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Super Rad! A Talk with Christian Jacobs About "The Aquabats! Super Show!"

Orange County ska rock superheroes The Aquabats were founded in 1994 and almost since their inception, front man Christian Jacobs (aka MC Bat Commander) has been attempting to bring the band’s blend of humor, mythology, and comic book antics to television. They finally did so with The Hub network’s The Aquabats! Super Show!, which premiered in March of 2012 and is out now on DVD, but it took… more

NERDSWAG: Free Digital Transformers Comic from Comixology

2012 was a good year for Transformers fans. The impressive animated series Transformers Prime is giving us the best version of the Robots in Disguise since the Generation One cartoon,… more

“Monsters, Inc.” and “Monsters University” are Everywhere

Starting today, Monsters, Inc. will be playing across the country in 3D. Seeing Mike Wazowski and James Sullivan on the big screen again stirs up a lot of nostalgia for… more

A Stop-Motion Animated X-Men Opening

These are the days we’re truly grateful for the internet. YouTube animator Kyle Roberts has recreated the original opening for X-Men: The Animated Series in stop-motion. Sure, he used the… more
 

The Shelf: “Pitch Perfect,” “Total Recall,” “Sleepwalk With Me,” and “Liberal Arts”

This week on The Shelf we recommend college a cappella flick Pitch Perfect, the solid action movie Total Recall, and men-in-arrested-development indies Sleepwalk With Me and Liberal Arts. Pitch Perfect… more

“Star Trek Into Darkness” Has a Somber New Trailer

If you didn’t happen to catch it this weekend at the movie theater, the new trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness is now online. Admiral Pike giving Kirk a warning… more

SNL Recap: Martin Short

Martin Short was already famous for his outrageous comedy creations from SCTV when he joined the cast of SNL for the ’84-’85 season. 28 years later he returned last night… more
 

Pickstarter: Nightwing, Frosty, and Tailly

This week we’re looking to kick some start into three more crowdfunded projects, from a new fan series about our favorite former boy wonder to a way to wag your… more

“The Wolverine”: International Poster Means Business

There is no denying that the international market is just as, if not more important than domestic box office nowadays. How a film does in China, Russia and other foreign… more

Kaiju Chaos: The Pacific Rim Trailer is Here

Kaiju? Jaegers? A year ago many of us had no idea that these words would turn out to be our most anticipated film adversaries of 2013. Pacific Rim has all… more