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Joseph Szadkowski

A graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in communications, Joseph Szadkowski has written about popular culture for The Washington Times for the past 30 years. He covers video games, comic books, new media and technology.

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ZADZOOKS GIFT GUIDE: Best of Blu-ray and DVD (movies)

Gift ideas for cinema connoisseurs include The Best of Bogart Collection, Herzog: The Collection and Gone with the Wind 75th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition.

November 30, 2014

ZADZOOKS: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare review

The epic franchise continues to finely tune a gamer's ability to terminate evil humans while delivering a Michael-Bay-sized assault on the senses through a blockbuster-style story campaign.

November 21, 2014

ZADZOOKS: Batman: The Complete Television Series – Limited Edition review (Blu-ray)

Holy multimedia miracle, Batman, every episode of the Dynamic Duo's live-action television show from the 1960s finally arrives in the Blu-ray format.

November 15, 2014

ZADZOOKS: Hercules review (Blu-ray)

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson stars as one of the beefiest heroes of Roman and Greek mythology in a swords and sandals epic worthy of home entertainment centers.

November 12, 2014

ZADZOOKS: Bayonetta 2 review

A stylish witch returns to vanquish angels and demons in an action-packed, third-person adventure for mature Wii U owners.

November 8, 2014

ZADZOOKS: Maleficent review (Blu-ray)

Sleeping Beauty's primary nemesis starred in a live-action movie earlier this year, brought to life with the celebrity firepower of Angelina Jolie, that now arrives in the Blu-ray format.

November 7, 2014

ZADZOOKS: The Evil Within review

Shinji Mikami, the patriarch of survival horror games, returns with a third person adventure filled with exploration, action and grotesque encounters.

October 28, 2014

Blu-ray horror: Walking Dead, Godzilla, The Originals, Halloween and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Just in time for Halloween, reviews of Walking Dead: The Complete Fourth Season, Godzilla, Grimm: Season Three, The Originals: The Complete First Season, From Dusk to Dawn: Season One, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition and Halloween: The Complete Collection.

October 18, 2014

Best Halloween Horror Attraction: Six Flags America’s Fright Fest (Upper Marlboro, Maryland)

The theme park boasting such terrifying roller coasters as Superman: Ride of Steel, Joker's Jinx and Apocalypse ratchets up the terror quota during the Halloween season weekends with its annual "Fright Fest."

October 17, 2014

Best Halloween Horror Attraction: Field of Screams (Mountville, Pennsylvania)

Since 1993 brothers Gene and Jim Schopf have finely crafted a few acres of their family farm into a horror show not for the faint of heart.

October 17, 2014

Best Halloween Horror Attraction: King’s Dominion’s ‘Halloween Haunt’ (Doswell, Virginia)

Visitors to Doswell, Virginia's famed theme park normally derive thrills from a variety of water rides and coasters, but then the fall creeps in, and with it the arrival of the annual "Halloween Haunt."

October 17, 2014

Best Halloween Horror Attraction: Bennett’s Curse (Jessup, Maryland)

Although walking up to a 40-foot-tall, 22,500-square-foot white fabric structure in Blob's Park (centered between D.C. and Baltimore in Jessup, Maryland) does not scream Halloween, the three movie set-like environments it contains won't soon be forgotten by horror aficionados.

October 17, 2014