Author: Mikael Angelo Francisco

The bite of an irradiated and possibly rabid writer (who also probably missed a deadline) gave shy young Mikael the proportionate typing speed, fondness for coffee, and tendency for procrastination of a professional freelancer. Corporate slave by day and superhero in his own head by night, Mikael is an opinionated geek with a website and a mission, and has taken it upon himself to make science cooler than it already is - and fight boredom, terrible movies, and badly written comic books - as the Amazing... well, himself, mostly.

MOVIE REVIEW [SPOILERS]: Five Reasons To NOT See “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (2014)

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Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Platinum Dunes Distributed by Columbia Pictures Philippines Starring Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, Alan Ritchson, Noel Fisher, Johnny Knoxville, Jeremy Howard Directed by Jonathan Liebesman Philippine Release Date: August 13, 2014 Total running time: 101 minutes MTRCB Rating: PG     —————————- “My mind’s telling me no, but my body, my body is telling me […]

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Repainting Mighty Muggs – Suddenly, Hipster Toys!

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I haven’t been able to do much writing or blogging lately. The demands of the day job, my never-ending BIR adventures, and the tons of emotional baggage I carry around with me like that ghost in Shutter are currently inhibiting my ability to write anything non-work-related that won’t be ripe material for a Fall Out Boy or Dashboard Confessional song. I do plan […]

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Meet Silk, the other spider bite victim in Spider-Man’s origin story

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The Amazing Spider-Man just might be in for some serious girl trouble this July. Introducing Silk, the second (and previously unknown) victim of the same radioactive spider that gave the hero his spectacular powers. The tangled web of Silk The mysterious new character will formally debut in “The Amazing Spider-Man” #4 (written by Dan Slott and illustrated by Humberto Ramos). […]

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Spider-Man 2099 gets all-new ongoing series – Shockin’ awesome!

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He’s not your daddy’s Spider-Man… though he’ll probably be your great-grandchild’s. Officially announced on pop culture news site Newsarama, Marvel is reaching 85 years into the future for its newest Spider-title: an all-new ongoing series for one of the comic book company’s most popular alternate-reality heroes, Spider-Man 2099.   “What the shock?!” In 1992, Marvel explored the possibility of a […]

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MOVIE REVIEW: “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” Spins a Web of Awesomeness

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Columbia Pictures, Marvel Enterprises, Avi Arad Productions, Matt Tolmach Productions Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Paul Giamatti, Sally Field, Chris Cooper, Felicity Jones, B.J. Novak, Colm Feore, and Dennis Leary Directed by Mark Webb Philippine Release Date: April 30, 2014 Runtime: 142 minutes (2 hours 22 minutes) MTRCB Rating: PG Here are a few excerpts from my review […]

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An X-cellent idea – Empire Magazine’s 25 variant covers for X-Men: Days of Future Past

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I know it’s been over a month already, but I loved this idea so much that I feel that I need to write about it. —————————– The three-way war between man, mutant, and machine has begun, and Empire was smart enough to cover it. As a promotional stunt for 20th Century Fox’s superhero blockbuster X-Men: Days of Future Past, Empire […]

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