Alexandre Aja’s remake of the Roger Corman/Joe Dante/John Sayles original Piranha (1978) is most everything it promises to be, and unlike so many re-makes of horror films of late (A Nightmare on Elm Street , My Bloody Valentine ), it refreshes the content rather than just regurgitates it.
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Tags: movie review, Piranha 3D
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Channeling comic books, video games, anime, manga and riffing off pop culture elements from music, film, television, and everywhere, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is one of the most visually inventive films in a long time.
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Awesome 2—Awesomer: This is the second of an anthology series put together by the hosts of the podcast Indie Spinner Rack, and it's just bursting with great stories from a stunning line-up of creators.
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Tags: Awesome Anthology, comic books, comics
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As expected, the crowd drank the Kool-Aid with great enthusiasm, questioning nothing, with a few vocal dissenters resisting the idea that their lives held no meaning. Some people had hunched forward, their head in their hands, crying uncontrollably, while others looked elated, as though all their burdens had been lifted.
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Tags: Cults, est, Landmark Forum, Self Help
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Bobgar Ornelas not only draws the 'Apocalypse…Meh' comic, he kicks it old school, producing the mini-comic "b-one." While we wait for 'Apocalypse…Meh' to come back from temporary hiatus, we caught up with the man behind those decapitated heads and goat-hoofed secretaries.
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Tags: Bobgar Ornelas, comics
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We had an opportunity to speak with Freddy Sarkis, a well-known and well-respected mixologist out of Pittsburgh. He recently teamed with World Barista Champion Mike Phillips to create a cocktail in honor of National Coffee Month. We explore what goes into a master mixologist’s thought process when given such a task.
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Tags: alcohol, baileys irish cream, cocktails, coffee, recipe
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To celebrate National Coffee Month, here are 31 facts, tidbits, links, and other sundry items about that lovely, roasted, caffeinated product. A tidbit for every day of the month!
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Tags: coffee, holidays, national coffee month
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I felt uneasy walking into class, not only because I was late but more so because the third day held the mighty promise of transformation, the day of salvation when our souls would be saved by the holy hand of Landmark.
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Tags: Cults, est, Landmark Forum, Self Help
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Let's all go to the lobby, let's all go to the lobby, let's all go to the lobby . . . Apocalypse Meh will soon be back. Check out the cool art the Bobgar cooked up in the meantime.
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Tags: Apocalypse Meh, artists, comics, creators, Web comic
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The new Pretzel M&M's take center stage as once again "We Try it So You Don't Have To." With the promise of added saltiness and a complementary crunch, where could this candy go wrong? Well, let me tell you . . .
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Tags: candy, M&M's, reviews, We Try It So You Don’t Have To
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