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New Tuesdays - 10/28/2014

10/28/2014

DVD/Blu-ray movies, books and games debut on Tuesdays, so here's a list of the new geeky items for your media binging pleasure!

Today's Highlight:
The Slow Regard of Silent Things (The Kingkiller Chronicle) by Patrick Rothfuss

In this book, Patrick Rothfuss brings us into the world of one of The Kingkiller Chronicle’s most enigmatic characters. Full of secrets and mysteries, The Slow Regard of Silent Things is the story of a broken girl trying to live in a broken world.

The Slow Regard of Silent Things is a brief, bittersweet glimpse of Auri’s life, a small adventure all her own. At once joyous and haunting, this story offers a chance to see the world through Auri’s eyes. And it gives the reader a chance to learn things that only Auri knows....

****See this week's major new movies, books and games after the jump!****

THROWBACK THURSDAY: HALLOWEEN TV

10/23/2014

by Jen

For me, the Halloween season doesn't start when trick-or-treaters come to my door on October 31st - it starts when I see Halloween specials lighting up my television screen.

From It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown to Toy Story of Terror, I look forward to these specials every year - but The Simpsons’ annual Treehouse of Horror is my very favorite of all!

On Sunday 10/26 from noon to midnight, FXX will be airing all of The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror episodes. I literally could not be more excited. I may have even called my television provider to change my package to include the FXX channel just for this occasion. The Walking Dead will have to wait til Monday this week, because I’ll be marathoning The Simpsons on Sunday!

I asked some of my fellow GG Inc. writers what they love to watch on television duringthe Halloween season:

New Tuesdays - 10/21/2014

10/21/2014

DVD/Blu-ray movies, books and games debut on Tuesdays, so here's a list of the new geeky items for your media binging pleasure!

Today's Highlight:

This week we have the release of Just Dance 2015 and Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved. So you have no excuse not to invite your friends over and shake your booties. We will be...

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Monday Mourning - Once Upon a Time

10/20/2014

by Lauren

Dear Once,

It's time for us to have 'the talk.' You've always been a Disney property (you are on ABC after all) but you had managed in the past to put enough of a twist on the characters that it was still interesting - Rumpelstiltskin is also the 'Beast' and the 'Crocodile,' Peter Pan is the bad guy - you had my attention...

This season, however, you have jumped the proverbial shark. A straight up rip of all things Frozen! Belle and Rumple dancing in their 'movie costumes' to the Beauty and the Beast theme music?! The Sorcerer's Apprentice hat and walking broom! Ugh.

I watch a lot of TV and space on my DVR is prime real estate. I'm not breaking up with you yet Once, but you are on notice. For the moment, this is why I'm still watching at all...

Believe me, Colin O'Donoghue is more than enough reason to keep me tuning in, but I did break up with the Vampire Diaries last season despite of this:

So be warned Once - hot guys will keep my interest, but only for so long!

Stop being a sell-out and give us good stories!

Regina and Henry looking for the author of the book is a good start, let's have more of that. You brought back Will Scarlet/Knave of Hearts, let's get him more in the mix. There is still potential - play to your strengths Once, and you might not loose viewers after all.

FANGIRL FRIDAY – JOE HILL

10/17/2014

by Jen

If you’re a fan of horror novels, you need to be reading Joe Hill.

I stumbled upon Hill’s book Horns quite by accident in the library, and it did not disappoint. Integrating elements of Gothic fantasy in a modern horror setting, Horns tells the tale of Ig Parrish, who wakes up the morning after his girlfriend’s horrific murder to find he has sprouted horns on his head (that no one else can see) and that people are suddenly eager to share the details of their misdeeds with him - whether he wants to hear them or not.

It was only after I finished this marvelous book, I learned that Hill is in fact Joseph Hillstrom King - son of the legendary horror author Stephen King. While he does bear a physical resemblance to his famous father, Hill is a remarkable author in his own right.

His writings include novels, short stories, and graphic novels - most notably the eerie and astonishing Locke & Key series, illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez and set to be made into a trilogy of films by Universal Studios.

Horns was also made into a movie - starring Daniel Radcliffe and Juno Temple, it debuted at the Toronto Film Festival in 2013 and will be released in US theaters on October 31, 2014.

But don’t wait for the movie - go grab a book by Joe Hill today and get in the mood for Halloween!

TBT - What is old is new again?

10/16/2014

In the last few days there have been several announcements of bringing back some 80's classic cartoons for the modern generation.

