'Dr. Horrible' diagnosis: It's a big hit online.
Dr. Horrible story on USA today. And add your Act II reviews and articles to this thread.
July 17 2008
June 27 2008
Review of Runaways 30!
The long-awaited issue is read and reviewed by a Whedon-fan.
February 21 2008
January 29 2008
The Nexus reviews Astonishing X-Men #24.
The issue will be, to quote Mark Stoddard, 'the penultimate issue of this stellar run'.
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January 28 2008
Popular Mechanics compares all the Terminators, including Cameron.
Popular Mechanics compares all of the Terminators in the movie/TV franchise, from Arnold Schwartzenegger to Summer Glau. According to the editors, the Cameron Phillips model seems to be very impressive.
January 24 2008
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Astonishing X-Men #24 review.
IGN's VERY positive review of Astonishing X-Men #24. The word "classic" is used quite freely.
December 02 2007
Chief Seattle's character sketches: Wesley.
Chief Seattle has updated his indepth Angel review site with a fascinating look at Wesley's character from his beginnings on Buffy to his tragic end.
November 11 2007
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Buffy Season 8, Episode 8 Review at The Nexus!
New review of the new issue - issue 8 of season 8 - over at the Comics Nexus.
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November 07 2007
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ASTONISHING X-MEN 23 Review at the Nexus!
A new review of the new issue of Astonishing X-Men, by Joss. There's also another review over at Leave Your Spandex at the Door.
October 06 2007
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Buffy Season 8 #7 Reviewed @ LYS@D.
Leave Your Spandex @ The Door promptly grants an extended (and insightful) review of the 7th issue of the Buffy Season 8 comic.
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June 18 2007
Buffy Season 8: From The Mouth Of Babes.
11-year old 'Haileyscomic' offers her thoughts on issue #4 of Buffy Season 8 in the latest installment of her column on Pink Raygun.
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June 10 2007
Herc's seen episode 8.4 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer!
Aint It Cool News' Herc reviews the latest Buffy S8 Issue.
June 07 2007
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Variety reviews Death at a Funeral.
Alan Tudyk's upcoming movie gets a mostly positive review, with his storyline getting singled out as "wonderfully played."
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April 27 2006
GeekIntertainment's Buffy Season 5: part 1 BuffCast is now Online.
"An overly optimistic look at Season 5. We discuss the first 12 episodes of season 5, complete with a breakdown of how the characters progressed, and which episodes we thought were the best (No Brainer: Fool for Love!)"
March 14 2006
When Vern had Serenity.
Ain't it Cool's lovable lug and the leading seagalogist watched Serenity during the opening weekend. This is old, but looks like it's never been linked. (NSFW if plain text can be)
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March 09 2006
Home Media Retailing on Serenity: "My New Favorite Movie"
This is one of two trade magazines for the home video industry, and this is a new column where writers highlight their favorite movies (as opposed to just reviewing the week's new releases).
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February 27 2006
Serenity released on DVD in the UK today.
So to mark this occasion, here's some glowing reviews from SFX magazine, Empire Magazine and Total Film as well.
Good Astonishing X-men #13 review
from Silver Bullet Comicbooks. Five stars.
February 26 2006
Three out of five star 'Serenity' review.
"The plot is simplistic, hung on a series of energetic set pieces, which are let down by a lack of imagination and crude computer generated special effects."
February 23 2006
TwoP recaps Serenity.
"He stands, so illuminated it's blinding, the harsh light of Miranda behind him like a halo: "I aim to misbehave.""
February 12 2006
Empire UK magazine look back at Serenity.
"..that (Joss) chose this tricky and often thankless task as his movie debut while Abrams cosied up to Cruise is evidence that he might be too darn nice for Hollywood." Voting is still open for this year's Empires awards, to be held soon in London.
January 31 2006
Serenity - the animated review.
Listen to what the goldfish has to say, very important.
January 19 2006
The Buffy Season 3 GeekIntertainment BuffCast is Now Online.
After months of waiting, the brand new BuffCast of season 3 is now available for download at GeekIntertainment.
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January 17 2006
DVDFile posts a review of Serenity DVD... finally!
Normally I'd think we'd probably had enough of these reviews, but this is a great one from a reviewer completely unfamiliar with Firefly.
