Blue Is the Warmest Color on DVD February 14

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, if your tastes go that way, Criterion has announced that they will be releasing Blue Is the Warmest Color on Blu-ray and DVD on February 11, 2014. The story of first love and lesbian awakening is adapted from a graphic novel by Julie Maroh. This DVD will be a low-extra release, with a “full special edition treatment” to be announced later. The only features are the trailer and TV spot, new English subtitles, and […]

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Love Waltzes In

Just in time for the finals of Dancing With the Stars, airing this week, I read Love Waltzes In, a romance novel featuring the reunion of a professional ballroom dancer and a Marine. Selena and Bret were teen partners and dance champions, but their relationship broke up when he joined the military. Now, he’s returned to compete against her on Dancing Under the Stars to raise money to benefit the family of a deceased colleague. Will their first love be […]

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The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Now Filming With Lots of Geek Connections

I hadn’t heard about this until just now, but with these fine stars, I’m likely to go see it. Guy Ritchie, director of the Sherlock Holmes movies, is currently filming a movie version of The Man From U.N.C.L.E., a remake of the 60s TV show, starring Henry Cavill (Man of Steel) as CIA agent Napoleon Solo and Armie Hammer (The Lone Ranger, The Social Network) as KGB agent Illya Kuryakin. They have to team up to save the world, of […]

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The World’s End (Blu-ray Review)

The World’s End continues to impress me the more times I watch it, and as expected, the Blu-ray release contains much more information on the moviemakers’ aims and intentions. I described the premise when I talked about how much I enjoyed watching the movie. In short, five former friends reunite, drawn together by the one of them whose best years really were in high school while the others have moved on and grown up. We open with young versions of […]

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Genshiken: Second Season Volumes 2-3

As I predicted when I reviewed the first book, I liked Genshiken: Second Season by Shimoku Kio more on the second try. With the odd fan personalities, it takes a while to get comfortable with them, but more time spent makes them more acceptable, just like having a weird friend. You take them as they are, quirks and all. I should have mentioned, when writing about volume 1, that the internal volume and chapter numbering continues from volume 9 of […]

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Night of the Comet (Blu-ray Review)

Night of the Comet is a 1984 horror comedy that’s still a lot of fun to watch now. The world is celebrating the approach of a comet with viewing parties and news coverage, but the stellar visitor brings death. Everyone either turns to dust, or if they were partially exposed, they become a zombie. (How timely!) We explore the new world with sisters Reggie (Catherine Mary Stewart) and Sam (Kelli Maroney) and a truck driver (Robert Beltran) they encounter at […]

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The Bunker Moves From Digital to Print

The Bunker, written by Joshua Hale Fialkov and illustrated by Joe Infurnari, launched on comiXology in August. Since a new issue has come out each month, there are now four installments, at 24 pages (or more) for $1.99 each. It’s a fascinating series, with the premise that five friends gets letters from the future prophesying a coming disaster that destroys the world. They’re about to bury a time capsule, but instead, they find an underground bunker, with notes from their […]

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ComfyCon Holds an Online Webcomic Convention This Weekend

This weekend, starting at 4 PM Eastern, is ComfyCon! It’s an online webcomic convention with a number of live broadcast events. Check the schedule at the link to find out when you can watch Danielle Corsetto (Girls With Slingshots), Randy Milholland (Something*Positive), Spike Trotman (Iron Circus), Aaron Diaz (Dresden Codak), and others create comics, take questions from viewers, provide Kickstarter advice, and host tutorials. It’s a great way to celebrate webcomics without having to travel. Co-founder Corsetto has posted that […]

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