For people of a certain age, Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren is best known for his iconic turn as Russian boxer/personification of Cold War anxieties Ivan Drago in Rocky IV. That’s why it’s not too much of a stretch to imagine Lundgren as a Russian mob boss in this season of The CW’s Arrow. Lundgren portrays […]
Amazon has announced season two of Thunderbirds are Go will premiere on streaming service Amazon Prime in early November, according to published reports. The series, a remake of the classic Supermarionation series from the 1960s, will feature new episodes and will continue the International Rescue theme from season one. Thunderbirds are Go premiered in 2015, […]
Disney announced Thursday the original voice cast of hit movie Big Hero 6 will be featured on the 2017 Disney XD series, according to published reports. According to TV Insider, the new series will feature many of the original voice actors and some well-known guest actors on the as well. Ryan Potter will star again […]
On this week’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., many burning questions from the beginning of the season were answered. It was also revealed that “The Good Samaritan” might just be the devil. The line between good and evil sure has been blurred this season. This episode had two main parts, the present and “back in the […]
This week’s episode of The Flash may be entitled “Monster” but to paraphrase the old saying: you shouldn’t judge an episode by its title. The monster-that-wasn’t (more on that later) is hardly the focus of the episode, let alone the most formidable opponent Barry Allen has to contend with. After last episode’s supervillain-centric focus, Julian […]
Over the weekend, Los Angeles was host for Stan Lee’s L.A. Comic Con, a convention formerly know as Stan Lee’s Comikaze. One of the biggest guests for the show was Mike Colter, star of Marvel’s Luke Cage on Netflix. Since Colter’s show has only been out for about a month, his popularity is pretty huge […]
In my review for last week’s episode, “Welcome to Earth,” I remarked that the alien amnesty storyline allowed Supergirl to pointedly address a contemporary social issue by dressing it in the cloak of allegory. “Survivors” ups the allegorical ante with its sci-fi infused references to historical atrocities like American slavery and the Holocaust. The episode […]
