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Episode 56! Listen live on Thursdays from 7pm to 9pm on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or online at http://www.kscu.org/

New Releases 2/28/13:

Movies:

www.fandango.com

DVD/Blu-ray:

1.A Simple Life – Blu/DVD – Ah Tao, has been a nanny for Roger and his family for a very long time. When Ah Tao has a major stroke and is no longer able to care for herself Roger steps in to help. This is a heart warming tale of love and service.
2.Chasing Maverics – Blu/DVD – A yound surfer wants to conqure the big waves of Mavericks, he sees the wisdom of a veteran big wave surfer. Both learn about facing fears. Fantastic footage of big wave surfing.
3.The Master – Blu/DVD – A Naval officer returns home after WWII, only to find himself adrift in the current world. He finds focus and meaning in The Cause and its leader. A look in to the psychology of leaders and those that follow them.
4.The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 – Blu/DVD – Bella’s baby brings conflict to those nearest her and war between the Vampire clans. But most of all now we can let it slip out of the mass consciousness.
5.Silent Souls – DVD – In this Russian film Miron embarks on a journey to dispose of the remains of his wife according to the tradtions of the Merya people. Along the way he tells the story of their life together to his friend.

Video Games:

2/28/2013 http://www.gamespot.com/newthisweek.html

Comics:

Marvel:

1.Guardians of the Galaxy #0.1 Now – as Marvel Films gets set for phase 2, get up to speed on the background of one of the main titles, and find out how Star Lord became the hero he is today

2.Uncanny Avengers #4 Now – the Red Skull is getting ready to conqure NY, an Avenger changes sides, and all sorts of no good is about to go down

DC:

1.Aquaman #17 – the “Throne of Atlantis” arc has ended, but the fallout from the revelations are far from over

2.Batman: The Dark Knight #17 – the Mad Hatter is on a kidnapping spree and the connections seems to not exist

Indie:

1.Angel & Faith #17 – the undead are not as dead as they should be, a demon holds Giles soul, and this is going to take some creative slaying

2.The Rocketeer: Hollywood Horror #1 – the pulp hero returns to face a new enemy

3.Five Weapons #1 – Tyler is going to graduate from an assassin school, but without fighting skills can he survive against master of the five deadly weapons?

4.Masks #4 – when the law in broken the only solution is to go beyond the law, a team of vigilanties takes the law into their own hands

Web:

1.Vacant: A sci-fi comic that may unlock the mystery about the near extinction of humanity http://imaginetheending.net/Vacant.html

News:

1.http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/26/17107343-florida-man-shot-by-his-dog-police-say?lite
2.http://www.polygon.com/2013/2/26/4032134/former-zynga-boston-developers-launch-new-studio-to-go-after-core
3.http://www.mercurynews.com/weird-news/ci_22679574/northern-california-dialect-down-about-12-speakers
4.http://mashable.com/2013/02/25/vulcan-cerberus-pluto-moons/

Caleb’s Corner:

Blackholes, mass, gravity and how spin affects it all. http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/02/27/spinning_black_hole_scientists_measure_supermassive_black_hole_rotating.html

Joe’s Entertainment News:

1.http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/28/michael-bays-ninja-turtles-gets-new-release-date
2.http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/27/del-toros-dark-universe-still-on-track
3.http://www.polygon.com/2013/2/18/4001340/rock-band-song-releases-ending-in-april

The Core

Discussion Topic:

We discuss what “old school” video games could make good/interesting movies.