In recent years, Disney has commanded the box office with a steady stream of Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films, and it looks like they plan to use the same formula for the Star Wars franchise, however, is it getting to be overkill? In the latest release, The Last Jedi (TLJ) have fans torn, wondering if…
Movie Review: Doctor Strange is Strange Indeed!
Major Spoiler Free. Just sayin’. This weekend Doctor Strange opens in theaters nationwide, to rabid audiences who have been drooling over screen shots and trailers of Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Steven Strange, the talented, narcissistic doctor, turned Sorcerer Supreme in this Marvel Cinematic Universe epic. Although some of the recent Warner Bros./DC Comics films have fallen flat, met…
House of the Mouse’s Plan for Global Film Domination in 2016
Disney, known as the “happiest place on earth”, home of the Mouse, laid out their plan for cinematic global domination for 2016-2017 during D23 this year, and Pedro and Janifer had to put their two cents in. In this episode of the podcast, the TMI’s dynamic duo (not to be confused with Gotham’s dynamic duo…
Curated Boxes: The Unboxing
As many of you may have seen, there are a mess of subscriber based, curated boxes available on sale. Whether it be for your pet, your beauty needs, your geek needs, or your snacking needs, there are several out there to suit your whims. Because we love geek stuff, we ordered two boxes. One was…
Simon Pegg Conspiracy Theory
Social media and it’s short attention span has taken on it’s banner of pugnacious injustice based on writer/actor Simon Pegg’s truncated conspiracy theory below: “Nerd culture is the product of a late capitalist conspiracy, designed to infantalize the consumer as a means of non-aggressive control.” If you want to read his full response to the…
‘Star Wars’, Don’t Break My Heart Again
I absolutely refused to get excited about it. Investing myself emotionally only to be brutally disappointed, just as I was in 1999, was not happening this time around. No way, no how! They had a second chance in 2002 and they blew it. Badly. By 2005 it was a loveless relationship that I was seeing through to an ugly,…
April Fool’s Extravaganza 2015
Happy April Fool’s Day! For those who have no idea where this came from, April Fool’s Day is also Roman New Year. Tradition was that on Roman New Year you’d celebrate with jokes and pranks. If you believe in the Constantine legend (no, not the comic book), it was the day that Emperor Constantine allowed…