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The Friends of James Bond

Under the Radar — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:43:48 +0000

By Max Allan Collins Editor’s Note: COMPLEX 90 was an unfinished Mike Hammer novel by Mickey Spillane that was recently completed by noted author Max Allan Collins, whom Spillane asked to finish the...

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‘Star Trek’ Supports The Mission Continues

James Barber — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:37:39 +0000

J.J. Abrams is having a good year. His new movie Star Trek: Into Darkness opens this weekend and will take over from George Lucas to make a Star Wars sequel that’s due in 2015. Being the guy fixed...

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‘Jack Reacher’ Aims for the SEAL of Approval

James Barber — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:24:20 +0000

Jack Reacher is out today on Blu-ray and DVD. Based on Lee Child’s wildly successful series of novels about a mysterious Army vet who roams the country using his military police skills to right...

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‘Lauren’ Explores Sexual Assault in the Military

Under the Radar — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:52:41 +0000

The WIGS Channel on YouTube wants to update the serial drama (a/k/a “soap operas” or what your grandmother called “my shows”) for the modern world with a series of programs named after the female...

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‘Call of Duty’ Takes the Logical Step

Under the Radar — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:06:36 +0000

After you’ve killed the enemy and they’ve come back as zombies so you have to kill them again, what’s the next logical step for Call of Duty? Ghosts. Of course, there aren’t many details about the...

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Revisiting the ‘Ten Thousand Day War’

James Barber — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:21:58 +0000

Made for Canadian television in 1980 and later syndicated to American stations, Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War is an almost twelve-hour documentary about the history of Vietnam from the end of...

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‘Support Our Troops’ With Nike & the Ducks

Under the Radar — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:31:57 +0000

College football fans know about the University of Oregon football program and its crazy uniform designs. The school can afford to change its look what seems like almost every week because its...

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George Washington, Tyrant?

Under the Radar — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:03:16 +0000

Assassin’s Creed just released the final installment of The Tyranny of King Washington DLC pack for Assassin’s Creed III. The package imagines an alternate history where George Washington installs...

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The Followup to ‘Drive’ Looks Amazing

James Barber — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:46:53 +0000

Drive, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and starring Ryan Gosling, is one of those great movies that didn’t get a full Hollywood push that still managed to find its audience. It stayed in theaters...

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‘Splinter Cell: Blacklist’ Tries to Save the Wii U

Under the Radar — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:14:39 +0000

Last year at E3, we saw an excellent preview of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist console game from Ubisoft and, even though we expected to see the title in stores by now, the official release...

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