Thinking Outside The Long Box

Not too many shows that we watch catch me off guard with how well they're done, compared to what my expectations were. When we started watching this show that was suggested by Doyle, I had no idea how good I was going to think it was. It does not disappoint at all in season 2, and we are of course talking about the MGM show, From! "FROM unravels the mystery of a nightmarish town that traps all tho...

Every once in a while we have to slow the show down, in order to try something new, and something that we think would be fun. This is one of those shows!! Don't get me wrong, slow for us, doesn't mean boring, it just means something different. I recently signed up for the CLZ comic book app, and we wouldn't to go through some of my Spider-Man comic books! "The Amazing Spider-Man is an ongoing Amer...

Did you know that there was a Trailer Park Boys comic book? We for sure didn't until Fan Expo Denver!! We had the chance to sit down and speak with creator extraordinaire Travis Hymel! "Travis Hymel is an artist and illustrator living in Colorado. He has worked for clients such as Devil's Due comics, Action Lab Entertainment, Boom Studios, Full Moon Comix, and UNICEF." Travis was such a chill dude...

While we were at Fan Expo 2023 we had the chance to speak to many awesome creators!! One of those creators is Dave Dwonch! You can find his work at Hellbrain! "Dave Dwonch has been a comics writer and artist producing indie titles for over a decade. In 2010 he founded Action Lab Entertainment and as Creative Director for Action Lab helped produce several of their titles including the Eisner nomina...

If you've been listening to the show for any amount of time, you know that we are pretty big fans of anything that has to do with exorcism! It generally makes for a good time, even in low budget projects! With that in mind, when we first saw the trailer for The Pope's Exorcist, featuring Russell Crowe as the lead, we were generally very excited!! "Father Gabriele Amorth, chief exorcist for the Vat...

Back to form! We are coming together for some comic con interviews! Today's episode comes to you via Fan Expo Denver! Travis Mercer has been an awesome artist in our local area, and his work is absolutely phenomenal! "Comic Book penciler: @DCOfficial @Dynamitecomics @madcavestudios" If you're in the Denver area, and are visiting your local comic book shops for an event like Free Comic Book Day, th...

It's the end of an era, but possibly the start of something new. When Marvel Studios began making super hero films, nobody would have ever guessed that this band of heroes would have been the team up with their own movies. Arguably, very few people had even heard of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Yet, here we are, talking about Volume 3, and what is supposed to be the end of the team as we've known...

I'm sure that millions of people around the world play dungeons and dragons. The game is enjoyed by many a nerd. Well, the time came for there to be a live action movie, as seems to be the case for many things that we never thought would be movies. Now you get to decide whether it was worth the wait, or if it should have ever been made. Today we're talking about the film, Dungeons & Dragons: No Ho...

We have covered every iteration of a comic con in Denver, pretty much since our inception as a team. From Denver Comic Con, all the way to Fan Expo Denver. The crew and the show has gone through many changes, and has risen to the heights of one of the most popular show in the country! It's been great to be able to watch it grow, as we've grown!! But, today marks the beginning of Fan Expo 2023!! A...

It's season finale time everyone!! We have two awesome interviews from the cast of From, on MGM+!! Did today's episode tie it up for you as you might have been expecting? Did it create more questions than answers!! In this episode we're talking about one of the biggest enigmas of the show!! We're speaking to Scott McCord who plays Victor! "Scott McCord as Victor, a peculiar Colony House resident w...

It's season finale time everyone!! We have two awesome interviews from the cast of From, on MGM+!! Did today's episode tie it up for you as you might have been expecting? Did it create more questions than answers!! Here to talk about the show, and her long standing time on the show is Elizabeth Saunders, who plays Donna!! "Elizabeth Saunders as Donna Raines, the leader of the residents at Colony H...

Sometimes you have to go backward, in order to go forward! I think that was the though behind reaching back into the archives in order to try the world of Super Mario Bros one more time! It's been done, a LONG time ago, but it's 2023 and it's time to see if Chris Pratt can bring this world back to life!! "With help from Princess Peach, Mario gets ready to square off against the all-powerful Bowser...

