Negativsteve Mandel

As everyone knows, the 1980s were the cultural high-water mark for Western civilization. Everything that is good came out of the '80s, from the Rubik's Cube to the Nintendo Games System and the neon leg warmers that you wear while doing the Jane Fonda Workout. So, it stands to reason...

Comic books have been dominating the movie theaters for the last several years. Now they've set out to conquer television. DC Comics made the initial incursion into live action television with the successful Smallville series; they followed up with Arrow, and have announced that new shows about the Flash and...

Yesterday, AMC announced the network would debut a spin-off of its incredibly popular show, The Walking Dead, in 2015. This comes hot on the heels of AMC announcement from last week that they would be spinning off the character of Saul Goodman from Breaking Bad...

Fall is the most wonderful time of year. The schools are back in session, the storms prevent Phoenicians from commenting on the dry heat, and the leaves turn colors in pictures from other parts of the country where trees grow. However, the best part of the season comes somewhere between...

You may be surprised to learn that Labor Day was not originally planned to be a weekend of barbecues and the last fun you can have before the school year starts. No, it was actually created by the US government in 1894 as a concession to the growing union movement...