By Nolan P. Smith This week marked the anniversary of one of television’s most beloved sitcoms even though it was only short-lived. This week, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Nickelodeon’s Hey Dude. Hey Dude, though only having run for three seasons, left it’s mark on pop-culture and kids everywhere. The stories of the Bar None Dude Ranch and the […]
By Nolan P. Smith (Los Angeles)– This week, Los Angeles was once again taken over by the Electronic Entertainment Expo, also known as the E3 Expo. The E3 Expo is the main stage for companies to show off the newest video game, hardware, controllers, you name it, it’s there. Massive booths, live DJ’s, larger than life characters: it is what […]
By Nolan P. Smith E3 2014 is here! Day one was sensory overload, as every year is! The convention floor was a buzz from the plethora of titles shown. All the major and minor studios were on hand, with the elaborate booths that we have all come to know from E3. Which studio took the crown? That has yet to […]
Here comes another new podcast from Pastrami Nation! This time, the crew talk about Showtime’s hit show, Penny Dreadful, the new Batman, Star Wars and of course, the mother of video game conventions, the E3 Expo!!! Check it out!
By Nolan P. Smith This project is in the final 7 days! Make sure to check it out and back it, they are so close and this project deserves to be made!!! New stretch goals, new add ons, now is the time!!! Check it out on Kickstarter at: http://bit.ly/ksonthecoastofdreams. Dreams are something that so many of us question, examine, and […]
Fanboys across the world rejoice! The first pictures from the set of Star Wars Episode VII are here, courtesy of TMZ! Check out the mammoth beasts, hood figures, and what looks to be somewhere on the desert planet of Tatooine! These are just a few of the pics, head over to TMZ for all of them!!!
By Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)— The story of sleeping beauty is one everyone knows: the cursed slumber, the evil witch, true loves first kiss. Well, this is a totally different take on the classic tale, as we see what really happened to a fairy named Maleficent. Does this film spread its wings and become another Disney classic? I find […]
Pastrami Nation is giving away this full size, unpainted, Fiberglassed, wearable Ben Carmine helmet from Gears of War by Pastrami Nation’s own Jason R. Smith! Just like us on Facebook and stop by www.pastramination.com and leave a comment. As soon as we get to 500 likes on Facebook it will be given away! So click, share and let’s get to […]
By Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)— The X-Men franchise has had its ups and downs. With the first film, the world was introduced to Marvel Comic’s merry mutants, and the second one retained the momentum. Then came “X-Men: The Last Stand”, which seemingly buried the franchise with one film. With 2011’s “X-Men: First Class”, we got a new, younger cast […]
By Nolan P. Smith YES! Ben Templesmith, the man behind the visual side of 30 Days of Night, has returned to IDW with The Squidder! Templesmith has a one of a kind style: scratchy yet emotion packed. I have had the pleasure of meeting Templesmith on numerous occasions, and he is a class act! I even have a blank “Death […]
By Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)– Check out the latest issues, coming soon from the Art of Fiction! I have had a chance to check out some of their previous books, and they are amazing! Very cool short stories, visually stunning, make sure to check these out! Both prestige format books are available for direct purchase from Art of […]
By Staff Reports (Santa Monica, CA)–Anime fans can look forward to a very hot summer this year as Aniplex of America announced today on their “Aniplex Live Show” the English voice cast and the physical release details of the hit animated series KILL la KILL. Aniplex of America has confirmed that they will release KILL la KILL on both Blu-ray […]
Pastrami Nation is back with an all new podcast!!! This time, we talk about all things Star Wars! The Force is strong with this one, check it out, and check it out on iTunes!!!
