Electric Six
Heartbeats & Brainwaves
Metropolis Records
8/10

With Electric Six’s Heartbeats & Brainwaves—the disco-punk-metal’s eighth album in nine years—the Detroit-based sextet may not break any new ground, but therein lays their charm. Arguably the most prolific band in existence right now, singer Dick Valentine and his five cohorts are content to crank out their brand of earnest inanity, and they aren’t all that interested in changing up their formula for broader appeal; one gets the impression their flirtation with the mainstream at the outset of their career was enough for them. They’re something …

Captain America: The First Avenger
Paramount Pictures
7/10
Captain America: The First Avenger is the origin story of well-known comic book hero Captain America. Set in the 1940′s during WWII, the film follows Steve Rogers, a scrawny Brooklyn man who wants nothing more than to serve Mother and Country and do his part. Unfortunately, Rogers is deemed physically unfit to join the U.S. Armed Forces, but a simple twist of fate finds him volunteering for the “Top Secret Super Soldier Project.” Quickly transformed from sickly young man into Captain America, this superhero fights …

Cinefamily is having their first ever Fantastic Elastic 24hr Holiday Telethon Event today! The Silent Movie Theater in Hollywood is opening its doors for FREE, and keeping them open, for one jam packed day bursting the seams with stars, screenings, special guests, band performances, and giveaways. Highlights include programs and appearances by Spike Jonze, Benicio del Toro, Robert Forester, Michael Cera, Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields, screenwriters Josh Olson (A History of Violence) and Larry Karaszewski, Neil Hamburger, DJ Lance Rock, and many many more! The line-up is amazing!
The …

The hit pay-what-you-like indie game phenomenon is back! After already raising over a million dollars for charity through the last two bundles, this year’s passed the $500K in donations mark in less than a day!  Humble Bundle is blind to social status, probation status, or platform. Rich, poor, Mac, and PC alike, all are welcome. But no DRM, and no Mexicans.
The Bundle helps give to needy causes in two ways; it brings awesome games to those deprived of quality indie-tastic entertainment, most likely small children and unemployed young men who …

Whether you’re a purist who keeps your precious comic books in safety deposit boxes or a n00b who just jumped on the bandwagon at Hollywood’s behest (yeah, tell me I’m wrong, girls-who-think-Green-Lantern-has-always-looked-like-Ryan-Reynolds and kids-who-think-Batman-always-sounded-like-Christian-Bale-constipated), you should at least be aware that comic books are cool now. At least, that’s what I’m putting out onto the Internet and as we all know, everything on the Internet is true.
With that said, 2011 was actually a bang-up year for the world of comic books. The San Diego Comic Con has not yet been …