Two More New eBook Collections: SUPERHERO CINEMA and GEEK STREAK

You have seen yesterday that I've begun rolling out my new series of onlinemoviesmaniahd Anthology eBooks, which collect the best of my written work from this blog, The Escapist and elsewhere into a series of individually-themed volumes. Yesterday saw onlinemoviesmaniahd'S REEL BREAKDOWN drop, which collected the best of my written (read: non-Escape to The Movies) film reviews. Today, I'm proud to make available two new volumes: onlinemoviesmaniahd'S SUPERHERO CINEMA and onlinemoviesmaniahd'S GEEK STREAK; which collect a selection of non-review features on comic book movies and "geek cu
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NEW EBOOK COLLECTION: onlinemoviesmaniahd's Reel Breakdown

UPDATE: An error that was discovered with one of the reviews featuring incorrect text (Tomorrowland) has been corrected in the finished product. If anyone who already purchased a copy would like to talk replacement, please feel free to contact me.Hey hey! Remember when I said I was going to publish me some eBooks collecting my earlier reviews and other articles? Well, the first one is now available through Lulu.com for just $4.00 US!"onlinemoviesmaniahd's Reel Breakdown" is a collection of reviews NOT from Escape to The Movies (it's complicated) but a specially-curated selection of crit
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I Need an Editor - Is It You?

UPDATE: It's possible that the position may have already been filled - please refrain from sending emails if this bold message is still visible. Thank you.Straight to the point: I have a project that requires some fairly tedious pain-in-the-ass editing, and I'm willing to pay someone to do it because my schedule doesn't fit with this sort of additional workload - at least not in a decent timeline. So I'm looking to talk to a freelance editor - preferably NOT a total stranger, hence using my blog and social-media instead of whatever LinkedIn actually does.Interested? Read on.Okay, here's the
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Review: THE WITCH (2016)

THE WITCH is good. Pretty goddamn great in fact. It�s got killer atmosphere, it�s scary, it�s original, it�s fiercely well made, the acting is stellar, the effects are sparse but excellent, the screenplay is a marvel and the whole production feels unique, fascinating and endlessly watchable. It works as a drama, it works as a horror film, it works as historical recreation and it even works an arthouse movie that you can just let wash over you like rainy day museum visit.It�s also the kind of �serious-minded� horror movie that critics tend to go nuts for but mainstream horror fans end up rega
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TV Recap: AGENT CARTER - SEASON 2, EPISODE 5: THE ATOMIC JOB

So. Hayley Atwell is apparently getting a contemporary-set pilot for a non-Marvel production, which (combined with the lower than last season ratings) many are taking to mean that Season 2 will be the last we see of AGENT CARTER for awhile - maybe for good. Which means there's only five more episodes (three, after the twofer hitting tonight) for Season 2 to really pull this thing out and end on a high note.Thus far? Signs are still fairly discouraging that this will ever get as good as Season 1 started out being, but that doesn't mean it's a waste of time.This time, at least, the various plo
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UPDATES: Extra Credits and The Mary Sue

Hey hey! I've been busy, here's what with:I co-wrote this episode of Extra Credits!ALSO: The Mary Sue graciously opted to re-publish my South Park piece from a few weeks back. Check it out HERE.
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REVIEW: "Deadpool"

Reviews like this made possible in part through The onlinemoviesmaniahd Patreon. If you like what you see, please consider becoming a Patron.Let�s get one thing straight here, folks: DEADPOOL should not be the lead character of anything. He�s gonzo comic-relief, a bit player with a VERY specific bit to play, and that�s where he�s always belonged � or rather, its where he belonged once somebody figured out what to DO with him.Look, I don�t wanna pile on Rob Liefeld because the guy probably does probably get way too much hate on the internet (I mean fucking hell, people, YOU dra
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REVIEW: "Pride + Prejudice + Zombies"

Reviews like this made possible in part through The onlinemoviesmaniahd Patreon. If you like what you see, please consider becoming a Patron.Full review-text after the jump:PRIDE & PREJUDICE & ZOMBIES is the latest attempt to answer the question of whether or not you can stretch one joke into an entire movie, though this time the joke being adapted is less of the �setup-misdirection-punchline� and more of a �hey, isn�t it funny that this is a thing that exists� variety. Yes, COULD in fact read the original parody novel and get some laughs from it, but the main JOKE in play was that s
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TV RECAP: "Agent Carter: Season 2 - Episodes 3 & 4"

Well. Needless to say my plans to get back on track for weekly updates didn't go exactly as planned, though I'm sort of glad of that. Episode 3 ("Better Angels") felt a bit lackluster, falling back on elements that have been the least interesting part of the season so far in order to let subplots of later importance (Whitney Frost discovering she can kill with a touch thanks to her Zero Matter infection, Jason Wilkes being a "living ghost" thanks to a blast from the same) handle their setup.Episode 4, on the other hand? Much better - and the immediate payoff to the aforementioned subplots ma
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Green Room Trailer

Punk band trapped in a backwoods club with an army of white-supremacists looking to kill them for witnessing a murder. Finally coming out after a big impact on the festival circuit. Looks intense:
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