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All the movies you’ll want to see in 2019
Merry Christmas! It’s that time of year again, time to take a look forward at what movies should be on your radar for 2019. Are you going to see them all? Heck no. These are the genre films we...
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Book review–Go back in time with the world’s mightiest mortal in nostalgic...
Review by C.J. Bunce A new edition of a book about the popularity of Fawcett Comics‘ original Captain Marvel, the world’s mightiest mortal–the superhero renamed Shazam and featured in a new movie this...
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Shazam! movie advance review–The magic, wonder, and heart of DC Comics...
Review by C.J. Bunce Make no mistake, Billy Batson aka Fawcett Comics’ Captain Marvel (aka Shazam since 2012) has always been the most difficult to fold into the DC pantheon of superheroes. With...
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Shazam! arrives on home video with trove of special features
Review by C.J. Bunce DC Entertainment and Warner Brothers began to take a shift in their superhero movie franchise with last year’s more adventurous Aquaman. With Shazam! the studios proved that a...
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DC Fandome trailers, and the Justice League we really want
Where Marvel Comics has seen its pantheon of characters celebrated both in 20 years of X-Men movies and 11 years of interconnected movies featuring the other major characters from the comics, DC...
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With new casting announcements are DC Comics movie adaptations finally aiming...
With what seems like an ever-widening move away from superhero movies for kids in the live-action arm of DC Entertainment–from a too-long recut of Justice League to another Suicide Squad movie aimed...
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Trailer Park–The “Mega-Sized Halloween and Superhero” Edition
It’s one of those head-scratching things. Previews for horror movies in October for movies not arriving until around Valentine’s Day. And it happens every year. Valentine’s Day is a big time for...
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Trailer Park–The “Big Animated Spring Roundup” Edition
Suddenly several animated series and movies in the fantasy, adventure, and science fiction genres are going to be appearing on your TVs and in theaters. Most are coming to Netflix and Disney+, so get...
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Black Adam–DC Comics’ big fall release gets a great first trailer
It’s no revelation that DC Comics on the big screen hasn’t fared as well as the Marvel adaptations. The best of its efforts will always be a benchmark to shoot for–that’s John Wesley Shipp’s take on...
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Black Adam and Shazam!–DC Comics moves past the Snyderverse into fun territory
At this weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con, DC Comics’ Jim Lee announced that there are no plans for Zack Snyder to return to the DC franchise movies or for the “SnyderVerse” Justice League to continue....
View ArticleComic-Con Day Two–Costume day for borg.com
Day Two of the San Diego Comic-Con proved to be non-stop fun. You can’t get the full comic convention experience without at least one day in costume so at borg.com that day was today. Elizabeth C....
View ArticleA conversation with Scott Bakula
Zachary Levi (Chuck on the TV series Chuck) took over Jolt’n Joe’s Restaurant in San Diego’s Gaslight District and during Comic-Con weekend he sold tickets to the public to benefit Operation Smile, a...
View ArticleMissing Comic-Con this year? Get your panel fix at Nerd HQ
Nerd HQ is back for its second year in the San Diego Gaslight District, right across from the Convention Center during Comic-Con. The star of the now-cancelled series Chuck, Zachary Levi, is back...
View ArticleFirst look–Marvel Studios releases first trailer for Thor: The Dark World
Rounding out our week of dark-themed 2013 movie previews, Marvel Studios just released the first trailer for Thor: The Dark World, sequel to the hit film Thor that we reviewed here at borg.com back in...
View Articleborg.com–800,000 views and our second anniversary
We kicked off borg.com as a way to catch up on entertainment news, books and movies back on June 10, 2011. We’ve posted what’s new each day to provide “your daily science fiction, fantasy, and...
View ArticleNerd HQ Day One–Watch today’s panels from your favorite shows right now
If you didn’t get to San Diego this year for the annual pilgrimage, or you just missed out on getting tickets to Nerd HQ, then borg.com will get you caught up right now. Nerd HQ Day One, held at San...
View ArticleNerd HQ Day Two–Watch Friday’s panels from your favorite shows right now
Following up on yesterday’s rundown of all the Nerd HQ panels, borg.com has all of today’s panels in full from Nerd HQ for you to watch from home if you weren’t one of the 250 people who saw it live at...
View ArticleNerd HQ Day Three–Watch Saturday’s panels right now
Nerd HQ continued its panel series today at San Diego’s Petco Park, opposite San Diego Comic-Con International. borg.com’s own Jason McClain attended the enlightening and fun Doctor Who panel...
View ArticleComic-Con weekend–Even more Nerd HQ panels
Nerd HQ wrapped this weekend’s panels for charity with some good Q&A sessions. If you haven’t seen earlier Nerd HQ panels, we at borg.com have been covering them since 2011 here when we saw Scott...
