The SmarK Blu-ray Rant – Clueless (purchase it here) “I’ve got a .45 and a shovel. Believe me, no one’s gonna miss you.” - Cher’s dad lays down the law, although he needn’t have worried. This is the Blu-Ray redo of the »»
Scott Reviews The New 52 (And Other Stuff Too!) – 01.10.12 Sorry for the lateness, but life happens. Another week, another new title to be added to the pull-list. Scarlet Spider #1 Marvel’s Point One special was kind of dogshit, but the Scarlet Spider section was intriguing as hell an »»
Scott Reviews The New 52 (And Other Stuff Too!) – 12.28.11 I just wanted to start with a point that I’ve been meaning to make for a while now: I really appreciate the new dedication from both DC and Marvel to actually shipping their titles ON TIME now that the digital era is here. Especia »»
Scott Reviews The New 52 (And Other Stuff Too!) – 12.14.2011 Being the generous guy that I am, I figured that I’d give New Avengers (aka Dark Avengers v2) another chance to wow me before I moved on and forgot about it, so we’ll see if a second chance redeems it. And that’s as good a place »»
Scott Reviews The New 52 (And Other Stuff Too!) Only one Marvel title on my pull list this week, so the “Other Stuff” portion is only one review long this time. Dropped from the new 52 this week: Batman The Dark Knight and Firestorm, and Flash is kind of on the bubble for me as well. Le »»
Scott Reviews The New 52: Week 9 Action Comics #3 The awesome run of DC’s flagship comic continues, and I’m going to be sad to see this version of Superman going away in a few issues. Clark Kent is a bedraggled reporter, ambushing big business tycoons on behalf of the l »»
Another week of strange mixtures, with one hotly anticipated title and two that probably won't get past "guilty pleasure" but still ended up on my pull list anyway because I'm a glutton for punishment sometimes. Let's get to it... Justice League #2 Hopefully the rest »»
It’s the all-important second month of the New DC relaunch, and conspicuous by its absence is Justice League #2, which doesn’t ship until the end of the month. That’s quite a wait for the mythical new readers who are presumably hanging on the adventures of jerkass Batman and jerkass Green La »»
And what a mixed bag this week was. Lots of Bat content, not much good content. Wonder Woman #1. Interesting, I guess, although I have nothing really invested in the character and this didn’t really clarify whether it’s a reboot or if WW is just carrying on from previous continuity. »»
US title: Daniel Bryan v. Ted Dibiase Why hasn't someone pitched Dibiase & Husky Harris as Money Inc Version 2, I wonder? Dibiase tries a wristlock, but Bryan reverses out to an armbar and boots Dibiase down. Dibiase comes back with a suplex to the floor and pounds away on the apron, and »»
The SmarK DVD Rant – Anti-Comedy! As I've noted before, comedy is tough to pull off at the best of times. It can be even harder if you're an independent filmmaker struggling to find an audience that gets your work. It's probably most difficult if you're a pair of humorless hacks who inexplicabl »»
Live from Minneapolis, MN Your hosts are Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler & Matt Striker Dolph Ziggler v. Daniel Bryan This is champion v. Champion, but neither title is on the line. Why? BRAGGING RIGHTS, of course. Vickie Guerrero points out in the pre-match promo that “[Dolph] cou »»
The SmarK DVD Rant for Centurion Alternate title: Quintas Dias has a REALLY bad week. I give this movie full props for effort and entertainment value, make no mistake. In the grand swords-and-sandals tradition of 300, Braveheart and Gladiator, Neil Marshall's Centurion leaves it all on the scr »»
The SmarK DVD Rant - Remake-O-Rama II: The Sequel! If there's one thing Hollywood never tires of doing, it's rebooting franchises or remaking old TV shows into new ones. So really, it's only fitting that I do a sequel to my previous entry on remakes and sequels. Our topics of conversation this ti »»
Live from Chicago, IL. Your hosts are Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, and Matt Striker. Intercontinental title: Dolph Ziggler v. Kofi Kingston The DQ and countout rules are waived here. They trade headlocks to start, and Kofi clotheslines him out of the ring. Back in, Kofi rolls him up for »»
