The undead have never been more alive in the media, and now the BBC is getting in on the action with a 3-part television series entitled In the Flesh. In the same vein as the film Warm Bodies, there is a zombie cure but it's based on science not love. Four years after the "the rising," scientists find a functional cure to ... [Read More]

Cartoon Network will celebrate the 16th anniversary of its Toonami programming block this week with Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone, an alternate retelling of the television series. The movie features enhancements and extra footage but is faithful to the original story about a boy that reunites with his estranged father, ... [Read More]

One of the Avenger's greatest enemies is of their own making: Ultron, a robot built to serve humanity but that wants to rule them instead. He succeeds in Age of Ultron, a 10-issue series by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artists Bryan Hitch, Brandon Peterson and Carlos Pacheco. "This is not the future. This is not an ... [Read More]

A&E is reimagining Psycho with Bates Motel, a new series that follows a young Norman Bates and his mother, who is still very much alive. The premiere is March 18 but you can get an exclusive preview of first 6 1/2 minutes on-demand through Comcast and Youtube (credit card required beyond 2 minutes). It opens with Norman ... [Read More]

Saturday Night Live host Kevin Hart encounters Rick (Taran Killam), Carl (Nasim Pedrad), Daryl (Bill Hader) and Maggie (Kate McKinnon) and tries to join the group but once he gets bitten they accuse him of being "one of them" so he plays the race card. He explains away things like shambling around as a pimp walk. As always ... [Read More]

In this week's couch gag, the Simpsons do the dance meme known as the Harlem Shake. It starts off with Maggie doing the cabbage patch dance while the rest of family carries on oblivious to her but then the beat kicks in and the whole town joins in. The "Homer Shake" currently has over 5 million views on ... [Read More]

Vampirella NuBlood is a one-shot comic based on the HBO series True Blood. All the characters are there but they've been renamed, most notably the show's protagonist Snookie, now Spooky. However, the town and its residents are always on the periphery. They serve solely to examine the addiction to blood from which Vampirella ... [Read More]