As the saying goes, you can’t con a con. This week we delve into the world of deceit in a fully linear episode of The Stand. We spend time with the spies in both New Vegas and Boulder, and we examine the reach of Flagg’s power. As the first episode without a time hop, the show is much more
This week from BOOM! Studios we get Origins 3, the halfway point of the story. From top to bottom, this issue seems to embody the question 'Who am I?' From David to the new bots the question of identity plays out. We get a few interesting flashbacks into David's past that show us his mindset for
The third season or part of Disenchantment has debuted on Netflix with a lackluster 3rd outing. I'm not saying this season is outright bad but to paraphrase Monty Python: "It got turned into a newt and didn't get better" Each episode has its standard sight gags and one-liners but for me, this third
WandaVision is one hell of a gamble for Disney and Marvel. Not only is it the first post-2020 look that we have at anything Marvel, but it's the first of many streaming series for Disney+. If this one fails, it's going to be a lot harder for them to draw attention to the rest of the shows. In a
Is Anthony Mackie the new Terminator?! Close! But no cigar.(See what I did there? Because Schwarzenegger smokes cigars…)Netflix’s latest offering Outside the Wire drops us into the middle of a summer action movie, perhaps to warm up the dead of winter and whatever the hell else we’re calling
Berserk is getting an art exhibit in Japan! Well, it was. Until COVID-19 struck yet again.
Magic Knight Rayearth gives our heroine trio a stroll through some noticeably magical woods in Ep. 3 "All in the Same Boat". Fantasy fans will be fully aware of the fact that magical woods are a staple in such stories. What this episode does though is use a trip through the magical woods to help
Once in a generation, a film comes along that redefines how we think about movies. Something so incisive, so singular, it can only be understood from the moment it is consumed rather than informed by anything previously accomplished. You Can See Everything is that kind of work. A masterpiece in
The 2026 reboot of Magic Knight Rayearth shows us that friendship is quite powerful in the magic department in Ep. 4 "Our Battle". It's a lesson from My Little Pony, but it's quite applicable to this anime too. Our trio of heroines will need that power, since this is their bloodiest battle to date.
