A Look At First Contact In Sci-fi Through The Ages
Aliens have always been a huge point of inspiration for film and television. The thought of extraterrestrial life expands the
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Welcome To Doctor Who Week At Comicon.com!
Welcome to Doctor Who week at Comicon.com! In November of 1963 the British Broadcasting Company debuted a new program about
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An Interview With ‘Miss Austen’ Actor Calam Lynch
While there have been many film and TV adaptations of Jane Austen’s work, Miss. Austen is actually about her and
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‘Andor’ Season 2 Episode 10-12 Are A Powerful And Bittersweet End
As the events of the first episode in Andor‘s three episode finale, “Make It Stop”, began to unfold, I initially
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Characterization In The Buffyverse — ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ Season 5, Episode 7
This is part of a bi-weekly series concerning the characterization of Buffyverse characters. Arguably the best place to begin reading
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‘Game Of Thrones: Kingsroad’ Officially Launches On Mobile And PC
Game of Thrones: Kingsroad was first announced at last year’s The Games Awards. Finally, the action-adventure RPG has arrived allowing
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Commentary: ‘Black Mirror’ Succeeds Despite Making Viewers Sad
By and large, entertainment is supposed to elicit positive feelings. People engage in entertainment to pass the time in a
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‘Trainwreck’ And ‘Titan: The OceanGate Disaster’ Top Our Netflix Picks In June
And just as quickly as it arrive, the year is halfway over. To mark the occasion, Netflix has sent out
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Commentary: ‘Tales Of The Underworld’ Offers A Booster Shot Of ‘Star Wars’
It’s hard building a franchise. It’s even more difficult to keep such an enterprise going. Storytellers that want to build
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Commentary: The Medical Horror In ‘American Horror Stories’ Is The Scariest
Horror can take many different forms. Of course, there are the obvious subgenres such as slasher, horror, supernatural, and even
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Commentary: ‘Ballers’ And ‘Homeland’ Take A Similar Approach To Their Stories
It’s no surprise stories are often inspired by real life. Even if it isn’t a story strictly based on true
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‘Andor’ Episodes 7-9 Are A Masterclass in Tension As The Season Gets Its Big Set Piece
Compared to its first season, Andor Season 2 has struggled a bit in terms of big set pieces. Outside of
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Commentary: The Real Genre Of ‘Ballers’ Is Business Fantasy:
A certain imagery comes to mind whenever someone hears the word “fantasy.” It invokes images of kings and magic. But
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Characterization In The Buffyverse — ‘Angel’ Season 2, Episode 6
This is part of a bi-weekly series concerning the characterization of Buffyverse characters. Arguably the best place to begin reading
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Adult Animation Revolution: ‘Common Side Effects’
I initially ignored Common Side Effects because on the surface it looked stylistically similar to the kind of “stoner sitcoms”
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Commentary: A Recent ‘Black Mirror’ Episode Takes A Jab At Netflix
As companies grow more powerful, it’s hard to find media that criticizes big business these days. Production studios become very
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The Hosts Of ‘Carmen Sandiego’ Shows Reunite For ‘Host Mortem’ OGN
Kevin Shinick used to have all the answers as the TV game show host of Where In Time Is Carmen
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‘Andor’ Episodes 4-6 Center Its Title Character And Are The Better For It – Review
One of the (very few)(mild) criticisms I could level at the first three episodes of Andor Season 2 is the
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NHK World Japan Takes Us Behind The Scenes Of American Comic Book Anime
NHK World Japan takes us behind the scenes into the world of Anime adaptations of American comic books. With the
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DVD Review: ‘Recipes For Love And Murder’ Season 2
As in season one, season two of Recipes for Love and Murder doesn’t overdo it with the murders or try
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‘Andor’ Is Back And Better — Or At Least As Good As — Ever In Season Two’s First Three Episodes
By the time the first season of Andor wrapped, it had established itself as a critical success. Moments like the
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‘Love, Death & Robots: Volume 4’ Tops Our Netflix Picks For May
May is here far too soon for out liking. It means the year is inching closer to the halfway mark.
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Characterization In The Buffyverse — ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ Season 5, Episode 6
This is part of a bi-weekly series concerning the characterization of Buffyverse characters. Arguably the best place to begin reading
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Star Wars Celebration Japan: Michael Hirsh And Clive Smith Talk ‘The Faithful Wookiee’
Star Wars Celebration, which began today in Japan, is known to look forward at the next big movie or television
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How Daredevil Almost Joined The Avengers After ‘Born Again’
With the finale of Daredevil: Born Again hitting our screens this week, the Comicon team wanted to look at a
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Characterization In The Buffyverse — ‘Angel’ Season 2, Episode 5
This is part of a bi-weekly series concerning the characterization of Buffyverse characters. Arguably the best place to begin reading
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Binge-Watching ‘The West Wing’ In 2025
Lasting for seven seasons, The West Wing aired on NBC from 1999 to 2006. Unheard of today, all of the
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‘Who the F*#k is Frank?’ Also Asks ‘Where The F*#k Is Paul?’
The Toy Experts Johnny Jimenez and Steve Johnston present Who The F*#k Is Frank?. Joining them to discuss comics, toys,
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Netflix Sports Drama ‘Ballers’ Is Structured Like Anime
Even though anime has a wide variety of stories, the power structure of its characters follows very similar patterns. Protagonists
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Marvel Comics Reveals Final ‘Phineas & Ferb’ Variant Cover
There’s 104 days of summer vacation, and school just comes along to end it… But the ongoing problem on Marvel’s
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Commentary: ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Proves Even A Bad Season Can Have Good Episodes
Television has changed a lot in the era of streaming. Seasons used to have over 20 episodes and took its
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