First things first: "Purpose in The Machine" introduces Agent May's father. As he turns out to be (played by) the legendary James Hong - one of our all-time greatest character...
Review: THE MARTIAN
Note: Video review is in-production alongside several other projects, but I know people have gotten tired of waiting so for now here is a text version - as ever, content...
Lost Age
Colin Hanks, following in his dad's footsteps as a friendly chronicler of history/pop-Americana: This is gonna kick my ass, I can already tell.I was a video-store guy, so...
RECAP: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D Season 3 - Episode 1: "Laws of Nature"
NOTE: This piece and others like it are possible in part thanks to contributions to The MovieBob Patreon.And we're back.One thing is for certain: Whenever AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D...
The Dark Knight Fades (Retrospective)
NOTE: The writing and publication of this piece were made possible in part by The MovieBob Patreon.THE DARK KNIGHT FADES: On the Striking Non-Impact of Christopher...
Review: STONEWALL (2015)
And here's one of those not-great misfires of a movie that will probably wind up with a (slightly) better reputation than it deserves (later) largely because the initial...
So That Happened
If you follow my social media (which I assume most reading this blog must, as it's updated exponentially more often) you may have noticed me pulling back or posting cryptically...
Watchmaker
So. You're probably waking up to hear about a particularly-bright, science/engineering inclined 14 year-old boy in Texas who was arrested, detained, taken from his school...
REVIEW: "The Vist"
UPDATE: Here's the pretty-pictures version:ORIGINAL POST:I'm working on having the pretty-pictures version of this up ASAP, but why should you have to wait? Here's the complete...
Prepare For Trouble.
Everyone expected that Nintendo would make their first major push into Mobile gaming POKEMON-related. That's just good branding.But I don't think anyone was expecting......
State of The Blog 9/6/2015
Well!So, I haven't posted anything in about a week. There are some personal/time-constraint reasons for that which are neither here nor there, but it was mainly an effect...
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Review: STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON (2015)
Exactly 1/2 of F. Gary Gray's STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON is thrilling, top-tier musical/biopic entertainment. It crackles with near-literal electricity from the first scenes...
IN BOB WE TRUST: "Fantastic Four Sucks ...Now What?"
The first episode of our now-official full-series pickup through 2016 with ScrewAttack!...
Six Months Later, I Am Alive
So. Today is exactly six months to the day that I was abruptly, without forewarning (rudely and rather unprofessionally, actually, now that I reflect on it) informed that...