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Not content with a new TV series on the CW, a newly redesigned and shockingly excellent comic relaunch, fighting zombies, Predators and Sharknados, and all the other ways he and his Riverdale pals are conquering the entertainment world, Archie will also get a Broadway musical with help from Anchorman’s Adam McKay. From the press release:…
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By Alice O’Connor on August 5th, 2015 at 4:00 pm. Sending me four new Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [official site] screenshots for Gamescom (I say ‘screenshots’ – one looks like an actual screenshot and even that might be staged), Square Enix are probably hoping I’ll gush over the graphics tech or pore over them…
Back in May, I penned a missive entitled “If You Don’t Like It, Change It” which discussed the pending changes to the GDP calculation by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). To wit: “Now, for all of you playing the home version of “Nail That GDP Number,” it was just a couple of years ago…
https://youtu.be/cJz3FXjZ3Sc via ▶ Arby’s to Jon Stewart: Thank You for Being a Friend – YouTube.
Are computer generated visual effects really ruining movies? We believe that the reason we think all CG looks bad, is because we only see “bad” CG. Fantastic, beautiful, and wonderfully executed CG is everywhere – you just don’t know it. Truly great visual effects serve story and character – and in doing so are, by…
I know, right? Will your friends agree? Share this Link This “Harry Potter” Theory About Dumbledore’s Role In “Deathly Hallows” Is Blowing Minds http://www.buzzfeed.com/alannabennett/harry-pot… A nice reminder that Harry Potter will be messing with our brains for the rest of our lives. This “Harry Potter” Theory About Dumbledore’s Role In “Deathly Hallows” Is Blowing Minds.
Photo Alan Cheuse at home in Washington in 2001. Credit David Scull Alan Cheuse, a late-blooming author who published his first short story just before his 40th birthday and went on to write two dozen books, but who became even better known as a longtime book critic for NPR, died on Friday in San Jose,…
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Based upon Marvel Comics’ most unconventional anti-hero, DEADPOOL tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts…