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popculturegeek Ask anyone who’s been there and they’ll admit that television has overtaken movies as the big deal at Comic-Con (it should be COMICS, but that’s another conversation altogether). Why? Read More
Aug 3, 2011

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popculturegeek Considered one of the most violently gruesome horror films ever made, Lucio Fulci‘s classic 1981 film, The Beyond, screened at the New Beverly theater in LA this past week and our Luis Calderon was there to catch it. He even snagged a bobblehead for showing up. Read More
Jul 13, 2011

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popculturegeek It has begun! The guys behind the Mario Marathon have firmly planted themselves on the couch and are going to town on the back catalog of classic Nintendo games starring our favorite turtle-stomping plumber. Read More
Jun 24, 2011

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popculturegeek WonderCon returned to the Moscone Center in San Francisco to celebrate its 25th Anniversary and play host to the makers and fans of every facet of pop culture. Many consider it San Diego Comic-Con‘s little sister, but it might not be for much longer. Read More
Apr 6, 2011

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popculturegeek Here it is! The first full trailer for Marvel and Paramount‘s Captain America: The First Avenger movie! Read More
Mar 24, 2011

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popculturegeek I bet Marvel’s sort of kicking themselves for already using up AC/DC‘s Thunderstruck in the Iron Man 2 promos, regardless of how on-the-nose such a song might be. But I’m sure a fan is already mashing one up using this new footage as I write this… Thor is looking better and better with each new [...] Read More
Feb 18, 2011

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popculturegeek The Paley Center for Media has announced the line up for this year’s PaleyFest, to be held at the historic Saban Theater in Beverly Hills from March 4th to the 17th. Every year, PaleyFest celebrates excellence in television, bringing together some of the most talented new and classic creators in Hollywood with a few hundred [...] Read More
Jan 19, 2011

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popculturegeek At Star Wars Celebration V in Orlando last August, George Lucas teased that the Blu-Ray high definition editions of his epic saga would be hitting stores in 2011. Last week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox Home Video narrowed that date down to a month – September. Read More
Jan 9, 2011

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popculturegeek It’s here. The summer of Marvel superhero movies starts with Thor on May 6th, 2011, followed by X-Men: First Class (from Fox) on June 3rd, and Captain America: the First Avenger on July 22nd. Read More
Dec 11, 2010

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popculturegeek *SPOILER FREE ZONE* There’s something special about being able to visit a galaxy far, far away on a weekly basis. When I first got a taste of Star Wars on television back in 1978, I was sitting in an uncomfortable metal stool in my great-grandmother’s kitchen, watching on a tiny black and white tv on [...] Read More
Dec 10, 2010

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popculturegeek So what would you say is the biggest movie of this holiday season? Harry Potter? Read More
Nov 16, 2010

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popculturegeek Long Beach Comic-Con returned to the Long Beach Convention Center from October 29th to the 31st, for it’s 2nd year, effectively taking over my Halloween weekend. The event had pretty much everything you’d expect from a Comic-Con, except not as intense as some (and that’s alright by me). Read More
Nov 2, 2010

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popculturegeek All great things must come to an end. Also, Legend of Neil. Read More
Oct 29, 2010

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popculturegeek I was going to review this DVD in a completely 100% serious manner, but soon realized that I couldn’t. That’s not a slight on the movie itself or those that created and starred in it. Read More
Oct 26, 2010

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popculturegeek It’s been way too long since the devastating season 4 finale of Dexter. Sure, I’ve been lucky enough to catch a little sneak peek of the season 5 premiere when they shot some scenes outside Dexter and Rita’s house last June (in Long Beach, CA, not Miami, FL), but that’s nothing compared to the taste [. Read More
Sep 20, 2010

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popculturegeek Between shows like Mad Men and Breaking Bad, AMC has earned a lot of respect for playing host to some quality television programming over the past few years. And from everything I’ve seen so far, The Walking Dead will be joining that esteemed lineup starting on October 31st, 2010. Read More
Aug 25, 2010

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popculturegeek It comes as no surprise that a geek at my age (don’t ask) would be intimately involved with the sci-fi fantasy world known as Star Wars. It defined a (my) generation of geeks. Read More
Aug 20, 2010

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popculturegeek What can I say about San Diego Comic-Con that I haven’t said many times before. It’s my mecca (said that). Read More
Jul 28, 2010

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popculturegeek This was my first trek to the truly epic Anime Expo, held this year at the Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown LA. I’m a geek and I love my share of anime, manga, video games, and asian culture, but I am a complete newb compared to the folks that packed out the convention center’s [...] Read More
Jul 7, 2010

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