Category: Reviews

Tech Review – Intous Creative Stylus

One of the toughest parts of being an artist is staying up to date on all the latest tech. This couldn’t be illustrated better then the 90s, where every artist I knew was making the migration to digital. This was far from the easiest transition, but there was a company helped take the sting out

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Movie Issues
Leland Pierce

Movie Issues: Gravity

Acclaimed director Alfonso Cuaron, best known for Y Tu Mama Tambien, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and Children of Men, has co-written, co-produced, and directed one of the most heart-pounding, edge-of-your-seat science fiction films we’ve seen in decades. Gravity follows medical engineer Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) on her first Space Shuttle mission,

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Review: Dark Horse’s “The Star Wars” issues 1 and 2

This series is based on a great idea: take George Lucas’s unpublished rough draft of Star Wars, and turn it into a “What If” story. There are a few familiar concepts and a lot of familiar names, but the Star Wars universe you know has been turned upside down and made into a completely different

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Movie Issues
Leland Pierce

Review: Don Jon

Joseph Gordon-Levitt pulls the trifecta in Don Jon: writing, directing, and starring in a movie about a dude coming to grips with the vapid nature of his existence and the difference between love and what transpires in smut films. He finds that real sex doesn’t measure up to the fantasy of online pornography, where he

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Review: RUSH

Whenever the name Ron Howard is mentioned, two things usually come up: Richie Cunningham and Apollo 13. Something that may not be mentioned in the same sentence is Formula One Racing. Opening in wide release after receiving critic’s praise is Rush, based on the real life rivalry between racers James Hunt (Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda

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Review – Plants vs Zombie 2: iOS

The world of gaming is certainly filled with various genres, but none caught me more by surprise then Tower Defense. It was a name I heard kicked around the internet, usually connected to German music videos. That was when someone introduced me to Plants vs Zombies, a great introduction into the world of tower defense.

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Gaming
James Huneycutt

[Review] Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

Amnesia: The Dark Descent is one of the most impressive, terrifying cult hits in PC history. With a miniscule budget and none of the advantages that a huge development or publishing house can provide, Amnesia became a fan favorite almost immediately after its launch, terrifying critics and gamers alike. Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs bears a

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Comic Books
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[Review] Empowered Special Issue: Nine Beers With Ninjette

Fans of Adam Warren’s sexy superhero series Empowered still have a few months to wait until the next trade paperback; Empowered Volume 8 is due to hit stores on December 18. In the meantime, Adam Warren continues to release one-shot issues in the Emp-verse, written by himself and drawn by guest artists. The latest issue,

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Movie Issues
Leland Pierce

Movie Issues: The Family

The Family is based on the novel Malavita by Tonino Benacquista, directed by Luc Besson (Léon: The Professional, The Fifth Element) and executively produced by Martin Scorsese. This mob comedy finds a mafia boss and his family relocated to a sleepy town in Normandy (France) under the witness protection program after snitching on the mob.

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