Category: Outside the Longbox

Outside the Longbox: 40th Anniversary of Enter the Dragon

Outside the Longbox: 40th Anniversary of Enter the Dragon

PoP! does it’s part in celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Bruce Lee’s Enter the Dragon as we step Outside the Longbox with a mega-mix trailer in tribute to the master and his remastered master piece out on Blu Ray.

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Outside the Longbox – NBC’S HANNIBAL

Outside the Longbox – NBC’S HANNIBAL

NBC’s crime drama based on the novels of Thomas Harris features an exciting new spin on the world’s favorite cannibal psychiatrist and has become a weekly addiction for many viewers.

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Outside the Longbox: Bates Motel

Outside the Longbox: Bates Motel

While adaptations and prequels are all the rage only a few of them become great in their own right. The first season of A&E’s recently concluded Bates Motel fits that description perfectly, delivering murder, sex, and mystery with an amazing cast.

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Outside the Longbox: Under the Dome

Outside the Longbox: Under the Dome

When a small town is suddenly and mysteriously sealed off from the rest of the world, its citizens must battle isolation, paranoia, and each other in horror master Stephen King’s minor epic.

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Outside the Longbox: Relatively Super

Outside the Longbox: Relatively Super

What do Worf, Batman, and the Red Reaper all have in common (besides a surprising similar taste in undergarments?) – they’re all relatively super in this upcoming animated project!

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Outside the Longbox: Superheroes on Broadway

Outside the Longbox: Superheroes on Broadway

Fosse, Fosse, Fosse, Martha Graham, Martha Graham! They’re already wearing tights, and it’s just a short jump from the pages of a comic book to the Broadway stage. There may even be a few shows you never knew were in production…

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Outside the Longbox – Sleepless Night

Outside the Longbox – Sleepless Night

No, this isn’t a documentary about a day in the life of our own Jared Whittaker. This is a tense and exciting French thriller about one really bad evening for a cop and his son.

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Outside the Longbox – Mama

Outside the Longbox – Mama

This creepy and unsettling ghost story, executive-produced by Guillermo Del Toro, is one of the early genre hits of the new year.

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Outside the Longbox – The Douche Journals Vol. 1

Outside the Longbox – The Douche Journals Vol. 1

The funniest character in Fox’s New Girl has penned a chronicle of every dime ever spent in the Douchebag Jar as seen on TV. It’s exactly what you want it to be. It’s hilarious.

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Outside the Longbox: My Year of Flops

Outside the Longbox: My Year of Flops

Waterworld. Battlefield Earth. Gigli. This is a chronicle of one man’s journey into the heart of cinematic bombs, failures and catastrophes.

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Outside the Longbox: Happy 72nd Birthday to Bruce Lee!

Outside the Longbox: Happy 72nd Birthday to Bruce Lee!

We are going Outside the Longbox to pay tribute & respect on the 72nd birthday of the martial arts legend who changed the world one side kick at a time. The one, the only, BRUCE LEE.

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Outside The Longbox – Safety Not Guaranteed

Outside The Longbox – Safety Not Guaranteed

This flawed yet charming indie film starring Aubrey Plaza and THE LEAGUE’S Mark Duplass offers a fresh, grounded look at time travel as a plot device.

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Outside the Longbox: Transformers Prime

Outside the Longbox: Transformers Prime

One shall stand, one shall fall, and all shall give Transformers: Prime a second chance to blow them away; seriously, it’s better than an electrum bath!

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Outside the Longbox – Thirst

Outside the Longbox – Thirst

This Korean horror gem from the director of OLDBOY offers a substantially dysfunctional and gory look at vampire coupling.

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Outside the Longbox: ‘Tough Sh*t: Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good’

Outside the Longbox: ‘Tough Sh*t: Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good’

What do you do when you’re a self-proclaimed “talentless hack”? Make a film, show it at Sundance, become famous, create a podcasting empire, self-distribute your latest film, ???, profit. According to Kevin Smith, it’s really not that hard.

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Outside the Longbox – The Walking Dead Game

Outside the Longbox – The Walking Dead Game

Are you just not getting enough Walking Dead between the comics and the TV show? Or do you just have a soft spot for horror video games? Either way, give the game a shot. Just be prepared for some bugs along the way.

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Outside the Longbox – Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee

Outside the Longbox – Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee

Famous funnyman Jerry Seinfeld brings us yet another “show about nothing” with this delightful web series featuring him conversing with several other witty folk over numerous hot beverages.

