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Listen to Our Thoughts on the Aurora, CO Tragedy

Our discussion of the tragedy in Aurora, Colorado is available for listening or download right here. In the aftermath of the shooting in Aurora, which occurred at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises, we have decided to do a separate episode on the shooting so as not to

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Four-Color Flashback: 'Preacher: Vol. 6 - War in the Sun'

Welcome to week 6 of 9 in our analysis of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s Preacher. For more, read weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. AJ: A lot happens in this volume, and there’s a lot to talk about, but I’m going to start off with

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Listen to Episode 103, "Does Whatever a Reboot Can"

Gobbledygeek episode 103, “Does Whatever a Reboot Can,” is available for listening or download right here. The year’s second big superhero movie, following The Avengers–which you may remember we discussed and AJ even wrote a review of–is The Amazing Spider-Man, rebooting the franchise that sputtered to an

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Four-Color Flashback: 'Preacher: Vol. 5 - Dixie Fried"

Welcome to week 5 of 9 in our analysis of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s Preacher. For more, read weeks 1, 2, 3, and 4. Paul: Juhz. (Justice.) Vuhh. (Vengeance.) UHFUH. (ARSEFACE.) AJ: As much as I’ve had my problems with Arseface thus far, any time he said

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Listen to Episode 102, "Insolent Musical Peasants"

Gobbledygeek episode 102, “Insolent Musical Peasants,” is available for listening or download right here. This episode was meant to go up last week, but fearless editor Paul was suffering from a case of nearly dying (feel better, Paul!). It’s here now, though! The boys would like to sing a

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Four-Color Flashback: 'Preacher: Vol. 4 - Ancient History'

Welcome to week 4 of 9 in our analysis of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s Preacher. Read the past installments here, here, and here. AJ: After three volumes of mayhem, destruction, bloodshed, blasphemy, and a heapin’ helpin’ of profanity, the Preacher TPBs take a breather with…well, “breather” might

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Four-Color Flashback: 'Preacher: Vol. 3 - Proud Americans'

Welcome to week 3 of 9 in our analysis of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s Preacher. Weeks 1 and 2 can be found here and here. Paul & AJ: MOTHERFUCKERRR!!! AJ: Last week, you said that Preacher is Garth Ennis’ love letter to an idealized America. Fittingly enough, this

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Listen to Episode 101, "What Does God Need with a Starship?"

Gobbledygeek episode 101, “What Does God Need with a Starship?,” is available for listening or download right here. Ridley Scott’s Prometheus opened earlier this month and has generated some nerd controversy with its Alien overtones, questionable character motivations, and general ambiguity. Paul and AJ discuss everything they liked about

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Four-Color Flashback: 'Preacher: Vol. 2 - Until the End of the World'

Four-Color Flashback returned last week with the first of nine installments discussing the controversial Vertigo series Preacher. I’m new to the series, Paul’s been a fan since it first started in 1995, and we roundtable it. (Or is it a cross-table? There are only two of us.) This

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Listen to Episode 100, "The Best (and Worst) of Bat-Turkey"

Gobbledygeek episode 100, “The Best (and Worst) of Bat-Turkey,” is available for listening or download right here. That’s right, gobblers. 100 episodes. Who’da thunk it? Not us, that’s for sure. If you’re a long-time fan of the show, we’ve got a nice trip down memory

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'Bernie' Review: But He's So Nice!

“What you’re fixin’ to see is a true story.” So says the title card at the very start of Richard Linklater’s Bernie, and it tells you everything you need to know about the movie. A lot of unbelievable things happen, but they closely follow events that actually took

Movie Reviews

'Prometheus' Review: Lost in Space

Ridley Scott’s Prometheus has an early shot which undeniably quotes 2001: A Space Odyssey, a beautiful image of a planet ringed with light. There’s some more striking imagery, of an unidentified landscape. A humanoid being removes his cloak and ingests some form of liquid which quickly begins killing

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Four-Color Flashback: 'Preacher: Vol. 1 - Gone to Texas'

Last summer, I started a column entitled Four-Color Flashback, wherein I went through and discussed/analyzed a legendary run of comic books I’d never read. In that case, it was Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s Uncanny X-Men (read the first part here). It was a fun experience, and

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Listen to Episode 99, "Mars, the Bringer of War"

Gobbledygeek episode 99, “Mars, the Bringer of War,” is available for listening or download right here. It had to happen sooner or later: the boys discuss John Carter. Do you, like Paul, feel that the film has been unfairly derided and that the media has latched onto its financial failure

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'Men in Black III' Review: Out of Time?

