Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel

Following the commercial success of the live-action movie, “Alvin and the Chipmunks,” a follow-up was greenlit by 20th Century Fox (pre-Disney purchase) to bring back families and animal lovers back for more. This time, The Chipettes make their live-action film debut in “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.” Released in 2009, (same year Coraline came […]

Alvin and the Chipmunks

In 1958, Ross Bagdasarian penned, “Witch Doctor.” Once he recorded the vocal part, he sped up the vocals on high pitch. This served as a prototype to his biggest creation, “Alvin and the Chipmunks.” Later that year, Ross penned another song, “The Chipmunk Song.” The lyrics officially introduced the trio, Alvin, Simon, & Theodore. Their […]

Comics Review: X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills

Time for another comic book review. A television minister named, William Stryker promotes extreme religion and discrimination against mutants. Encouraging a cult he organizes to wipe out mutants. Stryker’s grandmaster plan is to brainwash Professor X so he can eradicate every mutant on the planet. It’s up to our heroes to put an end to […]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

In 1984, now defunct comic book company, Mirage Comics published a book titled, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” or “TMNT” for short. Inspired by “Daredevil,” Frank Miller & Jack Kirby, it’s about four mutated turtles named after brilliant Italian Renaissance icons, Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello & Michelangelo. They’re trained by mutated rat, Master Splinter who’s also a […]

Comics Review: X-Men: Mutant Genesis

Due to a huge roster of characters, Marvel splits the X-Men into two teams. One’s gold led by Storm. The other’s blue led by Cyclops. In order to differentiate two titles, OG X-Men was retitled as “Uncanny X-Men” for the Gold Team. Blue Team’s simply titled, X-Men. The latter was published as a second volume […]

Flashback Review: Wild Wild West (WB’s Flops Vol. 2 #36)

The 1960s was a groovy decade. Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” changed horror movies forever as the first slasher. The BBC aired “Doctor Who.” “The Flintstones” made history as the first cartoon to air on primetime television. Sean Connery became the first actor portraying James Bond. Stan Lee created groundbreaking characters in the Marvel Universe including Spider-Man, […]