, we attended Wizard World Comic Con in St. Louis. I was able to sit in on a few panels with Billy Boyd, George Romero, Michael Rooker and Jason Mewes, and Hayley Atwell and Lyndsy Fonseca. I was also lucky enough to talk with Michael Rooker and B.J. Britt one on one in an interview that you can hear in this week's Podcast. All the photos were taken by my great friend and photographer Liz Domkoski
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Trailer #1
'DC's Legends of Tomorrow' Trailer!
The network upfronts have been going on this week and it was The CW's turn today. They unveiled the image above for DC's Legends of Tomorrow, the upcoming spin-off of Arrow and The Flash and we also got this trailer as well! We also learned that Vandal Savage will serve as the main antagonist of the first season. Here's our article detailing the plot of the new series.
DC's Legends of Tomorrow First Look Trailer