Today, Universal set an Oct. 23, 2015 release date for its Jem and the Holograms movie, based on Hasbro’s cult Saturday Morning animated series.

OK, I'll admit - I kind of want to see this.

The musical fantasy reimagines Jem amid the current hyperlinked social media era in a story of a small-town girl going from underground video sensation to global superstar with her three sisters.

Jon M. Chu directed from Ryan Landels’ script with Aubrey Peeples as the lead. Stefanie Scott, Aurora Perrineau, Hayley Kiyoko, Ryan Guzman, Molly Ringwald and Juliette Lewis also star. - Variety

Yesterday, it was reported that Netflix was re-re-re booting The Care Bears with the exclusive Care Bears and Cousins series slated for 2016.

They look cute and fluffy, but the voice acting will be key to make this work...

Binge Watch Wednesday - Six Feet Under

10/15/2014

by Heather

Six Feet Under is a drama about a family running a funeral home. It is a character driven show. More than anything else what I remember about the show is it having one of the best endings of any show I have ever watched - then or now.

You don’t know it when you start, but you’re watching this entire series so that the epic finale hits you right in the gut

Nothing was left unresolved, and the last 10 minutes of the last episode were phenomenal.

This show is also a chance to see several actors in what I consider their breakout show. We have slightly neurotic matriarch Ruth (Frances Conroy of American Horror Story), uptight and closeted David (Michael C. Hall of Dexter) AKA my favorite character, laid back brother Nate (Peter Krause of Parenthood), sister Claire (Lauren Ambrose of Torchwood), Brenda as Nate's girlfriend (Rachel Griffiths of Brothers & Sisters) and Jeremy Sisto (Suburgatory) as her bi-polar brother, Billy.

New Tuesdays - 10/14/14

10/14/2014

by Lauren

The Princess Bride is my all-time favorite movie. Period. I know every line by heart. My brother and I taught ourselves the sword fight choreography between Wesley and Indigo using whiffle ball bats.

Inspired by the 25th anniversary cast reunion, Cary Elwes decided to put together this memoir full of behind-the-scenes stories and photos from the making of this iconic film, including fun interviews from the cast and crew.

A must have for fans of this awesome and timeless classic.

DVD/Blu-ray movies, books and games debut on Tuesdays, so here's a list of the new geeky items for your media binging pleasure!

Today's Highlight:
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
by Cary Elwes

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Fangirl Friday - Teen Crushes

10/10/2014

by Lauren

Early this week, I saw a commercial from a new CBS sitcom about a family from Boston. Ordinarily, this would not be news... except for when I squealed like a 14-year-old girl when I recognized that Joey McIntyre from New Kids on the Block was going to be in it.

I am 41-year-old married woman but in a single second I was involuntarily reduced to a Teen Beat reading girly-girl. It was like a acid flashback. Fortunately, my husband wasn't around to witness the swooning. (I also may have rewound it once or twice and set my DVR to record...)

THROWBACK THURSDAY - TWIN PEAKS

10/9/2014

by Jen

In 1990, I was a geeky sixteen year old girl living in a house with only one television set, and I rarely got to choose what we watched - so when my good friend started raving about this fantastic new show called Twin Peaks, I was intrigued but completely unable to indulge my curiosity.

My dad had a fairly geeky streak, but we bonded over shows like Star Trek: TNG - he had no interest in a weird pseudo-intellectual crime show, even if it did star Kyle MacLachlan of Dune fame.

When the movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me came out in 1992, said friend dragged me to the theater to see it with her – and my primary reaction was confusion, as I had no frame of reference for it. I shrugged it off and didn’t think much about it after that.

But then I heard the news this week - David Lynch is planning more episodes of Twin Peaks! Suddenly all I can think about it how my friend raved about the original all those years ago.

Off to Netflix I went, and imagine my glee when I found all 30 episodes of the original series just waiting for my perusal! I immediately devoured the pilot (all 90 minutes of it), and now every minute I can spare is dedicated to learning more about the bizarre town of Twin Peaks - and what exactly did happen to the homecoming queen?

The good news is I have some time to complete my Twin Peaks binge, as the new episodes are slated to air on Showtime in 2016 - just in time to fulfill Laura Palmer’s creepy prophecy that she would 'see us all again in 25 years.'

And unlike the original series, which left fans hanging, Lynch and Showtime have promised that this run will provide us with a satisfying conclusion to the mysteries of Twin Peaks!