J. Edgar
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Judi Dench
Release Date: November 11, 2011

Submerged in sloppy sentiment, J. Edgar, Clint Eastwood‘s latest directorial effort, is unrelieved of its melodramatic characteristics, growing sappier as the film approaches its conclusion. Instead of getting an aggressively bold portrait of J. Edgar Hoover, a man undoubtedly built into the firmament of American history, we get a dreary and almost entirely lifeless (save for Leonardo DiCaprio‘s vigorous performance as Hoover) film that teeters on a precipitous cliff until it finally crumbles and dissolves into a pool of cheap melodrama.

Mr. Eastwood usually navigates keenly the narrow road that divides drama from melodrama. We have been accustomed, to the point of being spoiled, to witness him effortlessly depict his craft in top form in Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby, two films that could have easily mingled with cheap sappiness but instead were rescued by assured direction and consistently intelligent scripts [...]

Right now, Amazon is selling the 11.6-inch Apple MacBook Air laptop for $939.94* – that’s $59 off the regular price of $999.

The sale is for the newest version of the Apple MacBook Air MC968LL/A 11.6-Inch Laptop with 1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB RAM, and 64GB Hard Drive (weight is only 2.38 pounds!)

The MacBook Air 11.6-inch 4GB laptap is also reduced $60 at $1,138.99 if you want something with more RAM. [...]

The latest deal over at The Yetee is an Aliens and Spaceballs-inspired shirt called “That’s All Folks” by Andy Hunt.

The t-shirt is on sale for $11 through the site for the next two days. See countdown clock on the main page [...]

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel is the Star Wars-themed shirt called “Keep Calm You Will” by apalooza.

The sale at RIPT began today, Sunday, November 27, 2011, at midnight CST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]

For Black Friday, all this week Amazon is offering up Lightning Deals, limited quantities of various products for a discounted price for a 4-hour window of time.. You have to be on the lookout for these deals and once the item runs out, the sale is over. Meaning, if you see something on sale that you want, buy it immediately before it’s gone.

Amazon has released the Lightning Deal schedule and prices for Movies & TV on DVD and Blu-ray for Sunday, November 27, starting at 8:30AM PST (that’s 11:30AM EST) and running through 11:30pm PST. See list of Sunday’s deals here below, along with more information on how these special deals work.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2011

8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. PST

Remember Me
DVD – $5.99

Talladega Nights – The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (Unrated Full Screen Edition)
DVD – $3.49

Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
DVD – $3.99 [...]

Legend of Isis: The First Flight of Horus #1
Written by Darren G. Davis & Kenton Daniels
Art by Andre Araujo
Colors by Miguel Marque
Letters by Warren Montgomery
Graphics by Darren G. Davis
Logo Design by Patrick Foster
Cover by Josie Lara
Blue Water Productions
Release Date: September 28, 2011
Cover Price: $3.99

In this first issue of the new Legend of Isis series, we jump right into the thick of the action. The problem is there’s not really any set up. So if you’ve never read this title before you’re going to be a little bit lost, as I was.

Writers Darren G. Davis and Kenton Daniels deliver some great action for a first issue, most of the time premiere issue are all set up with about two pages of action at the very end of the book. In this case, I really think that that formula might have helped them a little [...]

Amazon has eight titles available in their Digital Rental Deals for this weekend, which include several new movies, like Super 8, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Conan The Barbarian, and Cars 2, for only $1.99 each.

- Super 8 | 24-Hour Rental
- *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | 48-Hour Rental
- The Change-Up | 24-Hour Rental
- *Water For Elephants | 48-Hour Rental
- Conan The Barbarian (2011) | 24-Hour Rental
- Cars 2 | 48-Hour Rental
- *Tree Of Life | 48-Hour Rental
- *Miral | 24-Hour Rental

Once you activate the rental through Amazon’s Instant Demand service, you’ll have access to the movie for 24-48 hours (as noted above) [...]

All right, so you guys know I like Batman, right? That’s not really a secret that I’m trying to hide. Another thing that I don’t really like to hide is cool art related to the character. And Austin, TX-based artist Xero has come to the task of putting together a pretty rad group of art prints of some of the best of Batman’s rogues gallery.

In a collection that the artist calls “Gotham’s Most Wanted,” Xero takes his/her own style on various villains on the caped vigilante. In this set we see Xero’s unique perspective on the heavy hitters such as Catwoman, Scarecrow, Two-Face, Killer Croc, Poison Ivy and, of course, The Joker [...]

For a huge selection of high quality MP3 albums at low prices there’s no better place to shop online than at Amazon. Every month the website hosts a wide variety of downloadable albums for $5 at their MP3 store and this month they have 100 titles available, each of which will only set you back a single digital Abe Lincoln. Since individual MP3s tend to sell for 99 cents at least you’re saving yourself a few bucks as well. Among the sweet deals Amazon is offering in November you’ll find titles from artists such as Lauren Hill, Bob Dylan, the Black Keys, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, John Coltrane, Kings of Leon, and Norah Jones.

One title in particular that would make a nice Christmas present for the sports movie enthusiast in your family is Rocky Balboa: The Best of Rocky [...]

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel today is an Edgar Allan Poe-inspired shirt called “Hungover” by Teo Zirinis.

The sale began at RIPT today, Saturday, November 26, 2011, at midnight CST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]

For Black Friday, all this week Amazon is offering up Lightning Deals, limited quantities of various products for a discounted price for a 4-hour window of time.. You have to be on the lookout for these deals and once the item runs out, the sale is over. Meaning, if you see something on sale that you want, buy it immediately before it’s gone.

