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Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Web Series Review)

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Review By Ken From Honolulu Dr. Horribles Sing along Blog made in 2008 Directed and written by Joss Whedon Staring Neil Patrick Harris as Dr. Horrible Nathan Fillion as Capt. Hammer Felicia Day as Penny Synopsis: An aspiring super-villain must balance his career and his pursuit of a beautiful do-gooder. Review: This is a movie written and directed by Joss Whedon. He has done Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and many others. If you have never seen a Joss Whedon movie or TV show you might as well throw your scifi geek card away because you can’t be a scifi geek if you have never seen his stuff. This film, believe it our not, is a scifi musical. There is a lot of singing, some dancing. It all works to make the film good. Some of the tunes are catchy and fun to try to sing along with. This is a fun film. In the typical Joss Whedon style, it has a very unusual plot line. The plot line is basically Dr. Horrible is just a minor bad guy who has a sidekick ...

The Booth At The End (Web Series Review)

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This Hulu.com original web series stars Xander Berkeley( Nikita, 24 ) as a mysterious man who takes meetings in a diner, offering clients literally whatever they wish in exchange for a "task". The task is always challenging and often criminal, but sometimes it's also a challenging act of goodness. And whatever the wish, the man somehow has the power, or authority, to grant it upon completion of "the task". The Man's motives, power and origins are a mystery that is never revealed. So I wouldn't watch in hopes of finding out who or what the mysterious man is, or who he works for. What's more interesting and telling is the lengths people are prepared to go to get what they want, or what they think they want. I cringed as I watched people do, or nearly do, some of the most horrible things to bring about what they most desire. There are some major philosophical and theological ramifications based on who The Man really is and who he works fo...