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March 2012
FDR: American Badass was a huge crowd-pleaser at Friday night’s International Horror and Science Fiction Film Festival. This cross-genre comedy/horror/sci-fi...
Nine lives — or just two? Topless Robot posted Thursday that Cartoon Network’s list or new and returning series doesn’t include the re...
The new Spanish/English film Intruders attempts to tap into childhood fears of the dark and involves a bogeyman type monster that lives in the unseen corner of...
In the new live-action Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs remake, Mirror Mirror, the dwarf names have been changed to Napoleon, Half Pint, Grub, Grimm, Wolf...
The new Battleship movie hits theaters on May 18 and it is currently looking like a cross between Independence Day and Battle Los Angeles, with some...
There are more changes to “Video Games as a Force and Art Form: Teaching, Learning, and the Creative Economy,” Mesa Community College’s lineup of video...
They say that, “When Chuck Norris jumps in the ocean he doesn’t get wet, the ocean gets Chuck Norris.” But in reality, is there a more badass filmmaker than...
Via Pop Culture Zoo
Last week I wrote about the upcoming LepreCon 38, Arizona’s art-centric sci-fi and fantasy convention, taking place April 6-8 at the Tempe Mission Palms...
Imagine a world where originality is cast aside and chastised, but imitation is bolstered and ballyhooed, a world where speculation, rather than fact...
Kind of like the monks of ages past, only geekier, a group of sci-fi bibliophiles is trying to keep out-of-print examples of the genre from disappearing as...
The Hunger Games is likely to please audiences from various demographics
I haven’t read any of the uber-popular Hunger Games books by young adult author Suzanne Collins, but I have read a lot of the hype building up to the...
The anxiously anticipated film The Hunger Games hits theaters this Friday, but did you know that a long running plagiarism controversy surrounds the young...
Jenna-Louise Coleman on Wednesday was announced as Matt Smith's new co-star in Doctor Who.
Get ready for Season 2 of the new ThunderCats cartoon by first watching this recap from Season 1.
Timothy Zahn's upcoming Star Wars novel will be an "Oceans 11"-style heist set during the era of the classic trilogy.
Think "Celebrity Poker" meets "Dinner for Five" and you're ready to experience a new kind of web show that pairs notable celebs with must-play tabletop games.
LepreCon, Arizona’s annual sci-fi and fantasy convention emphasizing the role of art in the genres, returns April 6-8 at the Tempe Mission Palms.
New trailer: 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'
The Japanese have their own version of The Avengers trailer, and while it is missing some of the good stuff that is in the American version, it has one very...
The long-awaited Art of Video Games exhibition opened Friday at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. The exhibit runs through September.
Ridley Scott, director of ‘Alien’ and ‘Blade Runner,’ returns to the genre he helped define June 8 with 'Prometheus.'
As you are reading this movie review, do you know which decisions you’ve made in your life that have brought you to this place? Are you aware of the signs that...
Casa de Mi Padre is a parody of Mexican B-movies and television dramas (think an amalgamation of El Mariachi and Steve Martin’s The Jerk and Three Amigos) and...
Finally we see a trailer for May’s big-screen Dark Shadows remake, courtesy of Ellen (is there anything she can’t do?). A few observations:...
Unconfirmed rumor has it that this Sunday’s season finale of AMC’s The Walking Dead will reveal the first glimpse of the TWD comic’s ultimate zombie-slaying...
Have you seen this little known “alternate” version of “The Avengers” movie Super Bowl commercial? If not, you’re missing a couple of very fun...
Chris Adams: Now that about six months have passed and most of the titles have completed their first major story arcs, I thought it would be worth taking...
Relive a week's worth of political adventures with Amazing Arizona Comics: "President Obama, E.T.!"
International receipts reportedly push the film’s receipts so far above $100 million.
From a Sunday comics section too edgy for even Drabble's dad to read, the epic conclusion of this week's daily strip, "President Obama, E.T.!"
The Valley’s 8th annual International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival will be running from March 29 – April 5, 2012 at the Harkins Scottsdale 101 theaters and...
We've seen President Obama get out of plenty of jams during his term, but how will he get out of THIS one?
The action is building toward Sunday’s exciting conclusion! Don’t miss it!
This single-shot horror remake delivers the scares and Elizabeth Olsen proves she can carry a movie...never mind the ending...
On Saturday, March 10, from 4 to 8 p.m., Samurai Comics in downtown Phoenix is hosting a Bizarre Bazaar, featuring local artists, live painting, photographers...
I was startled and shocked by the new horror film Silent House, not only due to its extreme edge-of-your-seat scares and suspense, but because this movie was...
It’s interesting that Eddie Murphy has enjoyed his biggest successes over the past several years by playing the part of an animated Donkey in the Shrek films...
In the beginning, Edgar Rice Burroughs begat the original “cowboy versus aliens” story about John Carter and his adventures on the Red Planet of...
What happens when two elected officials go head-to-head in an aerial battle royale?
Enjoy Ryan Biggs’ recent report and photos from The History of Video Game Consoles exhibit at the Arizona Pop Culture Experience — it may be your...
Cartoon Networks’ DC Nation programming block this Saturday features a birthday surprise or two for “Kid Flash” Wally West on Young Justice...
The theme of downtown Mesa’s 2nd Friday art walk for March is the “Spring Wellness Festival,” but that doesn’t mean there won’t be a gaggle of geeky genre...
The other day I posted a link without comment here on Nerdvana to a Geeks of Doom! article about Amazon offering the complete digital album of Michael...
Interesting fact: Star Wars actor Mark Hamill’s son, Nathan Hamill, is an artist whose work has appeared in Topps’ excellent Star Wars Galaxy...
Our friends at KaraokeFanboy Press, from the creative mind behind Amazing Arizona Comics, bring word of a third episode of their new local podcast:...
Well, it’s been real nice knowing you all. I’m going to go find Nicolas Cage’s alien friends and hope for the best. Because Knowing is half...
President Obama uses his extraterrestrial powers to save Spring Training . . . but what danger lurks just over the horizon? Visit Nerdvana tomorrow night to...
Ripped from a newspaper too afraid to exist, comes the story too true to believe! See Sheriff Arpaio’s President-Obama-birth-certificate investigation...
The re-imagined (but not that much) ThunderCats animated series returns to Cartoon Network on March 24 at a new day and time — 9:30 a.m. Eastern/Pacific...
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s investigation of President Barack Obama’s birth certificate is so the stuff of daily comic strips drama...
The good thing about being late to the "Game of Thrones" party is that you have less time to wait before the second season arrives.
Ralph McQuarrie, the man who defined the visual style of the original Star Wars trilogy, designing such elements as Darth Vader’s helmet, Imperial...
From a fanboy’s perspective, Edgar Rice Burroughs, the author and creator of John Carter of Mars and Tarzan of the Apes, is arguably the greatest writer of all...
Stephen Carpenter, ubergeek, sometime Nerdvana contributor and former events manager for Gamer’s Inn in Mesa, is one of the designer-writers of the...
Ken Levine, the creative director and co-founder of Irrational Games who had been scheduled to talk about the making of BioShock II in early March at Mesa...
A long time ago, on a planet far away, alien races fought in good versus evil battles prompted by complicated politics and religious & ideological...
