The first episode of A&E’s Breakout Kings incorporates crime drama, a Batman ringtone, a fart joke, a woman in lingerie, and Liam McPoyle, so there’s really no chance that I wasn’t going to like it. All that aside, the new series from Prison Break producers Nick Santora and Matt Olmstead […]
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Hey, do you feel like seeing the episode that introduces a whole bunch of major characters to the Venture Bros. universe? Well, “Tag Sale – You’re It!” is the episode for you. In this half hour, we meet four major characters, a couple of solid B-listers, and a handful of […]
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I’m counting the days until Dark Knight Rises. So the recent casting announcements have been very exciting to me. Last time we looked at Anne Hathaway’s character, Selina Kyle. This time, we’ve got Tom (Inception) Hardy playing Bane. And you may be asking “So who the hell is Bane?” Well, […]
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The Venture Bros. – The Retro-Recap Project
On the surface, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of point in recapping TV shows from five years ago. And yet, I’m going through the first season of Venture Bros. and providing long-winded recaps of those early days when the Monarch was single, Hank and Dean hadn’t hit puberty, […]