Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category
Y&P Rocks: Anthrax at Best Buy Theater
Posted: February 13, 2012 in Commentary, Entertainment, Heavy Metal, Links, ReviewsTags: Anthrax, Big 4, Charlie Benante, Frankie Bello, Heavy Metal, Joey Belladonna, New York City, Scott Ian, Worship Music, Y&P, Young and Pretty
Review: Conan the Barbarian #1
Posted: February 1, 2012 in Comics, Commentary, Dark Horse Comics, Fantasy, Reviews, UncategorizedTags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Becky Cloonan, Belit, Brian Wood, Cimmeria, Conan the Barbarian, Dark Horse Comics, Game of Thrones, Jason Momoa, Queen of the Black Coast, Robert E. Howard
By Todd Matthy
If you loved Game of Thrones and are looking for a comic book to satisfy your craving for fantasy fiction, Dark Horse’s brand new Conan the Barbarian series. Written by DMZ and Northlanders writer Brian Wood and drawn by Becky Cloonan, Dark Horse has decided to kick off the new series in grand fashion by adapting the legendary Conan story, Queen of the Black Coast. (more…)
Sledgehammer’s Best of 2011
Posted: December 31, 2011 in Animation, Cartoons, Celebrity, Comedy, Comics, Commentary, DC Comics, Entertainment, Fantasy, Heavy Metal, Humor, Links, Literature, Marvel Comics, Movies, Music, Novels, Professional Wrestling, Reviews, Science Fiction, Sports, TV, WWE, X-MenTags: Arya Stark, Batman, Beavis and Butthead, Captain America, CM Punk, DC Comics, Fantasy, Fantasy Football, Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, Heavy Metal, iron man, Jersey Shore, Joffrey Baratheon, John Cena, Megadeth, Metallica, Monday Night Raw, MTV, New 52, Professional Wrestling, Sheldon Cooper, Spider-Man, superman, The Big Bang Theory, The League, the Undertaker, Todd Matthy, Wolverine, Wonder Woman, X-Men
Holiday Havoc Slugfest: Th1rte3n vs. Lulu
Posted: December 12, 2011 in Commentary, Heavy Metal, Links, Music, ReviewsTags: Lou Reed, Lulu, Megadeth, Metallica
Review: Star Wars: Agent of the Empire #1
Posted: December 12, 2011 in Agent of the Empire, Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Reviews, Science Fiction, Star WarsTags: Agent of the Empire, Chewbacca, Dark Horse Comics, Darth Vader, Han Solo, Star Wars, Yoda
By Todd Matthy
The Star Wars franchise has always extended beyond the movies. So much so that if the label “Star Wars” wasn’t on certain books, comic books, and video games, they might as well be called something else. That’s was my impression when I started reading the first issue of Dark Horse Comics new series “Agent of the Empire” until a certain dynamic duo appear. (more…)
Who are you Lulu? : Review of Metallica and Lou Reed’s Collaboration | Y&P
Posted: November 4, 2011 in Celebrity, Commentary, Heavy Metal, Music, ReviewsTags: Lou Reed, Loutallica, Lulu, Metallica, yandp.tv, Young and Pretty
Review: Tom Morello’s Orchid
Posted: October 11, 2011 in Celebrity, Comics, Commentary, Fantasy, Heavy Metal, ReviewsTags: Dark Horse Comics, New York Comic Con, Orchid, Rage Against the Machine, Tom Morello
Holy Hilarity: Looking at Frank Miller’s “Holy Terror”
Posted: October 9, 2011 in Batman, Cartoons, Celebrity, Comedy, Comics, Commentary, Crime, DC Comics, Humor, Reviews, WWETags: 9/11, Batman, Comedy, DC Comics, Frank Miller, Holy Terror, Legendary Comics, Legendary Pictures, Propaganda, Sensitivity, WWE
When discussing “Holy Terror,” Frank Miller has been very upfront that it’s a propaganda piece. Its goal is to paint the enemy in the most awful light possible to rally support. So when I read people like Wired.com’s Spencer Ackerman saying it is “completely uninterested in any nuance or empathy toward 1.2 billion people he conflates with a few murderous conspiracy theorists” I ask, “Why should it?” It’s propaganda. Propaganda is supposed to be one-dimensional. Did you expect it to be anything else? So onto the next question, is it any good? (more…)
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Posted: September 16, 2011 in Commentary, Heavy Metal, Music, ReviewsTags: Anthrax, Big 4, Megadeth, Metallica, Slayer, Yankee Stadium
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