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As long as there have been superheroes, there have been superhero teams. And as long as there have been superhero teams, there have been really bad ideas for

“Behind every great fortune there is a great crime” – attributed to Honoré de Balzac America has long been a storied place of opportunity, where the

The Lord of the Rings will go down as one of the greatest movie trilogies in history, and this year Peter Jackson’s follow-up trilogy The Hobbit will be coming to a close as well. The movies are tremendously detailed and, at least with the Lord of the Rings trilogy, incredibly faithful to the books. Obviously, there are some omissions and additions, but particularly with the extended editions, the

Occasionally, a work of fiction is so inventive it needs more ways to express itself than possible with just the speech it’s written in, and a new language is

The mockumentary genre exists today because at some point in history, a revolutionary filmmaker, probably known only as “jerkass” to his family and friends,

If you existed in the early 90’s, then you probably loved Calvin and Hobbes. Perhaps you wondered why such a popular comic strip never became a merchandising

Weird Episode One: It could be the WalnutsThe Dick Van Dyke Show first aired on CBS in October of 1961 and the program ran until 1966. While most of its

Chances are good that you've seen the movie Highlander. Released in 1986 it starred Christopher Lambert as an immortal Scottish swordsman (hence "Highlander,"

Bad-asses in movies can take many different shapes and forms. Comic book movies offer villains such as Magneto, Loki and Zod (to kneel before). Horror movies on the other hand generally feature invincible killers, creepy ghost children and brain eating zombies. But then there are movies that disregard all the supernatural crap and simply pit scared shitless people against Mother Nature’s nastiest

Lego's have got to be the most adaptable toy on the planet. In the hands of a child they are a choking hazard. In the hands of an adult they're a multi-thousand