[Cinema Sunday] “Sid & Nancy” – Gary Oldman’s Big Break

March is coming to its end. And with that, the month long series of the career and success of Gary Oldman will be reaching its conclusion. Each post so far has covered a movie wherein a certain point of Gary’s career as an actor was changed by the role. Dracula, Norman Stansfield, George Smiley, etc. Now it’s time to look at where it all started, the part and film that gave the man his big break in the motion picture industry. With that, the time travel trip today is back to 1986. The year of the Challenger space shuttle incident,

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[Comic Book Review] Image Comics’ CLOVER HONEY Special Edition TPB by Rich Tommaso

PopCultHQ received an advance review copy of CLOVER HONEY Special Edition TPB from Image Comics. Available April 11th, 2018, the creative team for this series features writing and art from Rich Tommaso. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… CLOVER HONEY Special Edition TPB Writer: Rich Tommaso Artist: Rich Tommaso Cover Artist: Rich Tommaso Item Code: FEB180544 In Shops: Apr 11, 2018 SRP: $12.99 IMAGE COMICS “ARTIST-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION”! Abigail is an aspiring hitwoman out to prove her value to the family. She braves the wilds of Newark, overpriced parking, traffic jams, and bad hair days to track down Trevor, her former mentor, who

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[Comic Book Review] Image Comics’ BLACK SCIENCE Vol. 7: “Extinction is the Rule” TPB

PopCultHQ received an advance review copy of BLACK SCIENCE Vol. 7: “Extinction is the Rule” TPB from Image Comics. Available March 21st, 2018, the creative team for this series features writing from Rick Remender, art by Matteo Scalera, colors from Moreno Dinisio, and letters by Rus Wooton. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… BLACK SCIENCE Vol. 7: “Extinction is the Rule” TPB Story: Rick Remender Art: Matteo Scalera Colors: Moreno Dinisio Letters: Rus Wooton Cover: Matteo Scalera Collects BLACK SCIENCE #31-34 Published: March 21, 2018 Diamond ID: DEC170675 Age Rating: M The Eververse is collapsing under its own weight. The Dimensionauts, a

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[Cinema Sunday] “Léon: The Professional” – A Villainous Oldman

Every actor and actress at some point in their career plays a role that has a different shape from their usual parts. It challenges them, makes develop a different on-camera dynamic, and in that development there is a transformation of sorts. In the case of Gary Oldman, that transformation came when he took on a character that had to go into a place of anger and pure psychotic mania. The Cinema Sunday dial is set to travel back to 1994, the year that saw the passing of Kurt Cobain, Nelson Mandela elected as the first black president of South Africa,

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[Book Review] ‘Fleet Insurgent’ by Susan R. Matthews

NOVELLAS, SHORT STORIES, AND MORE IN THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED UNDER JURISTICTION SERIES from John W. Campbell Award finalist Susan R. Matthews. Together for the first time, here are the novellas, novelettes, and short stories that complete Matthews’ epic science fiction series. Plus, supplemental materials that flesh out Matthews’ characters and detailed worldbuilding. Collected for the first time, here is the complete Under Jurisdiction body of work falling outside of Matthews’ celebrated novels: long out-of-print short stories fleshing out details of the personal histories of favorite characters, including Joslire Curran and Security Chief Stildyne; substantial novellas—two published here for the first time ever—covering

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[Comic Book Review] VINEGAR TEETH #3 from Dark Horse Comics

PopCultHQ received a review copy of VINEGAR TEETH #3 from Dark Horse Comics. Available March 21st, 2018, the creative team for this series features writing from Damon Gentry and Troy Nixey, art/letters from Troy Nixey, and colors from Michelle Madsen. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… Vinegar Teeth #3 Writers: Damon Gentry and Troy Nixey Artist: Troy Nixey Colorist: Michelle Madsen Letterer: Troy Nixey Cover Artist: Troy Nixey In Shops: March 21st, 2018 SRP: $3.99 As Brick City goes to hell, Detective Buckle and his Lovecraftian monster sidekick Vinegar Teeth try to solve what’s turning all the citizens into deadly zombies in

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[Comic Book Review] MAGE: THE HERO DENIED #7 from Image Comics

PopCultHQ received a review copy of MAGE: THE HERO DENIED #7 from Image Comics. Available March 14th, 2018, the creative team for this series features writing and art from Matt Wagner, colors by Brennan Wagner, and lettering from Dave Lanphear. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… MAGE: THE HERO DENIED #7 Writer: Matt Wagner Artist: Matt Wagner Colorist: Brennan Wagner Letterer: Dave Lanphear Cover Artist: Matt Wagner In Shops: March 14, 2018 SRP: $3.99 MATT WAGNER’s classic saga of comics fantasy continues in the third and final part of his epic MAGE trilogy. After encountering a rare and ominous mystical creature, Kevin Matchstick has enlisted black-market magic to

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[Comic Book Review] VS #2 from Image Comics

PopCultHQ received an advance review copy of VS #2 from Image Comics. Available this Wednesday, March 14th on New Comic Book Day (NCBD), the issue features writing from Ivan Brandon, interior art by Esad Ribić, colors by Nic Klein, and letters from Aditya Bidikar. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… VS #2 Writer: Ivan Brandon Artist: Esad Ribić Colorist: Nic Klein Letterer: Aditya Bidikar Designs: Tom Muller Cover Artists: Esad Ribić, Tom Muller Available: March 14th, 2018 SRP: $3.99 With fresh augments and new sponsors, Satta Flynn is ready for his big comeback fight. But while war never changes, fame is a fickle mistress. Can Satta

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[Book Review] ‘Monster Hunter Memoirs: Sinners’ by Larry Correia & John Ringo

NIGHTMARE IN THE BIG EASY With New Orleans out of control, Chad Oliver Gardenier, one of Monster Hunter International’s premier hunters, has been dispatched from Seattle to reinforce the beleaguered members of MHI’S Hoodoo Squad in their fight against the darkness. Chad had once taken a werewolf while wearing only jogging gear. With half a dozen or more loup garou appearing every full moon, mysterious shadow demons, houdounnecromancers, fifty-foot bipedal crocodiles showing up every couple of months and more vampires than a Goth concert, New Orleans in the ’80s gives a whole new perspective to the term “Hell on Earth.” In fact, more monsters

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[Comic Book Review] USAGI YOJIMBO: THE HIDDEN #1 from Dark Horse Comics

PopCultHQ received a review copy of USAGI YOJIMBO: THE HIDDEN #1 from Dark Horse Comics. Available March 21st, 2018, the creative team for this issue features writing & illustrations from Stan Sakai. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… USAGI YOJIMBO: THE HIDDEN #1 Writer: Stan Sakai Artist: Stan Sakai Cover Artist: Stan Sakai A new story begins here! On his way to see Inspector Ishida, Usagi is confronted by Shogunate guards . . . a sign of the times. While unraveling a pair of murders in town later, Usagi and Ishida become wary as they find the corpses stripped of all identification–except for a

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