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The Legacy Music Hour #134: Castle Areas

The music from castle areas in video games is the topic of Episode 134.  Sometimes the music sounds majestic and royal, and sometimes it doesn’t.  Brent and Rob also talk about muscles.  Full track listing below.   Game – Composer – Song – Company – Console – Year (North American release unless otherwise indicated) Super Mario Bros. 3 – Koji Kondo – Saving the King – Nintendo – NES -… more

Roger Ebert, 1942-2013

Roger Ebert died today at 70 after a long, arduous battle with cancer; He will be remembered and revered as perhaps the most influential film critic ever. His influence came… more

Going to “The Place Beyond the Pines” with Director Derek Cianfrance

Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance’s new film, The Place Beyond the Pines, boasts an all-star cast, including Bradley Cooper, Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes, Ray Liotta, and Rose Byrne, and an… more

The Collection: Psycho Huey Lewis and Hermione With an Axe

Got some more stuff piling up for The Collection, our odds-and-ends feature, so here ya go: “Do you like Huey Lewis and the News?” Huey Lewis and Weird Al Yankovic… more
 

Hunting Down “Mortal Instruments”‘ Lily Collins

When the words young adult novel are uttered in conversation there can be an incredibly mixed reaction. On one hand you have classics like Harry Potter and a Wrinkle in… more

The Shelf: Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One (and a Peek at Phase Two)

Not a whole lot of action, Blu-ray and DVD-wise, this week, but that could be because Marvel is unleashing a whole ton of heroes in a convenient carrying case. Tesseract… more

“Blood and Guts” at Spectral Motion

This week on the Nerdist Channel’s Fangoria’s Blood and Guts with Scott Ian, Scott visits Spectral Motion, one of the leading makeup and creature effects studios in the business and… more
 

Mission Log: Supplemental 005 – Another One with Rod Roddenberry

John talks with Rod Roddenberry about “Devil in the Dark” and “The City on the Edge of Forever” as well as more general thoughts on Star Trek. Then Ken and… more

A Preview Of “Axe Cop,” TV Version

Hey, you wanna see the trailer Fox’s Animation Domination High Def debuted at Wondercon for Axe Cop? Oh, yes, you do, Dr. Doo Doo! As you undoubtedly know by now,… more

Brad Pitt and Marc Forster Showed Us Nearly 20 Minutes of “World War Z”

As I mentioned when we revealed the new film poster, I spent the day at Paramount recently, where producer/star Brad Pitt and director Marc Forster treated us to nearly… more