Attack of the Clones and the thin line between serious and silly By Matthew Martin| December 15, 2015 Movie Blogs Attack of the Clones is the most frustrating Star Wars movie of them all. Let's talk about it.
The Empire Strikes Back and the thin line between serious and silly By Matthew Martin| December 14, 2015 Movie Blogs The Empire Strikes Back hits the perfect balance between humor and melodrama. It goes from stone-faced to hilarious instantly, and is all-together a brilliant picture.
“The Phantom Menace” and the mythology of Star Wars By Matthew Martin| December 13, 2015 Movie Blogs Episode I was two hours of setup to a story that ultimately disappointed. It was too concerned with its own mythology to actually tell a compelling story of its own. Let's look back..
“A New Hope” and the mythology of Star Wars By Matthew Martin| December 12, 2015 Movie Blogs It's almost impossible to imagine it now, but there was a time when "Star Wars" was not a sprawling mythology. Let's take a look back at the first movie and see it through 1977's eyes.
Your SO OF COURSE Preview of WWE TLC (2015) By Matthew Martin| December 11, 2015 WWE Blogs Because you can't just predict a PPV anymore, you have to also account for the capricious whims of WWE's elderly CEO. This is your SO OF COURSE preview of TLC 2015.
Star Wars: Battlefront Review: Pew Pew, you’re dead. By Matthew Martin| November 25, 2015 Video Game Reviews Star Wars Battlefront perfectly immerses the gamer into the Star Wars universe, but the repetitive and shallow gameplay might be a turnoff to some.
The last silly gimmick: 25 years of the Phenom By Matthew Martin| November 21, 2015 WWE Blogs Twenty five years ago the phenomenon of pro wrestling burst onto the scene with a character that has endured across every wrestling era. There'll never be another like The Undertaker.
Your SO OF COURSE Preview of WWE Survivor Series 2015 By Matthew Martin| November 20, 2015 WWE Blogs Because you can't just predict a WWE PPV anymore. You have to account for the capricious whims of WWE's septuagenarian manic. This is your SO OF COURSE preview of the show.
Peanuts Review: Go fly a kite, Charlie Brown By Matthew Martin| November 17, 2015 Movie Reviews Peanuts is a wonderful trip down memory lane, with a G-rated movie that actually is for everyone, parents included.
Spectre Review: Also known as “Christopher Waltz was born to do this” By Matthew Martin| November 16, 2015 Movie Reviews Spectre is a very good Bond film, but not a very great one. Come inside and let's talk it out.
WWE 2K16: Musings of a No Mercy fan By Matthew Martin| November 16, 2015 Video Game Blogs WWE 2K16 is gorgeous to look at and has a deep roster, but is horrible to listen to, and boring more often than not.
On Raw, NXT and the decline of a must-see TV show. By Matthew Martin| November 5, 2015 WWE Blogs The list of balls that WWE has dropped with regards to its flagship program could circle the globe. Raw needs more than a spark; it needs a total makeover.
Goosebumps Review: Stop calling it Jumanji By Matthew Martin| October 28, 2015 Movie Reviews Full of child-inducing thrills and genuine laughs, Goosebumps might just be the biggest pleasant surprise of the year.
Crimson Peak Review: Please work faster Mr. del Toro By Matthew Martin| October 26, 2015 Movie Reviews Director Guillermo del Toro is back with an old school throwback to ghost-house horror movies. Crimson Peak is a solid film with a beautiful backdrop but a weak story.
Your SO OF COURSE preview of WWE Hell in a Cell 2015 By Matthew Martin| October 24, 2015 WWE Blogs Because you can't just PREDICT a WWE PPV anymore. You have to predict what makes sense and then account for the things Vince will do instead. Let's talk about Hell in a Cell.
Bridge of Spies Review: Spielberg, Hanks and the Coens By Matthew Martin| October 18, 2015 Movie Reviews This is the classic sort of movie that could have easily been made a generation prior, with Alfred Hitchcock directing Cary Grant from a screenplay by Truman Capote.
The Takeover is done: What’s next for NXT? By Matthew Martin| October 9, 2015 WWE Blogs NXT has proven it is good enough and popular enough to stand on the same stage as WWE. If given the chance, it can prove itself a viable touring brand as well.
Review: Ridley Scott’s The Martian is a major minor masterpiece By Matthew Martin| October 4, 2015 Movie Reviews The Martian is a movie resting on the shoulders of two men, one behind the camera and one in front. It succeeds on both levels and is one of the year's best.
Happy Birthday to Mario: Video games’ plucky, portly, plumber-hero By Matthew Martin| September 29, 2015 Video Game Blogs Here's to thirty years of Mushroom Kingdom heroism, gravity-defying adventures and simply sublime level design.
At its best, Star Trek embraced the 60’s social revolution. By Matthew Martin| September 27, 2015 TV Blogs Star Trek promises us in its opening to "seek out new life and new civilizations" but its focus has always been on our own little blue marble in the galaxy.
