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BOOKS OF BLOOD [Review]: Carve Me A Bedtime…

Hulu’s horror anthology, Books of Blood, is based on Clive Barker’s books of the same name published between 1984 and 1985 and spanned six volumes. There have been eight previous adaptations of Barker’s version of The Books of Blood including Candyman, The Midnight Meat Train, and another adaptation of “The Book of Blood” from 2007. …

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THE BIBLE OF ‘BOND, JAMES BOND’ [Career Reflection]: R.I.P. Sean Connery (1930-2020).

Contrary to popular belief, Sean Connery is not the first actor to play James Bond. From October 1954 and June 1958, CBS aired a dramatic anthology series  called Climax! The show featured one-hour adaptation of classic stories like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye. Many of the episodes were performed …

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STAR WARS – THE MANDALORIAN [Season 2 Premiere Review]: Yak Face.

I figured it would be fun to write this review of The Mandalorian's Season 2 Premiere from a collector point-of-view. Because -- why not? -- I'm always in A Toy Kinda Mood. Chapter 9 instantly tracks everybody's current favorite Star Wars characters, Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and The Child (um, Baby Yoda) through a dark …

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G.I. JOE – OPERATION BLACKOUT [Special Feature, Part 2]: Bludd ‘N Guts.

GHG's look at G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout continues as we plumb the digital archives in the game for clues and sneak peeks in the six-inch scale Classified Series. Last time, we hypothesized about possible variants in the line from a Grillmeister Roadblock a la "Red Rocket's Glare" to a pimped-out, 80's gangsta-leanin' Snake Eyes (our …

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G.I. JOE – OPERATION BLACKOUT [Review]: Playing Is Half The Battle.

G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout is just not a good game. In fact, it's a terrible one. It's essentially "Fortlite" with some horrible game mechanics, early PS3 graphics, and downright bad voice acting. But it's G.I. Joe! And, after much of the early press was promoting this as strictly PVP there's actually a reasonably-sized 7-hour campaign …

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