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Outside the Longbox – Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (part 1)

Outside the Longbox – Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (part 1)

Over 25 years ago, Frank Miller told the story of Batman coming out of retirement to face his greatest enemy ever – old age. Today, that vision is brought to the silver screen. Well, half of it…

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Outside the Longbox – The Raid: Redemption

Outside the Longbox – The Raid: Redemption

This amazing action flick from Indonesia wowed audiences earlier this year and is now available on DVD and Blu-Ray so that everyone can experience its extreme awesomeness in the comfort of their own home.

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Outside the Longbox – Goon

Outside the Longbox – Goon

This blood-soaked and hilariously profane hockey comedy starring Sean William Scott, Liev Schreiber and Jay Baruchel is one of 2012′s most pleasant surprises.

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Animated Batman Vol. 2 – The Features

Animated Batman Vol. 2 – The Features

Our month-long look at Batman’s cinematic history concludes as we look at a few of the fantastic animated featured starring the Caped Crusader, including his sole animated theatrical release.

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Outside the Longbox – ComicCollageArt

Outside the Longbox – ComicCollageArt

What is art? Is art art? Once Mike Alcantara’s gotten his hands on it, it certainly is. Watch as some of your favorite four color panels are transformed; mint collectors, beware!

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Animated Batman Vol. 1 – TV

Animated Batman Vol. 1 – TV

Batman has stormed the silver screen for decades, but the Dark Knight’s cartoon career is equally prolific. Hell, it was a Batman cartoon that defined the character for a generation, after all.

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Batman on Film Vol. 2: Schumacher and Nolan

Batman on Film Vol. 2: Schumacher and Nolan

Batmania had swept the nation. So naturally, Hollywood killed Batman before resurrecting him in a most excellent manner. This week we peek at the Schumacher and Nolan eras.

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Batman on Film Vol. 1: Burton and the Classics

Batman on Film Vol. 1: Burton and the Classics

Before comic book movies became the norm, Batman dominated the superhero film. Superman made you believe a man could fly, but Batman made bad guys pee their pants.

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Outside the Longbox – Wookiee the Chew: The House at Chew Corner

Outside the Longbox – Wookiee the Chew: The House at Chew Corner

What happens when the Hundred Acre Woods is set a Long, Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away? This unbelievably adorable story.

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Outside the Longbox – Journey to the Center of Hawkthorne

Outside the Longbox – Journey to the Center of Hawkthorne

A group of online developers and artists has made the video game from the Digital Estate Planning episode of Community a reality. Yes, this is really happening. Three words: cool cool cool.

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Outside the Longbox: Legends of the Boo-Monster

Outside the Longbox: Legends of the Boo-Monster

Here at PoP! we sling the snark and pile on the praise regarding all manner of nerdy things, but rarely can we help bring attention to such a noble quest and – in so doing – help a friend.

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Outside the Longbox: Mark Waid’s Thrillbent.com

Outside the Longbox: Mark Waid’s Thrillbent.com

Announced at C2E2 this year, Thrillbent.com, Mark Waid’s home for his digital comic ventures has been up and running or just over a month now and we’re checking in to see if it makes good on what was promised.

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Outside the Longbox – TNT’s ‘Inside the NBA’

Outside the Longbox – TNT’s ‘Inside the NBA’

SPORTS THING! PoP! Contributor Jason Knize shoots the J with this week’s Outside the Longbox featuring, arguably, the funniest show on television right now, ‘Inside the NBA’. C’MON, SLOVINSKI!

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Outside the Longbox – The Wind Through the Keyhole

Outside the Longbox – The Wind Through the Keyhole

Readers return to Mid-World as Stephen King pens a new story within a story within a story, do ya kennit?

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Outside the Longbox – Elite Squad: The Enemy Within

Outside the Longbox – Elite Squad: The Enemy Within

This exciting action flick from Brazil is a great introduction to a talented director who is soon to make a major splash in Hollywood.

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Outside the Longbox – Marvel: Avengers Alliance

Outside the Longbox – Marvel: Avengers Alliance

Become an agent of SHIELD and join up with some of your favorite Marvel heroes to battle the forces of evil in Marvel’s Facebook game.

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Outside the Longbox – Awake

Outside the Longbox – Awake

This inventive midseason hit from NBC blends several popular genres to create one of the most compelling new shows on TV.

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Outside The Longbox: Downton Abbey

Outside The Longbox: Downton Abbey

‘Downton Abbey’ is an unlikely television phenomenon. Who would have thought that this show on PBS’ Masterpiece Classic would have gained such a widespread following? ‘Downton Abbey’ is a new pop culture classic that’s not just for history nerds.

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