Shades of James Dallas Egbert III! A judge has upheld the confiscation of rule-books and multi-sided dice on the grounds that D&D encourages gang activity and represents a threat to prison security.
As a friend of mine said, anyone have a +1 Hammer of Common Sense?
The 2011 Academy Award nominees are out today.
With the exception of Inception and Toy Story 3, genre films were pretty much relegated to the technical awards.
For the second year, we have 10 nominees for Best Picture and we get to speculate if genre films would even make the cut of five like there used to be.
One thing that did surprise me was Tron: Legacy not getting a nomination for Visual Effects. I was kind of hoping they could win one, just right the wrong of the first film being snubbed because “they used computers, and that’s cheating.”
So, what are your takes on the nominees and what genre films do you think will walk away with a statue?
The complete list of titles is available here. Fantastic Four fans take note: the latest issue may be available a day early. Check your LCS.
This week, for my anime review, I’m going to take a look at the anime film that is credited for inspiring the classic independent comic Elfquest. The film – Dagger of Kamui. Continue reading →
Part two in our tri-weekly series is here. This week’s topic: Set Theory. For past topic, click the “math from scratch” tag below. There will be too many of these to include links in every article.
It’s finally out, who will be the big bad guys in the Christopher Nolan’s third (and probably final) Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises.
Word is out that Anne Hathaway has been cast as Selina Kyle aka Catwoman. On top of that, Tom Hardy (Shinzon from Star Trek: Nemesis) will be cast as Bane.
The complete list of titles is available here.
This week’s manga review is for Tsubasa, as we move on to a lightly more psudo-Victorian universe. Continue reading →