War is brewing in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and things are going to get messy. Genetically evolved apes vs. humans- can either side be reasoned with? Are the…
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Review: Halt and Catch Fire Pilot
AMC’s original show, Halt and Catch Fire, has finally premiered! To learn more about whether or not it’s worth a watch, check out my review over at Crave Online. Spoiler alert:…
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Blood on the Canvas: Karate Girl
I don’t know about you, but watching an awesome, balls-to-the-wall fight gets me pumped up and ready to take on the world. This week’s Blood on the Canvas highlights not…
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Super Sex Theorists: "Hung up on Superheroes’ Sex Organs"
Discussions on superhero sex lives inevitably prompt people to quote three different authors. Psychiatrist Fredric Wertham rattled the comic book industry with insinuations of homoerotic and sadomasochistic subtext. Sci-fi master Larry Niven wondered whether Superman could reproduce. Through the film Mallrats, Kevin Smith answered Niven’s concerns and raised new questions.
Syfy Acquires the Rights to Starz’ Spartacus
Syfy has been acquiring several shows to mix in with their original programming, but none quite like Spartacus. This is a Starz original series with 39 episodes, and, just like…
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Ye Olde Masters of Sex: Sexology Before Masters and Johnson
While the Showtime series “Masters of Sex” dramatizes Masters and Johnson’s groundbreaking sex research, it is worth noting that many others preceded them in studying sex. Sexology has many pioneers from Parent-Duchatelet’s report on prostitution in 1837 through the Kinsey Reports of 1948 and 1953, with Krafft-Ebing, Freud, Hirschfeld, Ellis, Mead, and others in between.