Memorial Day is supposed to be a time to remember our fallen service members but like most holidays it's been commercialized, literally. A new trailer for the movie adaptation of the f-i-c-t-i-o-n-a-l hero Thor recommends Americans skip those boring Memorial services and "Spend this Memorial Day weekend with a real hero." ... [Read More]

Forget Bennifer, the The Simpsons has its own celebrity couple - Nedna. In the season finale, The Ned-Liest Catch, Edna literally falls for Ned during a jailbreak from teacher detention for hitting Bart. Except for their tumultuous relationship with the Simpsons, Ned and Edna don't seem to have much in common, especially ... [Read More]

After the events in Batman: Arkham Asylum, Mayor Quincy Sharp decides to crack down on Gotham's criminal element, which results in an assassination attempt on his life. More determined than ever, he enacts martial law. Sharp's private army walls off half of Gotham and transforms it into an open-air prison dubbed Arkham ... [Read More]

Stargate Universe ended with not with a bang but a whimper. It's almost as if they knew it was going to be cancelled. After several episodes of being beset by nameless drones the crew of Destiny does the interstellar equivalent of taking their ball and going home. They decide to freeze themselves in cryogenic pods and ... [Read More]

Aqua Teen Hunger Force may have a new name (and theme) but it's still the same old nonsensical hijinks. The new theme belies the nature of the show just like the old theme did. Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad aren't really detectives. In the first episode, Shake gets sidetrack from finding a missing cat and accuses a very ... [Read More]

Drifters of the Dead is an alternate retelling of Highschool of the Dead Volume 4 Act 16 "The Girl Next Dead" in which Takashi and Saeko find momentary respite from the hoards of undead on a small island. This time though the whole class hits the beach. There they find a seaside shack stocked with swimsuits. Unfortunately, ... [Read More]

As predicted in a previous post the Impossible Astronaut was all but revealed to be the hybrid daughter of Amy and the Doctor in the subsequent Doctor Who episode "Day of the Moon." In a deserted orphanage, Amy discovers old photographs of the girl in the space suit, including one of Amy holding her as a baby. At the end of ... [Read More]