January 10 2006
Angel season 4 DVD review from TWoP's Sars.
One of Television Without Pity's co-founders discusses her problems with the season.
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January 07 2006
The DVD Archives' Glowing Review of Serenity.
Our very own UnpluggedCrazy (Arlo J. Wiley) reviews Serenity for the new DVD review branch of My Film Website, The DVD Archives, citing it as, "just about as perfect a film as could be."
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January 01 2006
Crooks and Liars, a mostly political blog, pumps up Serenity.
John Amato has a sort of mini-review: "Joss Whedon gets major props for making a low budget, Sci-Fi movie that is significantly better than any of the other major releases."
December 28 2005
December 21 2005
CHUD review of "Serenity" DVD.
A newbie's take on the BDM. And a glowing review from DVD verdict. And this is hereby the Serenity DVD review thread.
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December 20 2005
Review of Serenity DVD.
San Francisco Chronicle gives the dvd a glowing review.
Serenity Named Best Sci-Fi film of the year on IGN.
Serenity also wins Best Story and Best Trailer of 2005 on IGN, and was a runner-up in the Best Film category.
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December 15 2005
JoBlo reviews Serenity.
They only give it a 4/10. I still don't get how the effects in Serenity are only "so-so". Bwuh?
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December 14 2005
DVD Talk reviews "Serenity" DVD.
Movie: 4.5/5, Extras: 3.5/5, Replay: 5/5
November 21 2005
Series Might Be Dead but Buffy Keeps Vamping.
Long review of the series as part of the box set announcement, including references to continuing fandom and academic activities.
October 25 2005
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Serenity analysis by Peter Suderman,
who previously reviewed the movie for Relevant. Here he analyzes its political-economical philosophy for The American Spectator...
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Jon Christensen blogs about Serenity "fan boys" and prospects for a sequel at /FILM.
Warning - the blogger has less than kind things to say about Firefly fans and sounds very much like one of those monsters who eats goats and lives under a bridge.
October 20 2005
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A long, hard look at Serenity
from Buffista's Nilly. It's probably the most in depth analysis around, full of insight. "Those are characters that may do questionable things, in a world that not only can't find any easy other solutions for them, but practically the opposite, leaves them with no choice but to having to resort to questionable acts and tough choices."
October 13 2005
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Serenity: Death and Rebirth.
A blog site featuring a panel of good writers and a bundle of Serenity and Firefly flavoured analysis, review and opinion.
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October 12 2005
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Why stop the signal when it's this good?
"One of the underlying themes in "Serenity" is the right for people to know the truth, which is especially valid in our current times."
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October 09 2005
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'Star Trek' never had a robot in a prom dress.
"It's kinda quaint, and when Kaylee complains... it takes you a minute to realize she's talking pure filth."
October 07 2005
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GeekiNtertainment's Serenity Review.
GeekiNtertainment gives us their special review of Serenity in their podcast. BEWARE! Full of spoilers.
A hard woman is good to find.
The portrayal of "strong women" in Hollywood features (including River Tam) isn't quite as it seems, according to Times journalist Kevin Maher.
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October 06 2005
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Christian film critics review Serenity.
Much love and praise from various Christian critics. It is safe to read the overview of reviews, but there are spoilers if you continue on to read the individual reviews. (Temptation is all around us!).
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Fighting for Serenity.
"'Serenity' offers something many $100 million extravaganzas cannot - heart. The heart of 'Serenity' - and the reason why it is so memorable - is its deep, charismatic cast."
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Resurrection devices only exist in real life.
A slightly different take on the film including my favourite line " captain Mal (Nathan Fillion, a Han Solo with Dudley Do-Right’s mug)". There is also talk of a plot line I've somehow missed despite seeing it 4 times already!
October 05 2005
Jonathan Ross on Film 2005 loves Serenity.
This is a summary of his review that aired on BBC1 on Monday, and in the UK this is the big one, THE film show, on air since 1972. And he loved it.
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October 04 2005
Orson Scott Card reviews Serenity.
Stark-ravingly positive review of the BDM by the award-winning sci fi author. OSC even states if Hollywood can't make his book Ender's Game as good as Serenity, he won't let them adapt it!
