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The Manliest Swordfight Of All Time

February 24, 2012Erik Kain

Alex Knapp has been singing Gentlemint’s praises, and with good reason. It’s basically Pinterest for men. Alex passed along this neat article (via Facebook) on the “7 Manliest Swordfights Of All Time” which he found on Gentlemint. It’s a great list, with lots of the usual suspects including the fantastic swordfights from Princess Bride and […]

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Arts & Entertainment, byline=E.D. Kain, Film, George Lucas, Harisson Ford, Indiana Jones, Lifestyle, Princess Bride, Rob Roy, Stephen Spielberg, Swordfights

What Happened To Kevin Smith?

February 20, 2012Erik Kain

Kevin Smith’s new reality TV show on AMC, Comic Book Men, is meeting mixed reviews. I haven’t seen it yet, and I’ll be honest out the gates: I probably won’t but I plan to… I just can’t make myself care about Smith’s work these days. Of his entire film repertoire, only Dogma stood out as anything […]

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AMC, Arts & Entertainment, byline=E.D. Kain, Comic book, Comic Book Men, Direct market, Dogma, Film, Kevin Smith, KevinSmith, Lifestyle, New Jersey, Pawn Stars, Reality television, Smith, Television

Dear George Lucas: Kill Jar Jar Binks And Then Maybe I’ll Go See Star Wars In 3D

February 11, 2012Erik Kain

has long milked his Star Wars franchise for every last penny. Now he’s released the Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace in 3D. John Young at Entertainment Weekly notes that the film has done pretty well. “The three-dimensional re-release of the two-dimensional Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace collected $8.7 million on Friday, […]

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Arts & Entertainment, byline=E.D. Kain, Darth Vader, Entertainment Weekly, Film, George Lucas, Jar Jar Binks, Lifestyle, Phantom Menace, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, starwars, YouTube

Is Crowdsourcing The Future Of Film?

February 8, 2012Erik Kain

Filmmakers for the indie science fiction film Iron Sky utilized crowdsourcing to create and fund the picture. Alex Knapp captions the above trailer for the yet-to-be-released film Iron Sky: What makes Iron Sky particularly cool, in my opinion, is that despite its goofy, B-movie premise, the production values look to be top notch. And tons of […]

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Arts & Entertainment, Berlin, byline=E.D. Kain, Crowdsourcing, Facebook, Film, Forbes, Iron Sky, Lifestyle, Nazi, Nazism, Social Media, Tech, Twitter, Video

Shoot Your Own Movie With Nikon’s New D800 DSLR Camera

February 7, 2012Erik Kain

‘s latest DSLR lets you shoot video in stunning high-definition. The above video was shot by photographer Sandro Miller using ‘s latest digital SLR camera, the D800. Chris Foresman profiles thew new high-definition camera: Boasting a 36.3 megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor, high ISO shooting capabilities, and a variety of high definition video modes, the D800 […]

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Active pixel sensor, APS-C, byline=E.D. Kain, Canon, Digital single-lens reflex camera, Film, Gadgets, Gear, International Organization for Standardization, Nikon, Nikon D800, Nikon DX format, Sandro Miller, Tech

Star Wars Isn’t A Religion It’s A Space Opera

January 29, 2012Erik Kain

Liel Leibovitz takes on the Force and the overly simplistic mythology of Star Wars: From faith stems nuance. From myth, generalities. And, sadly for us, the spirit of myth is winning: We revere Star Wars because to our minds—modern machines that equate religion with superstition and are willing to disregard imperfections in science but never in […]

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Arts & Entertainment, byline=E.D. Kain, Darth Vader, Death Star, Film, Force, Jedi, Jedi Knight, Jedi Knights, Jediism, Liel Leibovitz, Lifestyle, Luke Skywalker, Nerd Culture, religion, Star Wars, starwars, The Force

ElfQuest Not Coming To The Silver Screen

January 24, 2012Erik Kain

Rob Beschizza has some sad news. The cult classic fantasy comic, ElfQuest, is not going to be made into a movie – at least not any time soon: Warner Brothers has canceled production of Elfquest, a movie about the feral descendants of space-faring shape-shifters and their quest to uncover the truth about their ancestors’ crash-landing on […]

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Arts & Entertainment, byline=E.D. Kain, Elfquest, Facebook, Film, Forbes, Google, Hobbit, Lifestyle, Twitter, Warner Bros

Roger Ebert Explains Why 2011 Wasn’t a Big Year for the Movies

December 29, 2011Erik Kain

Roger Ebert is easily the most entertaining film critic out there, and only more so since he’s been blogging. His explanation for 2011′s decline in ticket sales at the movie theatre is well worth the read. He lists six reasons why 2011 wasn’t a huge year compared to 2010: 1. There was no major must-see […]

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Arts & Entertainment, Avatar, byline=E.D. Kain, Dark Knight, Ebert, Film, Google, Lifestyle, movie, Movie theater, Netflix, Roger Ebert, Television

Watch the New ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Trailer

December 19, 2011Erik Kain

The second trailer for the third Batman ‘Dark Knight’ series has leaked online. And Gotham is at war. See also: Mark Hughes on the new Dark Knight trailer plus some more trailers to keep you occupied. A part of me thinks that there’s no way the third Dark Knight film could be anywhere near as […]

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Arts & Entertainment, Bane, Batman, byline=E.D. Kain, Catwoman, Christopher Nolan, Dark Knight, Dark Knight Rises Trailer, Facebook, Film, Games, Gotham City, Heath Ledger, Lifestyle, Movies, Tech, The Dark Knight Rises

Watch the Official ‘Hunger Games’ Trailer At Last

November 14, 2011Erik Kain

I admit, I’m skeptical that this movie can do the books justice. It basically has to be PG-13 given the target demographic, but the violence in the books is absolutely R-rated. Indeed, The Hunger Games books are among the most violent young adult novels I’ve read, but it’s a violence that works to really drive […]

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Arts & Entertainment, Book, byline=E.D. Kain, Film, Hunger Games, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Katniss Everdeen, Lenny Kravitz, Liam Hemsworth, Movie Trailers, Previews, trailer

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