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Guest Blog | Review: Until the End of the World, Preacher Vol. 2

“Forced worship stinks in God’s nostrils” -Roger Williams-

No matter who he is; no matter how far he has come or what he has accomplished; sometimes a man’s past can still haunt him. If he hasn’t dealt with it properly, it can control him in ways he could never have imagined.  Despite having the powers of the Almighty himself, Jesse Custer finds himself face to face with his past and must use every ounce of will power he has to keep from letting it control and ultimately destroy him.JesseTulip3

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Guest Blog | “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” Review

Later this month Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller will follow up their 2005 theatrical hit Sin City with Sin City:  A Dame to Kill For. Here I’m going to take a look at Frank Miller’s graphic novel of the same name.

One of the less salacious covers of Miller's book.

One of the less salacious covers of Miller’s book.

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Guest Blog | “Gone to Texas” Review, Preacher Vol. I

“This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

An angel from heaven and a demon from hell share a moment of celestial passion that produces an entity—an idea—called Genesis that is so powerful it could challenge the Almighty himself.  Kept incarcerated in heaven, this creature finally breaks free and heads screaming to Earth, decapitating a seraph on the way down. Looking for a human soul, it slams into a preacher in the middle of a crisis of faith, giving his Sunday sermon in a backwater town in the wastes of Texas.  The impact obliterates the church, incinerates the parishioners, but leaves the preacher unharmed and with the power of the word of God. This sequence of events sets in motion Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s epic series Preacher.Gone to Texas cover Continue reading

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Guest Blog: Godzilla Review *Spoilers*

***** SPOILER ALERT *****

This review will be discussing plot points which may be considered spoilers. Consider yourselves warned.

When I think of the embodiment of raw, awesome, power, Godzilla is the first thing that comes to mind. Pulverizing humanity’s great cities, brushing aside the world’s militaries, and slugging it out with other big honking monsters, Godzilla did it all. Seeing these movies as a young boy I loved the giant radioactive dinosaur dragon. Admittedly, in the sixty years since his debut in 1954, Godzilla’s movies have ranged between wildly entertaining, to reflective and poignant, to just plain laughably and ridiculous. It is just hard to not like Godzilla, and truth be told, it is really hard to mess up a Godzilla movie, (although it has happened). When I first learned that a new Hollywood Godzilla film was coming out in 2014, I was cautiously optimistic. Continue reading

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