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Couchzone Movie Club 1994…Flame Off, It’s Not Clobbering Time
My abiding memories of my cinema going experience of 1994 were repeatedly travelling to multiplex in Stoke to see Pulp Fiction, while at the same time looking out for late night special showings of...
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The Piledriver
An ear worm: the well-known phenomenon wherein one has a song or melody stuck in their head. I’ve no idea if the term for its visual analogue is eye worm, one would hope not, but a rose by any other...
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Gotham is actually a sequel to The OC (don’t call it that)
I’ve spent more of my life watching TV/movies than I have probably doing any one other thing besides sleeping. I like TV and movies and entertainment because it’s an escape. That’s hardly some unique,...
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Women’s Wrestling Extravaganza 8: Rise “Legendary”
With @EdinSanAntonio & @PeachMachine This episode covers all the action from the most recent Rise shows from Friday, March 30, 2019. Hosts Ed in San Antonio (@EdinSanAntonio) and PeachMachine...
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Spotify offered itself to new users for $.99/month for three months. I never subscribed to the service and have mostly been content to get my music via YouTube or random black dudes on street corners...
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Swing
She enjoys running full speed straight towards the banister, flipping the double bird above her head to the screaming hordes behind her, letting the building hate roar from her throat as she leaps....
View ArticleComic Con. 235: NOW WITH VIDEO!
Tony and Alex are back to talk all things comics for the week of March 27th, 2019. Included in that is News of: The Sandman imprint is getting a new editor, Zack Synder saying Batman can kill, West...
View ArticleComic Con. 236: Liefeld, You’re Not an Artist (or writer).
Tony and Alex are back to talk all things comics for the week of April 3rd, 2019. This Week’s Books: Avengers: Green Lantern 6, Young Justice 4, Walking Dead 190, Avengers: No Road Home 8, Conan the...
View ArticleThe First Star Wars IX Trailer is a Thing You Can See Here
Maybe it’s because Solo and Episode VIII were disappointing manifestations of long-held dreams (Han’s origin story; learning the fate of Luke Skywalker) or maybe it’s because anything nerd related...
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Why Game of Thrones SUCKS.
A lot of people think I’m contrarian just to be contrarian, like I automatically have some kind of revulsion for any and all things popular. What I don’t understand is why people think it’s a bad...
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Hallelujah as Covered by Jeff Buckley
Heaven Above Mike’s Twitter A song that was sung and ignored, covered and ignored except for one man who covered it again, only for it to be ignored. Until there was a death. Who knows when anyone...
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Couchzone Movie Club 1996: Mars Attacks Beavis and Butthead Brassed Off a...
If you lived in England in 1996 the abiding memory you probably have is that after years of tragedies, disasters and an ugly vibe of hooliganism surrounding the game, people found themselves falling...
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The Untold Story of Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner’s Career is No Coincidence)
Jeremy Renner isn’t thought of as a big movie star – and for good reason: he isn’t one. Nope, he’s Clint Barton, better known to the world as Hawkeye from Marvel’s The Avengers movies, and Marvel’s...
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Avengers: Endgame Trailer Debut
I put this here in case anyone* visiting the site is all, “Hey, I’d like to watch it for the 500th time in a row.” *me The post Avengers: Endgame Trailer Debut appeared first on HalfGuarded.
View ArticleMike Thinks He’s Spoiled Avengers: Endgame
What I want is for the opening five minutes to be Tony recording a good-bye for Pepper only to die as a result of the snap. This doesn’t fig – at all – as we saw Spider-Man die in Stark’s arms during...
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Spotify offered itself to new users for $.99/month for three months. I never subscribed to the service and have mostly been content to get my music via YouTube or random black dudes on street corners...
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Are Star Wars Fans Racist? Am I? … Wait, What?
A Long Time Ago A Galaxy Far, Far Away @HalfGuarded Today is Star Wars day. I know it came out in some not-America places already but that doesn’t count. People can pretend it does but look at box...
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George Lucas Killed Star Wars and It Cannot Be Resurrected
A long time ago, A Galaxy Far, Far Away @HalfGuarded George Lucas killed Star Wars and that was his right; God can kill his creation if he so chooses. With Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens,...
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Why Star Wars Ruined Filmmaking
Taking a glance at the highest grossing films of 1970 shows you just how much the motion picture industry has changed over the last 45 years. Of the top ten highest grossing U.S. movies, three were...
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Couchzone Special: The films Hollywood needs to make now!!!!!!!!!!
Ok, so that title is a bit of hyperbole, but taking a break from my year by year review of my personal history as a film fan, I’ve come up with something which I thought may be a little bit of fun. In...
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