I’ll put this in the most simple way possible.  The Walking Dead is effing awesome!  The premiere episode of The Walking Dead aired last night on AMC.  The hour and half pilot episode stood up to all of the hype. Props to AMC for understanding that we want smart, thoughtful programs and not the watered-down fluff…

Shame on you if you are not watching Felicia Day’s online web series, The Guild.  The Guild follows a group of online gamers called the Knights of Good who quest together in their fantasy realm, defeating evil and seeking treasures.  The series is cleverly written and hilarious.  It’s never actually said that they are playing World of Warcraft, but one…

Starz network premiered it’s much anticipated Spartacus prequel series, Gods of the Arena this past Friday.  It was so worth the wait.  With Dexter: Season 5 in the books, this might be my favorite show on television at the moment. When it was announced last year that Spartacus star Andy Whitfield was struggling with a recurrence of Hodgkins Lymphoma and…

It’s a rare feat to have an independent film achieve both critical acclaim and box office success. Sure, it can be argued that the average independent film does not need to be a success at the box office. Rarely are these big-budget pictures, eschewing high costs for creative freedom. Still, every director drools over the…

I really had little interest in seeing another vampire flick. Been done way too many times. We have seen them treated as a subculture in True Blood. We have them all sparkly and romantic in the Twilight series. We even have them as bloodthirsty creatures of pure evil in 30 Days of Night. That said I am willing to…