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Another week of Peter Capaldi’s 12th Doctor. Another glimpse at his considerable talent at playing a curmudgeonly grump, an aloof wanderer, a pompous know-it-all and a childish prankster all in the space of a single episode.  Even in the space of a single scene, it feels at times! “The Caretaker” really showcased the 12th Doctor’s humor as well as his ...

Harvard Physicis Professor Mikhail Lukin recently told the Huffington Post that lightsabers, as presented in the Star Wars films are scientifically possible. According to his recently published paper titled “Attractive Photons in a Quantum Nonlinear Medium,” Lukin details how the photons can be made from molecules. Photons, which have no mass and don’t normally interact with one another, but according ...

“I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination.” -Walt Disney Next summer, Pixar will be releasing the first of two movies planned for release in 2015. A movie called Inside Out, which could prove to have the emotional power of Up. A little over a year ago, I had the ...

A Batman show that’s not about Batman, yet still capitalizes on other well-known characters while focusing on an incarnation of Jim Gordon that’s rather different from what we’re used to. And Jada Pinkett-Smith is there for some reason. That’s pretty much what the pilot episode of Gotham is in a nutshell. The biggest problem of the episode is not necessarily ...

StarWars.com has just released two 22-minute unfinished episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Keep in mind, these are the rough cuts, so don’t expect the same quality animation as the episodes that aired on TV. Also, take a look through the galleries for concept art of the Son of Dathomir comic and the upcoming Asajj Ventress novel, now titled ...

This is the last chance to participate in the Quest to Find Tauriel Something to Eat! Please check it out and comment HERE! Or on FACEBOOK!!! (Please excuse me for yelling.) “Tom the Troll’s Panini” by Astrid Tuttle Winegar Well, you can imagine that running into three trolls would be a terrifying encounter, but with the help of Gandalf’s cleverness, ...

Gotham Banner from Follow the Nerd http://www.followingthenerd.com.   From Marvel’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” to DC’s “Arrow,” comic book heroes have become a staple for major television networks—not as animated children’s cartoons, but as live-action shows targeting teens and adults. “Gotham” is unique in that all the action takes place before the career of the hero that made the fictional city a ...

As of the time of this posting, we’ve had the pleasure of witnessing the first five episodes of the Peter Capaldi era of Doctor Who: Deep Breath, Into The Dalek,  Robot of Sherwood, Listen, and Time Heist.  Thus far, Whovians seem to have mixed opinions on the 12th incarnation of our favorite Time Lord, which is no big surprise given the ...

Break Bread Like A Hobbit by Noble Smith Are meals at your house a hasty and chaotic event? Do members of your family fight at the table? Have you ever made a meal and not been thanked for all the hard work you put into it? If so, you and your family might want to take after the Shire-folk and ...

A Long-Expected Party by Joe Gilronan When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton. He walked briskly back to his hole, and stood for a moment listening with a smile. A Long-Expected Party by J.R.R. Tolkien The ...