Event ConnectiCon 2014 Gallery I have a lot to say about ConnectiCon 2014. My second year at the convention cements it as my favorite. Period. It is just so well run, packed with great people, and layered with so much diversity in fan content no one could go home disappointed. Below the jump is
Film The Purge: Anarchy Prize Pack Giveaway Last year, I teamed up with the fine people at PartnersHub and Universal to give away a prize pack inspired by The Purge. This year, I get to do it again. The Purge: Anarchy is the sequel to the surprise hit horror film The Purge and I'm super
Event The Play's the Thing: Shakespeare in Anime, ConnectiCon 2014 At ConnectiCon this past weekend, I debuted two new panels. The all ages panel was The Play's the Thing: Shakespeare in Anime. It's, as you can imagine, about anime adaptations of Shakespeare. I will be broadening the focus in the future to include manga so there
Event Lovecraft on the Silver Screen Panel, ConnectiCon 2014 This weekend at ConnectiCon, I debuted two brand new panels. The 18+ panel was called Lovecraft on the Silver Screen. It was an exploration of the best and the worst attempts to bring H.P. Lovecraft's stories to film. Unfortunately, there were some major tech issues during the
Film Watch: Player Piano's Akira [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruHwDL7Zb8I?rel=0&w=560&h=315]
Film Horror Thursday: The Call of Cthulhu I love it when my interests and needs can actually cross over. I watched The Call of Cthulhu as the last piece of my Lovecraft on the Silver Screen panel (this Saturday at ConnectiCon, come say hi) and knew it would also work for Horror Thursday. It's the
Event ConnectiCon 2014 It's a very busy week. We've hit the ground running on the first of two stage musicals at the summer camp, so I've been finishing up all the rehearsal material for the campers to use at home. It's also ConnectiCon this weekend
Film The Halfies: Best Films of 2014 So Far I always find this an interesting exercise. If the cinematic year ended 30 June instead of 31 December, what would the best films of the year be? Even more interesting is seeing how many of these films hold up at the end of the year once all the big awards
Film Your Red, White, and Blue Marathon In honor of the 4th of July, I've an exercise in movie marathoning for you if you dare to undertake it. I'm going to leave wildly different suggestions for red, white, and blue films you can stream right now (and where you can stream them) and
Music Happy 4th, Everybody! I have a more substantial post coming in a few hours, but I can't think of something more patriotic for the 4th of July than Dolly Parton killing it at the Glastonbury Festival. Jump to the 3 minute mark if you want to see the real reason to
Film Horror Thursday: Diabolique Next summer, I need to also consider what has been covered at Man, I Love Films for my Cinefessions viewing schedule. I had to go back in my notes a couple weeks for the new Horror Thursday subject. I was glad to cover it. Diabolique is one of my favorite
Games The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth Is Going to be Huge The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth has been dropping little bits of knowledge here and there the past few months. Yesterday, we got some specifics from creator Ed McMillen himself. For those unaware, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a 16 bit reimagining of the breakout indie hit The Binding of
Uncategorized Cinefessions Summer Scream Challenge Wrap-Up As of 12AM this morning, the 3rd Annual Cinnefessions Summer Scream Challenge is over. I scored a respectable 293.75 points in 30 days of viewing sci-fi and horror films and TV series. I spent a lot more time on TV this year for the score factor and it paid
Games Pretentious Game Review (PC) I don't know what to tell you. I really wanted to like this game. I played the original browser game forever ago and jumped on the opportunity to review the full release. I wish it was as good as the original game. Full review at GIZORAMA.
Film The Pacific Rim Universe Grows: Sequel, Cartoons, and More This is not a drill. Do not adjust your dial. Everything is going to be okay. Guillermo del Toro has officially announced that Pacific Rim will be taking over the world. The beautifully shot, wildly entertaining, and kick-ass female character-starring kaiju v. mecha film is getting a whole lot of
Film Horror Thursday: Curse of the Cat People I had to break my trend of reviewing the weekly theme film for the Cinefessions Summer Screams Challenge this week. I just don't see eXistenZ as a horror film. Now Curse of the Cat People. That's a great horror film. Such nuance. Such life. Such beauty.
Event The Lego Movie Blu-ray Giveaway Winner! I just punched the entries into Random.org and I'm happy to announce that GreySkye is the winner. GreySkye, I need you to shoot me a message at robertjgannon@gmail.com with your name, shipping address, and e-mail so you can get your prize straight from the company.
Film Godzilla Review (Film, 2014) 15 years ago, an unexplained disaster hit Japan, wiping out a nuclear reactor and killing Joe Brody's wife Elle. Now, in 2014, his son Ford is called to Japan to claim him from police custody. Joe has convinced himself that he can prove the disaster was not an
Games Games I Can’t Stop Playing: June 2014 June is almost over, so it's time to run down the games I can't stop playing right now. There are a few repeats, and a few new games, as well. Our Darker Purpose (PC) I wrote a whole lot about this roguelike adventure game last month.
Event The Lego Movie Blu-ray Giveaway Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, geeks of all ages, I bring you the official Everything is Awesome The Lego Movie Blu-ray Giveaway at Sketchy Details. That's right. Sketchy Details has partnered with the WB through PartnersHub to run a contest. The Lego Movie is still at the
Film Horror Thursday: The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh One of my crutches in reviews is pointing out I'd rather watch something ambitious that fails than something safe that's boring. Well, The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh is the epitome of that kind of film. I applaud its ambition. I love the style,
Reviews Ghost Hunt Review (Anime, 2006) I'm a sucker for a good haunted house story. I went in blind on my marathon viewing of the 2006 anime series Ghost Hunt and my one regret is that there is only one 25 episode season. (Fear not, dear readers; a second season is scheduled to arrive
Games Electronic Super Joy: Groove City Review My new review is up over at GIZORAMA. It's the mini-sequel to Electronic Super Joy, one of the most entertaining and frustrating games I've ever played all the way through. The sequel is actually harder, but the significantly shorter length makes it a whole lot more
Books/Print DC Comics - Batman 75th Anniversary Panel (Special Edition: NYC) DC Comics once again did not have a traditional booth presence at a NYC convention. Like last year's Superman celebration, DC went all in with Batman branding for their role and single panel at Special Edition: NYC. When you walked into the con, you were greeted by eight
Games Tropes vs. Women in Video Games: Women as Background Decoration Anita Sarkeesian's newest Tropes vs. Women in Video Games video is the strongest in the series yet. It's also the most upsetting and features a whole lot of violence against women and disturbing sexual content. She opens the video with a content warning, and I'
