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2013 Phoenix Comicon: Friday – Planets, PUGS and cosplay
As you walked to the entrance of the convention hall for Day-2 of the 2013 Phoenix Comicon there were a dozen or more genre themed vehicles parked along the west side of the building including …
2013 Phoenix Comicon: Thursday – Leagues, leotards and love
Love was in the air at Phoenix Comicon 2013 during its Thursday (or Thor’s Day might be more appropriate) opening night festivities; and I don’t mean just the crowds of pop culture enthusiasts’ adoration of …
[LINK] Lightning Octopus: One Bazillion Nerdy Things To Do This Weekend in Phoenix
EXTERNAL LINK: A weekly roundup of Arizona geek culture happenings by Best of East Valley 2011 blogger Jonathan Simon.
2013 Phoenix Comicon: Local literary lineup
Maybe it’s the lone coyote’s haunting howl floating on the desert air, or the inspirational sun as it rises over the Superstition Mountains … or maybe it’s just the high levels of calcium in the …
Nebula Award winners announced
Beasts of the Southern Wild won the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation at the Nebula Awards on Saturday, beating out The Avengers, The Cabin in the Woods, The Hunger Games, John Carter and …
2013 Phoenix Comicon: 10 legendary ‘must-see’ booths
It’s easy to get lost in the maze of magnificence at the Phoenix Comicon, but there are a few booths on the expansive exhibit floor that you don’t want to miss.
Underworld producers dig up Frankenstein for dystopian thriller
We have a first look at I, FRANKENSTEIN straight from the Cannes film festival
Review: The Great Gatsby – Not so great
The Great Gatsby shows enough of the story’s actual text on screen that I can say the book is much better than the movie – even never having read the novel.
Review: The Reluctant Fundamentalist – An examination of Middle East angst
The Reluctant Fundamentalist is the story of a Muslim man who experiences the two different sides of the Middle-East/American argument – and rejects them both.
Watch the trailer for Ender’s Game now
As promised, the first trailer for Ender’s Game debuted Tuesday, trotting out all the star-name power and bestseller pedigree it could muster.
