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A young lady gets hit with the magical power of masked wrestling. Carl F. Gauze reviews Luchadora! at the Orlando Rep.
A young lady gets hit with the magical power of masked wrestling. Carl F. Gauze reviews Luchadora! at the Orlando Rep.
A video streaming service replicates the ’90s with a revival and expansion of the cult TV show Night Flight.
Beat the Champ (Merge). Review by Scott Adams.
Another tough year is dead and gone, leaving only the tough and the clever. Carl F Gauze remembers 19 of 2009’s great and not so great dead people.
A washed-up wrestler makes one last trip into the ring, where even Marisa Tomei can’t save him. Referee Carl F Gauze makes it a slow three-count.
Back in the heyday of wrestling, when it was so much more than Vince McMahon mashing on the controller buttons, Bruiser Brody cast a long shadow. Matthew Moyer and Larry Matysik reveal how Brody’s persona has outlasted his brutally short life.
Bring on the bad guys! Shelton Hull finds a little joy in pro wrestling again after reading this encyclopedic history of heels, the grapplers you love to hate.
Listen up, you pencil-neck geeks! Tom “Tearaway” Schulte got the word straight from the heel’s mouth in this autobiography of one of wrestling’s great wildmen, the Missing Link.
Shelton Hull says goodbye to one of the greats of professional wrestling.
Wrestling meets rubber suited monsters in a supposedly wicked good time…or is it? Phil Bailey is not quite convinced.
Wrestling meets rubber suited monsters in a supposedly wicked good time…or is it? Phil Bailey is not quite convinced.
Ink 19’s resident wrestling aficionado extrordinaire, Matthew Moyer takes a look at Brawlin’ Broadsand rates ‘em both (the brawlin’ and the broads, that is – get your mind out of the gutter!).
Karen Carpenter-Damascus and Frances Farmer’s surreal comic strip makes its triumphant return! This time, Jonny teaches you about the fine art of “blading.” Kids, don’t try this at home!
An oddly optimistic look at the (timely) mainstream crossover appeal of the Rock, courtesy of “Bladejob”. Yes, yes, but The Mummy Returns is still a piece of shit!
The by-no-means definitive guide to centering your whole April 1st around, yes, Wrestlemaniaaaaaaa! A “Bladejob” exclusive.
It’s time for Bladejob to dole out dubious year-end honors for the “best” that Wrestling had to offer in 2000. Objectivity and common sense went right out the window…
Goddamn! What A Disturbing Triple H Video! That really kind of says it all, doesn’t it? Matthew Damascus critiques the cinematic techniques of a villain’s intro video in “Bladejob”.
What We Talk About (When We Don’t Talk About Wrestling). Anything else would be telling. It’s Bladejob, it’s new, it’s overdue.
Matthew Damascus dusts off Bladejob and takes it for a trawl around the Web to find the ultimate Wrestling canon. Michiku Pro! High School Reunions! Raven Chat Rooms! There is a theme somewhere!
Shall I compare thee to an “Old Bronco”? Sure, if thou art The Bacon Brothers.
J-Horror classic Dark Water (2002) makes the skin crawl with an unease that lasts long after the film is over. Phil Bailey reviews the new Arrow Video release.
John Wayne’s final movie sees the cowboy actor go out on a high note, in The Shootist, one of his best performances.
Get to the theater tonight for Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All, Alexandria Bombach’s latest documentary, one night only!
Speedfossil’s in love with a girl on the internet, on “IRL” from Room With A VU, Vol.1.
Rad Brown and Buffalo Stille (Nappy Roots) premiere their second single from forthcoming LP Upper Crust Confections, “Only Love,” today at Ink 19.