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Movie Issues
Leland Pierce

Movie Issues: Beautiful Creatures

Based on the novel by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, Beautiful Creatures is a supernatural romance movie directed and written by Richard LaGravenese. Ethan Wate, your average teenage boy eager to get out of his small town, is captivated by new student Lena Duchannes, who is immediately rumored to be a witch after she arrives.

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Movie Issues
Leland Pierce

Movie Issues: Warm Bodies

Warm Bodies is the paranormal zom-rom-com you didn’t know you’d been waiting for. Based on Isaac Marion’s popular novel, and directed by Jonathan Levine (mostly known for his 2011 film 50/50), it follows the story of R, a zombie (Nicholas Hoult) who falls in love with a human named Julie (Teresa Palmer). When their romance

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Review: Wayne of Gotham

I had high hopes for Tracy Hickman’s Wayne of Gotham, but it never grabbed my attention. When I look at everything I was reading, or watching while I was trying to read this book, I don’t think it ever had a chance.

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Comic Books
Anthony Silva

Does it Hold Up?: The Dark Knight Returns

I missed a lot from comics in the 80’s and early 90’s. That’s why I decided to go back to the classics. I’ll be writing a series of articles/reviews of classic comics and movies that I have never seen before. I’ll be looking to see if they “Hold up” to the hype that they’ve accumulated

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Reviews
James Trauben

Devil May Cry for Dummies – in both senses

DmC: Devil May Cry, Ninja Theory’s new title, bills itself as a Devil May Cry game, but it’s clearly aimed at non-fans and new audiences. If the public-relations trainwreck of its development process hadn’t made that obvious, the game’s defanged combat, bland boss battles, brooding atmosphere and absurdly unconvincing anti-corporatist pretenses will not satisfy series

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Gaming
Raul Valle

Looking Back: Metal Gear Solid HD Collection (PS3/X360)

Publisher: Konami Digital Entertainment Developer: Kojima Productions Original Release Date: November 8, 2011 ESRB Rating: T-M Over the last several months and years, there have been several games that for some reason or another slipped by us here at Pixelated Geek. So as a result of those games that ended up going un-reviewed, I welcome you

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Reviews
Leland Pierce

The Last Stand

The Last Stand is the return of action star Arnold Schwarzenegger to the big screen in his first staring role since 2003’s Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. Directed by Kim Ji-woon, who is mostly known in the Asian film market, The Last Stand marks Ji-Woon’s US debut. It is a basic action flick fans

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llyzabeth

Review: And Another Thing

Most craft give a nod, however brief and unfriendly, toward beauty. Vogon ships did not nod toward beauty. They pulled on ski masks and mugged beauty in a dark alley. I really wanted to like And Another Thing, Eoin Colfer’s sequel to the late Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide series. In the end, however, I can

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Books
Leland Pierce

The Essential Supernatural

Tune in to the classic rock station, fill a flask with holy water and make sure your car is stocked head to toe with rock salt and guns. You’re about to drive head first into the darkness with Sam and Dean Winchester. They are the hunters of demons, ghouls, vampires, ghosts and all the things

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