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The Impact

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The Impact

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

Stephen Lyons, Associate Editor November 9, 2018

We all loved cartoons as children, just a fact of life. I have yet to meet anyone who hasn't enjoyed cartoons. Today, I get to talk about one of my favorites that influenced my childhood immensely. A story...

The Most Trusted Name in News

The Most Trusted Name in News

Stephen Lyons, Associate Editor October 26, 2018

Aaron Sorkin is a screenwriter, director, producer and a plethora of other things. His works include The West Wing, A Few Good Men, Charlie Wilson's War, The Social Network and Steve Jobs. He has worked...

New Age X-Files

New Age X-Files

Stephen Lyons, Associate Editor October 11, 2018

While the X-Files is a corner stone of TV for the genre of paranormal procedural series. In 2008 a new franchise hit the air to challenge this. Fringe is a show born from the hole X-Files left when...

The Little Spy Show That Could

The Little Spy Show That Could

Stephen Lyons, Associate Editor September 27, 2018

Zachary Levi will star in Shazam!  in April of 2019 as the titular super hero. Before that though for five seasons he was to a legion of adoring fans Charles "Chuck" Bartowski. An intelligent, but unmotivated...

"ANGEL"

Pictured: David Boreanaz as Angel

Credit: The WB/Frank Ockenfels

Hell’s Angel

Stephen Lyons, Associate Editor September 20, 2018

A few Rewatches ago I talked about my love of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The tales of the blonde slayer wouldn't be complete without a journey to visit her tall, dark, used to be evil, on-again, off-again...

First Rule, You Don't Talk About It

First Rule, You Don’t Talk About It

Stephen Lyons September 13, 2018

In October of 1999 a movie came out that punched the world in the face. It was based on a book that came out in 1996 that also punched the world in the face. It is a coming of age film for a generation...

Fantasy Football's Finest

Fantasy Football’s Finest

Stephen Lyons, Associate Editor September 6, 2018

From October 2009 to December 2015 fantasy football players around the world had a program that showed the rigorous trials and tribulations of being in a fantasy football league. A program that not only...

The Detective Who Came From Mars

The Detective Who Came From Mars

Stephen Lyons, Staff Writer April 24, 2018

In 2004, TV screens across the globe were introduced a teen noir mystery drama series. Veronica Mars, also the name of the protagonist of the series. Kristen Bell plays Veronica Mars, a high school...

Adventure Has a Name

Adventure Has a Name

Stephen Lyons, Staff Writer April 19, 2018

As readers of this column have noticed, I've done all TV series, it's time to change things up. The first movie series I've decided to watch, in this columnist's humble opinion, is the greatest franchise...

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a CW show that lasted 10 Seasons

It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a CW show that lasted 10 Seasons

Stephen Lyons, Staff Writer April 12, 2018

In October 2001, a program launched that not only lasted a multitude of seasons but also kick started the young adult superhero drama that dominates many channels. Smallville was a 10 season spanning drama...

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