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Tintin Celebrates 80 years

By tone | Published: January 10, 2009
The year 2009 promises to be a big year for both Marvel and the world of Tintin. Tintin is celebrating 80 years since he made his way and conquered many kids’ hearts throughout the world from January 10th 1939 and on. There is something missing. Did [...]
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Swatch James Bond

By tone | Published: January 7, 2009
Don’t tell Frank Castle about the latest James Bond Swatch watches. The coolest one is the  Baron Samedi watch. The Villain Collection has 22 watches from the best of the Bond villains.The legendary figure of Baron Samedi is a mischief-maker who both tempts and punishes humans. Dr. Kananga employs a man who claims to be Baron Samedi [...]
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Spider-Man Music

By tone | Published: January 2, 2009
Grantray-Lawrence Animation is the Canadian animation by brought the world The Marvel Super Heroes and Spider-Man television shows. They also created the in-house show called Rocket Robin Hood. We don’t realize it but sound is a major key in animation. It brings the whole experience alive. The animation of these shows were not exactly the best of the crop back [...]
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Max Fleischer’s Superman

By tone | Published: December 24, 2008
It’s about time! Warner Brothers and DC Comics have finally put their heads together to bring clean crisp copies of the original Max Fleischer Superman cartoons. Considered by many as the best Superman incarnation of the character. You have seen the cartoons either in Youtube or in dollar bins in many stores. [...]
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Futurama Into The Wild Green Yonder

By tone | Published: December 17, 2008
The fourth and final of the Futurama movie series Into the Wild Green Yonder is making way to stores on February 24. The special voice appearances will include illusionist Penn Jillette, hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg, talk radio superstar Phil Hendrie, and Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane.All the other galaxies will be green with envy! In [...]
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SpongeBob vs. The Big One

By tone | Published: December 3, 2008
The newest SpongeBob direct to DVD is an extra bonus for the new collection of six episodes from Nickelodeon. Johnny Depp makes a rare voice appearance in the kid friendly show. SpongeBob vs. The Big One still proving that this show still has legs and longevity. Many shows don’t make it this far in the short attention span [...]
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Astro Boy Teaser Trailer

By tone | Published: November 21, 2008
There must be a cookie-cutter formula with CGI movies out there as of late. They all look alike. Astro Boy’s appearance in the 60’s was the building block of the Anime empire. The trailer is finally up and going and honestly I don’t know where it’s going. There [...]
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Futurama Bender’s Game

By tone | Published: October 28, 2008
Futurama is becoming a self parody in a good sense. The new movies are mostly an homage to characters from past episodes with new plots and twists. Borrowing heavily from Dungeons and Dragons and Lord of the Rings. Matt Groening brings us the best so far in the animated movies of the Futurama franchise. The series always depended on [...]
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The Partridge Family Season 3

By tone | Published: October 15, 2008
After a long hiatus between season box sets of the Partridge Family, season three is finally here. Come on get happy and join the music family that made waves in the early 70’s with bell bottomed Keith who melted on many young girl’s Tiger Beat folded posters. There is [...]
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You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown

By tone | Published: October 6, 2008
You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown With elections both looming in both Canada and in the United States, it’s only appropriate to have Linus thrown into the mix of the campaign trail for his own election at his school level. Not the cream of the crop but still good entertainment for [...]
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