by momtoast | Jul 30, 2019 | Concept Albums, Unboxing Story
When my brother was a young boy, My Chemical Romance were the heartthrobs of the emo era. Looking back, their creativity set them apart, as frontman Gerard Way crafted concept albums, music videos and comics. Jon and Melissa discuss the band’s biggest hit and...
by momtoast | Jul 12, 2019 | Unboxing Story
Melissa returns from the live-action mega-game “Dragon Thrones,” (played at an actual castle in Bryn Mawr, PA,) to give us her first impressions. The “LARPing” talk continues as Jon talks about his reading of Stranger Things as a millennial and...
by momtoast | Jul 12, 2019 | Unboxing Story, Uncategorized
Authors Jon and Melissa Matos spotlight a show SciFi.com described as “part X-Files, part Indiana Jones, part Moonlighting.” Melissa loves this action comedy that balances thrills with believable romance and character growth. Listen as we gush about our...
by momtoast | Jun 29, 2019 | Breaking Genre, Unboxing Story
Aliens. Time travel. Portals into another world. These are mainstays of science fiction, and can make or break an audience’s viewing experience. Ted Chiang crafted a short story that quietly broke the mold, and would later inspire a cerebral blockbuster by...
by momtoast | Jun 29, 2019 | Siren Song, Unboxing Story
As X-Men films gaze further and further into their fuzzy blue navels, the original comics remain cult classics. Does Jean Grey’s original rise to power in the Dark Phoenix Saga surpass the recent film and comics, or is it a hot mess? Relive a legendary X-Men run...
by momtoast | Jun 29, 2019 | Unboxing Story
Mon-Stars were around long before Space Jam. Giant blobs and fifty foot women towered above the audience in glorious 35 millimeter monochrome, but in 1956, the king of the monsters was anointed. Godzilla was born, and now he’s back, but do...
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