October 03 2005
Ebert and Roeper give Serenity two thumbs up.
It's not up on their site yet but I just caught it on tv.
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October 01 2005
Look who's "All The Serenity Reviews You Will Ever Need To Read" now.
And that makes the 5th installment of our review dump threads. Please post all links to online newspaper/blog/magazine reviews in this thread.
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September 30 2005
Son of "All The Serenity Reviews You Will Ever Need To Read".
Part 4 (blimey it's now a franchise in its own right) of Whedonesque's coverage of all the Serenity reviews out there. So all links to online newspaper/blog/magazine reviews will be posted in this thread.
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Revolution Sci-fi goes Serenity all the way.
Revolution Sci-fi is behind Serenity all the way by giving Serenity the home page treatment with reviews and articles from the past. They gave Serenity a 9 out of 10.
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Revenge of "All The Serenity Reviews You Will Ever Need To Read".
Part three (already?) of Whedonesque's coverage of the Serenity reviews. So links to reviews are to be posted in this thread. And seeing as it's now the 30th, Serenity opens today in the United States. Best wishes to everyone involved in the making of the movie.
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Roger Ebert says Serenity has: '...breathless velocity, much imagination,'
and 'the rough edges and brawny energy of a good yarn.' The famous film critic gives Joss Whedon's directorial maiden journey three out of four stars. So there.
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September 29 2005
Return of 'All the Serenity reviews you will ever need to read'.
Part deux of Whedonesque's coverage of the massive amount of Serenity reviews that are going around at the moment. All links to online newspaper/magazine/blog reviews of Serenity are to be posted in the comments section of this thread.
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All the Serenity reviews you will ever need to read.
For the time being, all links to online newspaper/magazine reviews of Serenity are to be posted in the comments section of this thread.
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September 28 2005
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Entertainment Weekly grades Serenity a B.
The reviewer gives the disclaimer of being a Firefly fan. (The grade is on the right side of their page, a little hard to find.)
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Revenge of the Nerd.
Not a review per se but an article on how the movie got made. It has a lot of Joss quotes from the Press junket and is quite positive.
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Hollywood Stock Exchange Serenity Review.
"Fans of the original TV series will be more than pleased to spend 119 minutes with their old friends, but newcomers will be less satisfied with the pedestrian plotting and small-screen sensibility." (minor spoilers, but I thought I'd play safe). Another review in a similar vein at Australia's "At The Movies".
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September 27 2005
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God Grant Us the Serenity To accept the things we cannot change, like this movie.
Popgurls went to the Serenity Premiere, and this is what they saw.
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Creating Worldwide Browncoat Buzz.
First Review from Serenity's screenings at Rio Movie Festival 2005 written by a fellow Browncoat for a Brazilian entertainment website. It contains mild spoilers about the plot. Click here for babelfish translated version.
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Metacritic.com debuts its "Serenity" page.
Only one review there, as of this posting, but it's a page to keep your eyes on. Interestingly...
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September 26 2005
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Review: Ken Tucker of New York magazine loves Serenity.
Major spoilers for the film.
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September 22 2005
September 16 2005
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Broken Frontier's Positive Serenity Review.
Review contains *movie trailer-level spoilers*
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September 14 2005
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Dark Horizons Review of "Serenity".
"It's a hard film to review...". According to the reviewer, non-fans will have some problems enjoying the movie.
September 13 2005
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Knowing Serenity.
This isn't really a review but from a guy who watched the film but never saw the show and wondering what he was missing to really appreciate the movie.
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September 12 2005
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Blogcritics review of Serenity.
Extremely positive review from someone who loved Firefly but wasn't expecting Serenity to be this good: "Simply put, Serenity astounded me."
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September 10 2005
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Serenity review at Shiny Shelf.
A not-completely-impressed review of Serenity from Doctor Who novel author Mags L Halliday at Shiny Shelf. Some minor spoilers.
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Serenity Review at Coming Soon.
"Great humor, good special effects, and entertaining performances by the cast make Serenity a great dose of sci-fi now that Star Wars has come and gone."
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September 03 2005
September 02 2005
Astonishing X-Men #12 review.
Well that's Joss and John's first year over, so what did you think of it?