By Staff Reports On the heels of their hit video “Walter White vs. Rick Grimes,” which has received more than 10 million views since its debut on May 5, “Epic Rap Battles of History” (ERB), Maker Studios’ record-breaking series is back with its eighth battle of the season: Goku vs. Superman, featuring special guest Ray William Johnson. This battle is […]
By Nolan P. Smith The rap battle you never wanted to see is pretty amazing! I don’t know how I missed this one: check out the epic rap battle between The Walking Dead’s Rick Grimes and Breaking Bad’s Walter White. Extremely well done, I couldn’t help but laugh!!! Created by Peter Shukoff (aka Nice Peter) and Lloyd Ahlquist (aka EpicLLOYD), […]
By Nolan P. Smith “I am Groot!” The second trailer for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is here, and it is amazing! The film, which follows a rag tag band of intergalactic misfits as they try to save the universe, has been questioned by many as the characters aren’t exactly Iron Man caliber. But this film is fully aware of […]
By Nolan P. Smith Pastrami Nation (Victorville, CA)– “I hate sequels.” That is what I always hear from friends, acquaintances and random strangers. But why? Sequels have the opportunity to ramp up the quality since the first film. They can learn and adapt from mistakes and build off of the character development set forth in the initial film. So, with […]
By Nolan P. Smith Pastrami Nation (Victorville, CA)– He is known far and away as the King of the Monsters. It is a title he has held onto since he crashed on the scene back in 1953. A heroic monster who took on all competition, defending humanity from threat after threat. But now, time might be his toughest enemy yet: […]
By Nolan P. Smith By now, everyone has probably seen the pic of Ben Affleck as Batman for the new Superman/Batman movie, as well as his Batmobile. Now, from what I have seen, the reactions are mixed: some absolutely love the look, and some say the ears are too short, or the suit isn’t original enough. What do I think? […]
By Staff Reports Award-winning publisher Archaia, an imprint of BOOM! Studios, is excited to announce the June debut of JIM HENSON’S THE DARK CRYSTAL: THE NOVELIZATION, the second in a planned series of three hardcovers that reprint the prose novel adaptations of fan-favorite Henson properties. The book follows the recent April release of JIM HENSON’S LABYRINTH: THE NOVELIZATION and will […]
By Nolan P. Smith Friday nights are about to get a bit creepier this fall. NBC has announced that Constantine will not only be coming this fall, but will be on Fridays, sharing the night with Grimm. What’s Constantine? Many have seen the film starring Keanu Reeves, but this focuses more on the source material: that being the Hellblazer comic […]
By Nolan P. Smith “Maybe we took this too far…” Those are the words from Headlights, the newest music video from Eminem and featuring Nate Ruess. The song is off of Em’s latest album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 and is a departure from what we usually hear about in regards to his mom, Debbie Mathers. We get to hear […]
By Nolan P. Smith Because the world of Kickstarter is so unpredictable, we have another project to spotlight already! This time, it is one that Kickstarter backers should know by now: it’s Devin Kraft’s Dragon Slayer. Check it out on Kickstarter at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cheshirecatart/dragon-slayer-the-collected-edition Already a hit with volumes one and two, now Devin Kraft is back with not only the […]
By Staff Reports With more than two hundred issues and counting, Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo is among comics’ most monumental achievements. In celebration of thirty years of the marvelous samurai rabbit saga, Usagi Yojimbo is set to return in an all-new six-issue miniseries, Usagi Yojimbo: Senso, followed by the debut of the Usagi Yojimbo Saga collection! Twenty years in his […]
By Staff Reports (Burbank, CA)– Batman, one of the world’s most valiant super heroes, faces a villainous squad of criminals in an epic battle of good vs. evil in the DC Universe Original Movie, Batman: Assault on Arkham. Set in the world of the best-selling Batman: Arkham video game series, this action-packed film takes place between the Batman: Arkham Origins […]
By Staff Reports WHAT: Today on May 8th, the announcement was made that coming in 2015, the non-profit New Starship Foundation is opening the Hollywood Science Fiction Museum, the world’s first dedicated science fiction museum that will celebrate sci-fi in film, TV, art and literature and teach all ages about space and science through science fiction. The museum with have […]
By Nolan P. Smith (Victorville)– To quote the great WWE wrestler Bad News Barrett: “I’m afraid I have some bad news…” I received word on the much anticipated zombie video game Dying Light…and it isn’t good for those hoping to see it this year. Developed by Techland and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, the first person, open world survival […]
By Staff Reports This August, the burning question of what happened to one of the greatest heroes of in the Marvel Universe finally gets answered in GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #18 – an Original Sin tie-in! New York Times Bestselling creators Brian Michael Bendis and Ed McGuinness bring you the blockbuster answer to the question on everyone’s mind: What happened […]
By Staff Reports The game is a 2.5D, action-adventure-combat-puzzle game, featuring superb visuals presented in a gorgeous art-style. Dust an Elysian Tail, or The Cave and you’re along the right lines. In Red Goddess, you play as a troubled deity named Divine, who feels confused and haunted by her past. Something mysterious and unknown is tearing her apart from the […]
By Staff Reports Join Kyle Higgins (Batman, Nightwing), Alec Siegel (Captain America, Avengers), and Rod Reis (Justice League) in their all-new ongoing Image Comics series C.O.W.L., set in 1960s Chicago. In C.O.W.L., a labor union of superheroes must work together to regain the confidence of the public and ferret out threats inside and outside their offices… and the comics industry […]