I love the first Men in Black. Really, truly, sincerely love it; to me, it’s the Ghostbusters of the ’90s. If you know me, that’s high praise. I was seven years old in 1997, so there’s always going to be some nostalgia attached to my memories of

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'Ready Player One' Author Ernie Cline Invites You to Try and Win a DeLorean

When Paul and I talked to mega-geek Ernie Cline, author of the New York Times bestseller Ready Player One, last month, he mentioned that he was planning something special to commemorate the book’s paperback release. Specifically, he said that he was going to kick off a contest similar to

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Listen to Episode 98, "What's Eating Royal Tenenbaum"

Gobbledygeek episode 98, “What’s Eating Royal Tenenbaum,” is available for listening or download right here. Hoo boy. Memorial Day musta done something to the boys; they barely remember how to run the show (if they ever knew). But they’ve lazed and stumbled through another episode, all for your

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Listen to Episode 97, "War! Huh! Good God, Y'all!"

Gobbledygeek episode 97, “War! Huh! Good God, Y’all!,” is available for listening or download right here. Memorial Day is next weekend, so to get in the spirit, the boys have come up with a list of the Official Gobbledygeek Top 5 War Movies. Without giving too much away, we’

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Listen to Episode 96, "Talking Turkey: Ernest Cline"

Gobbledygeek episode 96, “Talking Turkey: Ernest Cline,” is available for listening or download right here. This week, Paul and AJ are honored to sit down with Ernie Cline, author of the New York Times bestselling science fiction novel Ready Player One, which arrives in paperback on June 5. The three

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Listen to Episode 95, "Assemble"

Gobbledygeek episode 95, “Assemble,” is available for listening or download right here. It’s here. It’s finally, really, actually here. The Avengers is in theaters. Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and the Hulk assemble into one giant superhero-palooza under the watchful eye of Joss Whedon. We hope it doesn’

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'The Avengers' Review: Marvel Six-in-One

Four years ago, two films gave the superhero genre a much-needed kick in the pants: Iron Man and The Dark Knight. They were on opposite ends of the spectrum–the former bright and funny, the latter dark and gloomy–but both felt honest, and honesty’s something the genre needed

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'The Pirates! Band of Misfits' Review: A Few Chuckles on the High Seas

I like pirates. I enjoy inherently silly things. I’m an admirer of Aardman Animations, having greatly enjoyed Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run. I guffawed at the trailer for The Pirates! Band of Misfits enough times that I ventured out to see a children’s movie on a Sunday

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Listen to Episode 94, "Snow White Seeking a Friend in the Lawless Moonrise Kingdom"

Gobbledygeek episode 94, “Snow White Seeking a Friend in the Lawless Moonrise Kingdom,” is available for listening or download right here. Bust out your surfboards and bikinis, boys and girls! Hollywood’s gearing up for its summer movie season, so Paul and AJ discuss the 10 movies they’re most

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Listen to Our Commentary Track for 'Iron Man'

Our commentary track for Iron Man is available for listening or download right here. Last month, Paul and AJ recorded a commentary track for Jurassic Park. Now, with The Avengers on its way, they decided to blab all over Jon Favreau’s instant classic superhero film Iron Man. Things that

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Listen to Episode 93, "Titanic: Episode I - The Phantom Iceberg...in 3D!"

Gobbledygeek episode 93, “Titanic – Episode I: The Phantom Iceberg…in 3D!,” is available for listening or download here. There’s been a disturbance in the Force…and that’s only the tip of the iceberg! Well, after that peach of a sentence, we’re about to be dragged offstage, so