“Kill ‘em all!” “Who?” “EVERYONE!” Yeah, that’s the kind of movie you’re getting into here. Thrown back to the '80s and proud of it. See, apparently Steve Austin has made a lot of movies since retiring from wrestling in 2003, although almost none of them have made »»
Scott Reviews The New 52 (And Other Stuff Too!) – 01.04.12 Yay! First week of the month, when all my favourites come out at once. But first, some pickups from Marvel… Hulk #47 I’m still a tad unsure on the mechanism of change for General Ross, as he just kind of changes back and forth o »»
Scott Reviews The New 52 (And Other Stuff, Too!) – 12.21.11 Longtime reader Mike Campbell asks… We're four months into the New 52 now, what do you think the best series has been so far? For me, it's Aquaman. They took a character who has long been a running joke (lest we forget that »»
Scott Reviews The New 52 (And Other Stuff, Too!) I continue to tweak my pull list, as lots of people have recommended Swamp Thing to me, so I figured that it was easy enough to catch up with only 3 previous issues thus far. And I love it! Surprising to me because I was never into the original »»
Scott Reviews The New 52 (And Other Stuff Too!) - 11.16.11 I really need a new name for this column, I think. So apologies for skipping last week, but I was out of town with only my phone connecting me to the outside world, and I just can’t get the hang of Comixology for Andr »»
Scott Reviews The New 52: Week 8 So we’re at the end of month #2, with nothing I was dying to read, but a lot of decent comics this week. Green Lantern: The New Guardians #2 I’m kind of intrigued by this one, even if nothing really happened again. Kyle got chos »»
Ah, new comics Wednesday. And a whole lot of new Bat-content yet again, some of it decidedly better than others. To the Bat-store! Batwoman #2 The first one I wanted to read this week, and probably the best one I'll read all week. The artwork on this series is just mind-blowin »»
After last week’s lackluster offerings, I was surprised and delighted that there was some really high-quality stuff this time. Especially because it was stuff I was really looking forward to. Superman #1 OK, first we’ll go with this, even though it’s a pretty big letdown for me. »»
Let's face it, Hollywood is lazy. Why go through the trouble of coming up with an original concept when you can recycle an older movie? Heck, even I'm lazy enough to make a sequel to my own remake post! So this time around, I go for the most tenuous of DVD connections by noting that both of our cont »»
The SmarK DVD Rant – Old Dogs, New Tricks I don't know if it's the aging baby boomer population that's to thank, but there seems to be a new sub-genre now: Old geezers killing people. Thankfully, the people making these movies tend to be smart enough about their craft to pick good scripts, thus »»
I've got this one and the “Top 50 Superstars” DVD sets on my to-do pile, but this one interested me more because I don't watch the show and thus this is all new to me. Plus SmackDown! is supposed to be generally a pretty good wrestling show, so I'll give it a shot. If I can channel Michae »»
Live from Dallas, TX Your hosts are Michael Cole, Matt Striker and Jerry Lawler US title, submissions count anywhere: Daniel Bryan v. The Miz v. John Morrison I don't get the thinking behind the stip, given that only one guy has a submission finish. The faces wisely double-team Miz an »»
Californication – The Third Season “Destroy me, Rick Springfield!” Man, this show just keeps getting better and better, and has steadily climbed from “show that I reluctantly reviewed” to “show that we are anxiously awaiting the next season”. That's pretty impressive for what »»
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is not exactly a user-friendly experience if you're new to the series, or even if you've seen all the other movies before. Apparently it's of vital importance to have seen the first two movies in the series, plus read all the books, and possibly some fan-fiction as w »»
Disc One Rather than a history of the performer, this is more of a 2-hour series of candid interviews, mixed in with footage of Cena doing exciting stuff like entertaining the troops, acting in bad movies, and shilling razors. I've come to the conclusion that I hate recapping these things eno »»
