“Canaries” was almost a perfect episode of Arrow. If only they hadn’t gone back to using the crutch of Vertigo as the impetus for the main action of the story. But, I’m willing to overlook that small element of the plot, as “Canaries” allowed for huge leaps in the season’s story arcs and some major […]
From the “letter to the editor” at the onset of Wetlands, director David Wnendt sets the tone for the depravity to come. Subverting genre stereotypes, modern hygienic practices, and common decency, Wetlands blends its crude, gross-out humor with a delicately sweet seriousness, deafening the shock of the first exposition shots, and lending gravity to the […]
The Big Game! I don’t know if I can say the name. The S-Name, you know what I mean. It’s Sunday as I’m writing this and the big annual Football-Game-Which-Cannot-Be-Named is/has happened and there’s a sizable chance you will see/have seen it! In celebration, I’ve assembled a list of comic book character who put blood […]
When we last left Oliver Queen, he was bleeding to death on the side of a large mountain. Which, for a normal person in a normal television series, would mean almost certain death. But, you can’t have a show named Arrow without actually having the Arrow, so there was very little doubt that the show […]
Otorimonogatari is now out on DVD and Blu-ray, telling the four episode arc “Nadeko Mendusa” from the Anime series Monogatari. Nadeko Sengoku is a 14-year-old Junior High School student. She is a very quiet, shy and reserved girl who just wants to carry on with school. But she suffers from seeing imagines of a white […]
Redesigns are in, you guys. They’re the big deal. Spider-Woman, Batgirl, Powergirl, Iron Man. It’s a booming business these days. New looks for characters not only sell comics, they also allow the companies to reinvent the character. Sometimes that means simply pushing a character in a new direction, other times it means getting rid of […]
Jupiter’s Legacy is one of those series that is plagued by delays and will be continuously plagued into the future. After all, it’s been one year since the previous issue came out, with a promise of another year long hiatus on the way. With all of that in mind, how exactly was Jupiter’s Legacy #5? […]
In what is ultimately a well-paced, intriguing thriller, co-stars Ethan Hunt and Sarah Snook deliver solid performances while (somewhat) addressing issues faced by societally pre-determined gender roles. While certainly not providing any answers to the problems faced by the transgender community, Predestination is still an intelligent and carefully-planned sci-fi adventure, whose maze-like narrative provides a […]
The spooky series Wytches offers a strong third chapter in the series, devoting the issue to Charlie Rooks and his difficult position on the edge of reality and the supernatural. Based on what has occurred so far in the Image Comics series from writer Scott Snyder and illustrator Jock, the series seem like it will […]
It was only a matter of time when 343 Industries was gonna make up for their botched launch of Halo: Master Chief Collection. Matchmaking is still not perfect but it has been performing better than last month. Bonnie Ross, Head of 343, promised freebies for those that bought the collection as a thank you for […]
