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I have never been a fan of gore. Horror movies that rely of blood and guts disgust me to the point of hating an entire movie even if the plot is good simply because of an absurd amount of gore. For this reason, I often find older and really bad horror and science fiction films that, while the story may be awful, it’s clean enough that I spend the entire time laughing.

The idea of this review began when Kylan posted a facebook survey about how many “bad” movies he had seen (I’ve only seen 36 of 170, but I plan to remedy this). I responded by asking how many of those he had seen he enjoyed.

I realize there are many really bad movies out there that should never have seen the light of day, even if they never reached a movie theater, but there are also many that, while considered “bad,” are enjoyable on different levels.

So this week I review a gem from the depth of the ‘90s: Tammy and the T-Rex. First, check out the trailer. Continue reading Best Geeky Finds – Tammy and the T-Rex →

Imagine a world where fairy tales are real and still living among us in a secret, hidden away block of… Maine? No, this isn’t Once Upon A Time.

Before the inception of ABC’s Storybrook, Maine, authors Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham created the graphic novel series Fables, which tells the story of Snow White, the Big Bad (Bigby) Wolf, Jack, Rose Red, and many, many more fairy tales living in Manhattan after having been chased from their homelands by the Adversary and its army.

Ten years later, with 5 spin-off graphic novel series, a regular novel, a video game, a proposed (yet failed) television series, and even a board game (as Willingham reminds readers is in issue #100), the series reached its final issue/volume this past July with #150. Continue reading Best Geeky Finds – The End of Fables →