Amazon has released the Lightning Deal schedule and prices for Movies & TV on DVD and Blu-ray for Saturday, November 26, starting at 8:30AM PST (that’s 11:30AM EST) and running through 11:30pm PST. See list of Black Friday deals here below, along with more information on how these special deals work.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2011

8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. PST

Fair Game
Blu-ray – $8.49

Law Abiding Citizen
DVD –
$4.99

Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
DVD – $3.99 [...]

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
Netflix Streaming
DVD | Blu-Ray
Directed by Kevin Munroe
Written by Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer
Based on the comic series by Tiziano Sclavi
Starring Brandon Routh, Sam Huntington, Anita Briem, Peter Stormare, Marco St. John, Kurt Angle, Taye Diggs
Freestyle Releasing
Originally Released: April 29, 2011

Kevin Monroe‘s take on the comic series Dylan Dog, first created by Italian talent Tiziano Slavi, only bears some resemblance to its origins, but is at moments a film based in fun with a wide variety of homages.

Added to Netflix’s streaming selection quite literally just before Thanksgiving, Dylan Dog: Dead Of Night is the category of flick to watch if you enjoy movies in the vein of Indiana Jones or detective mysteries [...]

Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere: 15th Anniversary Edition
DVD
Directed by Dewi Humphreys
Written by Neil Gaiman
Created by Neil Gaiman and Lenny Henry
Starring Gary Bakewell, Laura Fraser, Paterson Joseph, Hywel Bennett, Clive Russell, Trevor Peacock, Peter Capaldi, Tasmin Greig
BBC
Release Date: November 15, 2011

This year, the BBC celebrates the 15th anniversary of fan-favorite Neil Gaiman‘s first endeavor into the world of television series. In 1996, Gaiman had established himself as a solid writer of novels and comic series, and joining forces with the phenomenal Lenny Henry, created the world of Neverwhere – an almost-unseen domain lying beneath the city of London. [...]

Pilot Season: Anonymous #1
Created by Matt Hawkins, Alan McElroy
Written by Alan McElroy
Art by Michael Montenant
Colors by Phil Smith
Letters by Troy Peteri
Cover by Eric Jones
Top Cow Productions
Release Date: November 9th, 2011
Cover Price: $3.99

Pilot Season: Anonymous #1 is a very interesting read that could have been a great one, if not for a few things. The thing that I don’t care for in the current Top Cow studios is that there’s really no Top Cow “style” anymore. It used to be, when you picked up a Top Cow book, you knew EXACTLY what you were getting. A certain art style, a familiar method of story telling, it felt like a cohesive universe. Unfortunately, that luxury is gone now [...]

DC Comics and ComiXology are apparently starting a Black Friday tradition with Blackest Friday.

Blackest Friday is the publishing company’s 99 cent sale that features the comic books from the 2009-2010 crossover event comic. All of the tie-ins and crossovers from R.E.B.E.L.S. to the special mini-series comics like Blackest Night: Titans are included in this mega-sale. In fact, this sale moves beyond the hit series into the bi-weekly follow up comic Brightest Day, however the Brightest Day tie-ins are not included [...]

Funko released images and preorder information for the upcoming Blox line of unique vinyl toys.

I’m a big fun of all of Funko’s line of vinyl figures including the bobble heads and more specifically the rounded, larger Pop! Vinyl figures that add a certain level of “adorable” that Funko has seemed to perfect on pop culture icons such as The Joker and Batman [...]

Pilot Season: Seraph #1
Created by Lance Briggs
Written by Phil Hester, Lance Briggs
Pencils by Jose Luis
Inks by Sandro Ribeiro
Colors by David Ocampo, Bill Farmer
Letters by Troy Peteri
Cover by Jose Luis, Sandro Riberiro, and David Ocampo
Top Cow Productions
Release Date: November 16th, 2011
Cover Price: $3.99

In the interest of fairness, I should warn you all ahead of time that I am a life long, die-hard Green Bay Packers fan. With that being said, I can guarantee you that that will have NO bearing on my review and opinions of Seraph #1. I’ve read and reviewed three of the Top Cow Pilot Season titles today and I can honestly say, that this is the one that I liked the most. It’s by far the most original, with a very interesting concept created by Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs and fleshed out by writer Phil Hester. It’s a great blend of super heroics/the supernatural and, unfortunately, reality for some unfortunate people [...]

The Mondo set of posters and prints are some of the most dynamic art pieces that are available commercially, and the newly announced line of DC Comics Mondo posters starts on Friday with this awesome Fortress of Solitude piece.

Starting at a random time on Friday, Mondo will be releasing this limited edition poster prints to the masses for a cool price tag of $50. The piece by J.C. Richard is 12×32 and showcases arguably the most iconic of DC characters, Superman. And while it does showcase Superman, the piece focuses not only on the character but also his Fortress of Solitude [...]

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at Teefury today is a mash-up of Super Mario Bros. and Doctor Who called “Weeping Boos” by sleepingsky.

The sale at Teefury began at today, Friday, November 25, 2011 at midnight EST and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it won’t be sold at the site anymore [...]

All week, Amazon has been offering up Lightning Deals, limited quantities of various products for a discounted price for a 4-hour window of time, as a prelude to the biggest shopping day of the year — Black Friday. You have to be on the lookout for these deals and once the item runs out, the sale is over. Meaning, if you see something on sale that you want, buy it immediately before it’s gone.

Amazon has released the Lightning Deal schedule and prices for Music CDs and Box Sets for Friday, November 25, starting at 5AM PST (that’s 8AM EST) and running through 9pm PST. See a sample of some of the Black Friday deals here below, along with more information on how these special deals work. You can visit the main Sale calendar page to see ALL the deals and the exact times they’ll be going up.

Jimi Hendrix: Winterland (5 CD Box Set)
$25.99

Pearl Jam: Pearl Jam Twenty
$10.99 [...]