We’ve Got to Go Back to the Lego Future!

Lego continues to out-cool itself on a regular basis. First Star Wars. Then Batman. Then Avengers. And recently, Hobbit Lego sets. We are truly living in a Lego Paradise. So what’s the latest and greatest theme that Lego is embracing? None other than the entire Back to the Future franchise! Great Scott! Lego has officially approved a Back to the Future licensed set for 2013, featuring Doc Brown, Marty McFly and the only car cooler …

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Merry Christmas! And Don’t Put a Hole In Ma’s Washtub!

Christmas time means one big thing for me… Christmas Movies! Growing up, I always loved Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. How could you not? That crazy animation. The elf who wanted to become a dentist. The scary (yet lovable) Bumble! Pure timeless awesomeness. And then there’s one of the funniest films of all time, A Christmas Story. There’ve been a lot of great ones over the years. Christmas Vacation. A Charlie Brown …

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The New ‘Man of Steel’ Trailer May Actually Turn Me Into a Superman Fan

I’ve never liked Superman. I’ve collected comic books since the 3rd Grade, and from the thousands of issues I’ve read (not to mention cartoons I watched over and over), I still found Superman just, well… Super Dull. He’s crazy powerful. Way too goody goody. And his secret identity is a total goof. Seriously, what kind of challenges can you put in his path? The Toy Man? That’s one of his big villains? It just seemed …

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Family Movie Night: The Three Stooges

Just about every Friday night, the family gathers together on the couch to watch a movie. Lately we’ve been watching some of my favorites from the ’80s like Back to the Future, Karate Kid, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. Not to mention The Goonies, Jurassic Park, Spider-Man, X-Men, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. I figured I should really be blogging our thoughts on these movies as seen through the eyes of a 7 …

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All I Want for Chanukah is the Tesseract

On this blackest of Black Fridays, as people claw and jostle their way through crowded stores to save a few bucks, I sit comfortably in my nice warm house just shopping online. I’ve never gone out for Black Friday and probably never will. The sales never look that insane to me that it warrants almost killing myself. I’m much happier shopping online. Heck, tons of the deals you’ll find in stores are exactly the same …

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