It's time to go back to 1993 to take a look back at a movie that should probably stay buried at this point in time! It's pop culture classic time, and we're talking about the video game to movie adaptation, Super Mario Bros! Whether you love the movie, or not, and for the most part, it's an astounding "not" this movie did a lot for the VFX medium!! "Brooklyn plumbers Mario and Luigi get the shock...

Rolling on with amazing coverage for a show that both Doyle, and I absolutely love, today! We are coming at you with another awesome interview today, from one of our favorite shows on MGM+, From! If you're not watching the show, From, you are definitely missing out on a very cool vampire/monster/lost TV show!! This has all of the making of what is, and will continue to be a great monster and myste...

We have an interview with an amazing person today!! As you probably know by now, we here at TOTLB are HUGE fans of the show on MGM+, From. We are dong our best to cover this show as it comes out weekly, which you can watch every Sunday! We had the chance to speak with one of the featured stars who plays Fatima, Pegah Ghafoori!! "Pegah Ghafoori as Fatima Hassan, Ellis' girlfriend and one of the Col...

This movie was recommended by Doyle, and pretty much came out of nowhere. It's not something that I had heard of, and I think it was honestly just recommended to him by the algorithm. It's a pretty unique zombie film, with a surprise immunity twist. We're talking about the film, Blood Quantum! "The dead are coming back to life and almost all of Earth's population are decimated due to a zombie viru...

It all started out with the murder of a dog. Of course, it wasn't just a murdered dog, but the dog was a symbol of something much bigger that obviously took us down the road for four different movies. All starring Keanu Reeves, we are of course talking about John Wick: Chapter 4! "With the price on his head ever increasing, legendary hit man John Wick takes his fight against the High Table global...

I think that team TOTLB is a big time fan of anything involving aliens. Sometimes even if we know that it might not be the most entertaining project. BUT, today's episode is definitely entertaining. The only problem with this show, and what I personally think might have been it's downfall, is that it's on the History Channel! We're talking about, Project Blue Book! "Project Blue Book was an Americ...

After running down a list of Mel Gibson movies, this might be one that is least known about. Most people that watch this, or have watched this, generally think of it with positive thoughts, but I'm not sure many people would even remember it was made! We're talking about the Gibson film, Payback! "Porter (Mel Gibson) is a thief betrayed by both his wife, Lynn (Deborah Kara Unger), and his partner,...

The universe that today's episode falls within has been heavily scrutinized ever since the first one came out. While we think that a lot of it is undeserved, for some reason fans just are not really that into the Shazam universe! But, we are talking about and discussing Shazam: Fury of the Gods! "Bestowed with the powers of the gods, Billy Batson and his fellow foster kids are still learning how t...

I'm no longer sure if Rocky even lives in this universe, but we are talking about what might be the like 9th Rocky film? For sure it's the third in the Creed spinoff, aptly titled Creed 3!! "Still dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed is thriving in his career and family life. When Damian, a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces after serving time in prison, he's eager to prove...

Listen, in what might be an unpopular opinion, today's topic is my least favorite of the original trilogy. The Last Crusade will forever be my favorite Indiana Jones movie! Now, don't get me wrong, Temple of Doom is not bad, it's just the worst of the three. But, I know that a lot of people really enjoy it, and so we're talking about it here today!! "Adventure sequel. Intrepid archaeologist Indian...

The Umbrella Academy is a series that continues to keep a buzz surrounding the series. The biggest reason for this is because the show has positioned itself to really be whatever it wants to be every season. While yes, the three seasons share some concepts as they go, because we're dealing with time travel, super powers, etc., these seasons still feel starkly different. We're here to talk about th...

One could make the argument that there is superhero fatigue going on right now, or even more specifically, Marvel fatigue. Personally, I want Marvel AND DC to keep making movies and TV shows, so for more there is not fatigue, and I don't see it setting in. BUT, fatigue has never been the excuse when it comes to Ant-Man. For some reason, Ant-Man has always been treated with a little bit of disdain,...

Listen. Today's episode is on a series that seems to have already been cancelled by Disney. BUT, it's also a series that seemed to want to bring in a younger crowd to a beloved universe, but they may have approached it in too much of a young kid kind of way. We're talking about the first, and maybe only, season of National Treasure: Edge of History. "22-year-old Jess Valenzuela's life is turned up...