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Review: Invincible #84
As Invincible closes in on the final stretch to issue #100 it looks like many interesting changes for the character are in store. Issue #84 finds Mark soul searching in earnest about all the decisions he has made and how these decisions have ultimately affected humankind for better or worse. He makes a touch decision…
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Review: Batman: Detective Comics #3
The Dollmaker has torn the streets of Gotham asunder — literally! Jim Gordon has been taken captive, Batman has been poisoned, and the little girl that everyone has been looking for –just might be linked to numerous deaths. This will take all of Bruce Wayne's detective skills just to live through the night! Tony Daniel…
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Advanced Review: Uncanny X-Men #1
As one man surrounds himself with friends and students, the other brings criminals and tyrants into his inner sanctum. This is no longer a game, too many have died in the years of gene wars to warrant anything less than utter deviance. One man will save them all, but to what ends must he go…
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Lawrence Napoli’s Top 10 Horror Films
Lawrence’s Top Ten . . .
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Advanced Review: Wolverine and the X-Men #1
Long ago, a man made a decision to teach those who were more than mere children how to harness their inner strength. His dream for a peaceful coexistence between human and mutant gathered thousands to stand beside one another in a singular voice of harmony. But all dreams must end when we awake to the…
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Wolverine and the X-Men #1: School Starts Tomorrow! Don’t Forget Your Class List!
That’s right kiddies, tomorrow begins the first day of classes at the newly renovated — The Jean Grey School For Higher Learning! But are you prepared for class? What’s that? You have no idea who your teachers are and you didn’t think you’d need books? Well, thankfully Quinten Quire thinks he’s “too cool for school”…
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NYCC 2011: Interview With Eric Wallace On ‘Mister Terrific’
A Terrific Time With Eric Wallace ERIC WALLACE
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Movie Review: Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)
The Baby That Goes Bump in the Night A Film Review of Paranormal Activity 3 By: Lawrence Napoli
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Review: Fear Itself #7 (of 7)
The stage has been set, the players are in position and the end is nigh. The Serpent's "Worthy" are about to meet Odin's "Mighty," and the world will never be the same! Fraction and the entire Marvel staff have created a high water mark for "event books" with Fear Itself. From an overall great story,…
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NYCC 2011: The Walking Dead: Robert Kirkman Won’t Kill Carl
By now we have all seen the season two premiere of The Walking Dead, and for those who didn’t — SHAME ON YOU! For all of those who haven’t seen it, I won’t spoil any of it, but for those of you who have — I have on the highest authority a little inside information. Mr.…
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NYCC 2011: In Kirkman We Trust!
Robert Kirkman not only showed CBN’s EIC Matt McGloin and the “DOC” some fun zombie lovin’ but he was a real man of the people. Arriving late due to some car trouble, Kirkman not only told the fans that the seven o’clock cut off would no longer be in effect for tonight, but he also…
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Review: Deathstroke #2
It looks like Slade is continuing his all out war on his perceived diminished capacity as an all purpose, always getting the job done, merc with an attitude by DCU’s seedy underbelly, always looking to hire the best at top dollar. This issue opens up with a little carry over from issue #1, namely, the…
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Review: Suicide Squad #2
Glass and Dallocchio unleash their second installment of Suicide Squad on the masses, blasting your senses across the page like a hollow point to the head! Amanda Waller drops her band of misfits into their first mission, retrieve the "package" and kill eighty thousand people in the process! As you can probably guess, nothing is…
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Movie Review: Real Steel (2011)
Boxing Gold With a Jackman Twist A Film Review of Real Steel By: Lawrence Napoli
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Review: X-Men: Regenesis #1 (One-Shot)
Two friends and teammates, men who have been through everything together over countless years, have decided to go their separate ways. And in doing so, they have not only dissolved their friendship, but they have also torn the entire mutant race asunder. Who will stay a fighter and who will become a student? This book…
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Movie Review: Contagion (2011)
When the Fate of America is in the Hands of FEMA and Bingo Balls A Film Review of Contagion By: Lawrence Napoli
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Op-Ed Response to CNN’s William J. Bennett and ‘Why men are in trouble’
Do Video Games Make Wussies of Men? An Editorial Response to William J. Bennett and “Why men are in trouble” Ah, once again the elderly wish to let loose the dogs of ignorant elitism to cast a finger down upon the young and everything they indulge in. Video games and gaming culture continue to be…
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Advanced Review: The Strange Talents of Luthor Strode #1 (of 6)
In a week that will see a plethora of second issues hit the shelves of your local comic shop, thanks to a certain reboot, make sure you are on the lookout for one of the few number ones. The Strange Talents of Luthor Strode makes an explosive debut this week, and if you are ready…
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Review: X-Men: Schism #5
Jason Aaron's opus to divide the X-Men has come to an end. The line in the sand has been drawn, and when all the dust has settled, we will have ourselves yet another X book to purchase on the racks of the local comic shop. But has all the hype regarding this seemingly grand tale…
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Review: Detective Comics #2 (Daniel)
Someone has broken the nefarious Joker out of Arkham, but not all of him has left the building. Joker's face has been pinned to the wall of his cell, and not even the Batman knows why – or even if the Joker is still alive. By the time James Gordon, Harvey Bullock and Batman can…