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Cloverfield Producers Need to Look up Definition of Paradox

RJ Carter · February 2, 2019

The Earth is having a critical energy crisis. It's only hope lies with the experiments on an orbiting space station, where an international group of astronauts tries to fire up a super collider. If they are successful, they will provide a limitless source of free energy.

Happy Valentine's Day from Our February Bombshell, Batgirlio!

Critical Blast Staff · February 1, 2019

If Spring is when our thoughts and fancies are supposed to take a turn for the romantic, then why is Valentine's Day right smack dab in the middle of wintry February? Oh, who cares, when you have some gorgeous cosplay that's hot enough to melt the snow from your sidewalk?

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Receives Strong Ovation At Fox Theatre

Jeff Ritter · January 31, 2019

Fiddler on the Roof is the sort of musical that everyone knows, or is at least aware of. My mother used to play “Sunrise, Sunset” on the family record player when I was a kid. Somehow, the rest of the music and the context for that famous song had eluded me until now.

Heroes in Crisis, Readers in Remorse

RJ Carter · January 31, 2019

We've reached the exact midway point of Tom King and Clay Mann's murder mystery series, HEROES IN CRISIS, and things are adding up less and less.

Check Your Political Correctness At The Door for AVENUE Q

Jeff Ritter · January 30, 2019

The first time you see Avenue Q, a musical parody of Sesame Street written by Jeff Whitty with music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, you'll either be laughing uncontrollably or seething with indignation.

Catching Up: The Flash Episode 512, "Memorabilia"

RJ Carter · January 30, 2019

With this episode, we finally delve deeper into the mystery of why Nora Allen (JESSICA PARKER KENNEDY) is visiting from the future -- and it's not just because she wants to capture Cicada (CHRIS KLEIN).

NCBD Pull or No Pull? January 30, 2019

RJ Carter · January 28, 2019

No matter how fastidious you are in maintaining your comic shop pull list in your never-ending battle to make sure you don't miss anything good (or accidentally waste your money on something not so much), it never hurts to do a last minute check on what's coming out this week so you can make those fine-tuned adjustm

Jesus Christ: Super...Hero?

RJ Carter · January 24, 2019

As the 1980s were drawing to a close, DC Comics mature imprint, Vertigo, had a series called SWAMP THING. Rick Veitch was writing it, and his story arc had the plant elemental on a journey backward through time, having him wind up in historically important events to the DC timeline.