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August 31 2005
Time Out Edinburgh Fest Round-up Serenity Mention.
Time Out likens Serenity to "Howard Hawks in space"
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August 26 2005
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A review from the London screening of Serenity
in which Joss Whedon and Summer Glau made an appearance. Although generally not enormously spoilerful, it does contain one hint at a major spoiler. If you're already spoiled, it is interesting and worth a read.
August 25 2005
August 22 2005
Serenity - "Sheer, joyful entertainment".
A short but very positive review from The Telegraph (UK). (Not Safe For Work pic on this page).
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July 24 2005
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Fan review of Serenity screening in Queensland, Australia.
Chris Saad went in 'with massive expectations'. He liked it, but in his review details what he thinks are its weak points.
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Astonishing X-Men #11 review.
Another glowing review for Joss' series. And Brian Bendis has gone on record saying "I think Astonishing is the best X has ever been, others don't and I don't know what kind of crack they are on."
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July 22 2005
Moviehole.net loves Serenity.
"The writing is impeccable, the chemistry among the cast is fantastic, the performances are great, and the action is non-stop". The first review of sorts from a Universal press event?
July 16 2005
Brief Review of Serenity June 23 Screening in Charlotte.
Check out his blog. No real spoilers but a report of what went on.
July 13 2005
Joseph Dilworth Jr. at The Great Curve reviews Angel the Curse #1.
A brief and mostly positive review of the Angel comic.
July 09 2005
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Another review of the new Angel comic.
Brief review of Angel:The Curse from Fourth Rail. The review is about half-way down the page. Minor spoilers about the set-up.
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July 07 2005
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Serenity Screening Review.
A fan review from Denver, who has attended all 3 screenings. There are minor spoilers in the second to last paragraph.
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Serenity advance screening review.
A Firefly fan gushes over the June 23 screening in Newport, Kentucky.
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Positive review of Angel: The Curse comic.
Angel: The Curse is one of Newsarama's picks of the week. Minor spoilers concerning the set-up.
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July 03 2005
Amid rabid fanship, a shot at Serenity.
"People love Serenity not because a carefully orchestrated PR campaign enticed them to, but because they have genuine respect for Whedon and his work. The fans created this movie, not the other way around."
May 15 2005
Blockbusters? Who Needs 'Em?
Newsweek's movie critics pick this summer's undiscovered gems and Michelle Trachtenberg's new film is among them. ""Mysterious Skin" explores both prepubescent and teen sexuality with an honesty that may make some people uncomfortable, which is a sign of its potency, and a badge of honor."
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February 18 2005
Astonishing X-Men #8 review.
"If Grant Morrison's X-Men run was number one this decade because of intellectual depth, Whedon's is number one this decade because of kinetic action."
November 04 2004
Angel's Lindsey rocks London.
BBC Cult reviews Christian Kane's musical duo, Kane. Curious to know what they sound like? Then go here to listen to some of their songs.
October 07 2004
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Astonishing X-Men #5 review.
A cool non-spoiler quote: "I care about these characters right now. Because with Whedon, I don't think I really need to worry about mischaracterization. I don't have to pick up an issue with apprehension that he's going to ruin these characters I care about. He loves them as much as I do."
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August 16 2004
Parents Television Council's Angel page "changed".
No doubt fans will be thrilled to learn that the show is now seen as "fun for all the family" and that the reviewer's "sides were actually aching" at Angel's comment about spanking men (page now back to normal - the PTC have corrected the "problem").
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June 04 2004
The TV Showdown.
Nick Nunziata of CHUD.com reviews seven recent TV on DVD releases, including Buffy season 6 and Angel season 3.
March 12 2004
Review of 'Latter Days' which has Amber Benson in it.
Amber plays a character called Traci, a friend of one of the film's main characters.
March 06 2004
Dark Worlds 5.16 Review
Some mixed feelings about "Shells" and speculation on the seasons Big Bad.
February 27 2004
MediasharX reviews Angel 5x15 - "A Hole in the World"
Good review of the episode including full summary.
February 19 2004
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Entertainment Geekly's reviews "Smile Time"
"The triumphant return of Busty Nina and her little, felty friend." Also contains a speculation/spoiler for next week.
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January 29 2004
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