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About Denise

Professional nerd. Lover of licorice.

Movie Review: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Nutshell: there’s a reason why Me & Earl is scooping up awards; it’s a touching but not sappy look at youth, illness and the bonds of friendship.  Come for the cool way director Gomez-Rejon imagines the story, stay for the … Continue reading →

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What/Why/How Review: Mortdecai

Sometimes all you want to know is “what is this?”, “why should I see it?” and “how’d you like it?” So here’s the lowdown on Mortdecai! What:  An idiot that somehow has incredible luck as a nowhere-near-legal art dealer/smuggler/cad, Mortdecai … Continue reading →

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Small Press Expo Announces Kate Beaton, Luke Pearson and Noelle Stevenson to Celebrate SPX’s 21st Birthday

I’ll let this release do all the heavy lifting, as they do an excellent job discussing their newest guests for this year’s SPX.  (September 19th & 20th, 2015.  Mark your calendars, small-press comics fans!) But if you’ve never read Hark! … Continue reading →

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Baltimore Screening Pass-Palooza: Self/Less — who’d you rather be?

UPDATE: Passes have been distributed. Thanks to everyone who entered, and congratulations to the winners! I’m loving the Self/Less trailer.  Very Philip K. Dick.  Here’s the synopsis: Billionaire industrialist Damian Hale (Ben Kingsley) is master of his universe, until he … Continue reading →

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Paranormal Activity: Ghost Dimension — first trailer goes live. Ish.

Horror series time, kiddies! Paranormal Activity was a slam-bang hit.  PA2 was pretty cool too.  Heck, I even sat still for PA3 and PA4.  Never did hit The Marked Ones, mostly because the spin-off vibe had me worried, and PA4 … Continue reading →

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The gang’s all here for the “Independence Day: Resurgence” Global Press event

I love Independence Day.  Yes, even though the aliens are IBM compatible.  As crazy-cool CGI popcorn wonderland, it works for me. So I’m excited and not a little bit nervous about the upcoming sequel, Independence Day: Resurgence. But the studio … Continue reading →

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Off the Shelf — Gotham Academy Volume 1: Welcome to Gotham Academy

Nutshell: Gorgeous art and a fresh YA spin give Welcome to Gotham Academy a new take on a well-worn mythology. Though a little too dependent on manga tropes to be truly original, with tie-ins to other series in the Batman … Continue reading →

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Baltimore Screening Pass-palooza: Ted 2!

Okay y’all.  Hard-copy passes for Ted 2 came in the mail this weekend.  So?  Time to hand ’em out! As they’re hard-passes, I’ll jump straight to the screening 411: What: ADMIT TWO passes for the Baltimore area screening of Ted … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Inside Out

Nutshell: quite possibly Pixar’s first existential children’s film.  Inside Out may have all the bright-n-shiny for the little ones, but make no mistake; adults will be the ones that really dive into this film.  Tons of stuff to love, though … Continue reading →

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Krampus: official synopsis and release date. Better enjoy summer, kiddies!

Oh how I love mythology.  Especially when it screws with the status quo.  Like Krampus.  You know Krampus; I know you watch Supernatural y’all. Mr. K is getting his own movie, and not the Grade Z flicks he’s been in … Continue reading →

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