View ArticleTrailer Park–The Winter 2015 edition
Sure it was brief but even more interesting than the movie trailers at the big game today (except for Terminator Genisys, previewed at borg.com here earlier) is the teaser for Heroes Reborn. Not only...
View ArticleFirst look–Several actors reprise roles in NBC’s Heroes Reborn
A new cast of young heroes awaits in the reboot of Tim Kring’s fun and at least briefly successful series Heroes. But Heroes Reborn will also bring back many fan favorites, notably Jack Coleman as...
View ArticleSDCC 2015 News–Watch full Nerd HQ panel footage now
Bummed that you’re not getting your convention fix this weekend because you’re not in San Diego? Never fear, you can watch the weekend’s panels happening across the street from San Diego Comic-Con at...
View ArticleHeroes begins again tonight on NBC
The original Heroes provided a stellar cast and a great start to a fantasy world discovering it has superheroes emerging, scattered everywhere, with strange and interesting powers. It lasted four...
View ArticleEva Longoria’s Telenovela–Funny stuff coming your way in 2016 on NBC
Review by C.J. Bunce Have you ever started watching Univision or Telemundo or shows like Sábado Gigante or even Plaza Sésamo on a Saturday morning and discovered you’re still watching it four hours...
View ArticleStream live panels now from Nerd HQ’s sixth year in San Diego
Bummed that you’re not getting your convention fix this weekend because you’re not in San Diego? Never fear, you can watch the weekend’s panels happening offsite in San Diego at the sixth annual Nerd...
View ArticleSDCC 2017–No Nerd HQ panels in San Diego for 2017
In case you’re looking for the seventh annual hour-by-hour panel coverage of Zachary Levi’s Nerd HQ panels, hosted by him for the past six years as an alternative to San Diego Comic-Con, there’s a...
View ArticleSDCC 2017–Psych cast reunites, releases teaser for Psych: The Movie
Even after 121 episodes, from 2006 to 2015, Psych fans couldn’t get enough. Earlier this year USA Network announced a reunion show and it will air in December. The cast was featured in a panel at San...
View ArticleThe Psych Crime Fighting Guide–While you’re waiting for December’s Psych: The...
Even after 121 episodes, from 2006 to 2015, Psych fans couldn’t get enough. Earlier this year USA Network announced a reunion show and the long wait is almost over. Psych: The Movie is less than two...
View ArticleSDCC 2018–DC releases first trailer with Zachary Levi starring in Shazam!
Several images have leaked from the studio over the past few months showing Zachary Levi in a supersuit close to the classic Captain Marvel outfit first seen on the cover of Whiz Comics Issue #2 in...
View ArticleSDCC 2018–Women costume designers and superheroine costumes take center stage...
Last weekend San Diego Comic-Con spotlighted women costume designers and the creations of more than a dozen women designers created for actresses for some of the decade’s biggest genre films. The...
View ArticleFirst Captain Marvel trailer–A glimpse at one last chapter before the...
In addition to Doctor Who’s new “woman who fell from the sky,” there’s another new heroine arriving soon the same way… Not many pop culture events topped Infinity War discussions in 2018. It’s...
View ArticleNow streaming–Twelve Genre Episodes of Christmas Past
Still aren’t in the Christmas spirit yet? With no Christmas day episode of Doctor Who this year, Netflix is filling in the gap with an episode of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina called “A Midwinter’s...
View ArticleBig superhero action, great actors, and cool supersuits make Black Adam one...
Review by C.J. Bunce It’s no revelation that DC Comics on the big screen hasn’t fared as well as the Marvel adaptations. The best of DC’s efforts has included a key benchmark to shoot for–that’s John...
View ArticleTrailer Park–All the movies and TV series you’ll want to see in 2023
It’s that time of year again, time to take a look forward at what should be on your movie and TV radar for 2023. These are the genre shows we think borg readers will want to know about to make their...
View ArticleNew Shazam trailer ushers in DC’s last days under the old guard
Although Zachary Levi’s spin on the original Captain Marvel opened the gates for a renaissance for DC at the movies with his new Shazam in 2019, DC Entertainment has made clear it will be taking an...
View ArticleShazam! Fury of the Gods–The best movie adaptation of DC Comics yet?
Review by C.J. Bunce Shazam! Fury of the Gods is the kind of movie that makes you wish you could transport it back to fans of the comic book superhero in the 1940s and 1950s. If they saw this movie...
View ArticleChicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget–Aardman continues winning streak of great...
Review by C.J. Bunce It’s hard to believe it’s been 23 years since Oscar-winning creators Peter Lord and Nick Park had their feature film directing debut with Chicken Run, the highest-grossing...
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