By James Nelson To be quite literal, AMC’s new series, Into the Badlands is the most insane show I’ve seen in a long time. That, in a sense isn’t to be unexpected. As we push deeper into the Golden Age…
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Civil War Trailer Makes Captain America His Own Villain
By James Nelson “While a great many people see [Captain America] as a hero, some prefer the word vigilante,” is one of the first sentences spoken in the new trailer, followed by a movie trailer, which turns the movie’s supposed…
The Expanse is Syfy’s First Serious Show in Years
By James Nelson It’s been six years since Battlestar Galactica went off the air, and since then Syfy has struggled desperately to redefine itself and fine a way, and a series, back into fan’s hearts. They tried, and failed, to…
Will Refugees Cause the US Harm: Here are the Facts
By James Nelson Since the Paris attacks the debate around America’s role in the refugee crisis has intensified to a fever pitch. This has been propelled somewhat by actual facts surrounding the Paris attacks, but has largely been from conflated…
CBS’s Strategy May Be the Only Way to Save Star Trek
By James Nelson When I sat down to write this I fully expected to be full on grumpy cat. I expected to let the vile and vitriol I felt at first hearing Star Trek would be exiled off television to…
Why We Don’t Need More Game of Thrones
By James Nelson I know how that might sound, but I’m not planning on bashing either the TV series or the books, both are fantastic works and I’m a huge fan. My problem with Game of Thrones is not it’s…
The 5 Most Epic Deaths of Sean Bean
So we all know that Sean Bean, the famous English actor, has a penchant for shedding the mortal coil by the time the end credits roll. Most of this is due to much of his career portraying iconic villains in…
There Are Two Star Trek Movies Coming Out Next Year.
By James Nelson You read that right. In 2016, in the fiftieth year since Star Trek first premiered in 1966, there will be two Star Trek movies, but only one of which will feature Kirk, Spock, and McCoy; and only…
You Should Be Watching Narcos Instead of Public Morals
By James Nelson I guess I should have expected this. With the runaway success that came from True Detective’s first season, every single network had to get in on the gritty, dark crime procedural. No more would shows like NCIS…
19 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Worst Comic Book Movies
By James Nelson With Fantastic Four being an absolute dud and with a new spin-off for a well established comic book brand (The Walking Dead in case you didn’t know), I figured now would be as good a time as…