‘Edens Zero‘ comes from the imagination of mangaka Hiro Mashima, with J.C.Staff producing an anime adaption that was streamed exclusively to Netflix for North America. After becoming captain of the ship Edens Zero, Shiki Granbell (Sean Chiplock), takes the adventurer Rebecca Bluegarden (Kira Buckland), robot cat Happy (Tia Ballard), inventor Weisz Steiner (Ray Chase), robot…
‘Kamen America Volume 4: Scars and Bars’ is the final entry of the “Stars and Strife” saga of the series written by Mark Pellegrini with artwork from Timothy Lim. It was published under their Iconic Comics imprint and, in full disclosure, I supported the crowdfunding campaign. After discovering that their friend and ally Vicki Kaminski…
‘Eternals‘ is the twenty-sixth entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It is directed by Chloé Zhao with Kevin Feige serving as co-producer. Under command of the Celestials, Ajak (Salma Hayek) leads a group called the Eternals to fight the “Deviants,” a terrifying alien race that has come to Earth for destruction. After succeeding in defeating…
‘Batman: One Dark Knight‘ is written and drawn by Jock, who is a highly sought-after comic book artist. The three-part miniseries is part of the DC Comics Black Label. Batman is tailing a prison transfer of a villain known as EMP, who can disable electronic devices. The head of the Gotham City Prison Bureau has…
‘Virtue Bombs: How Hollywood Got Woke and Lost Its Soul‘ is written by Christian Toto and discusses how the entertainment industry is listening to weirdos on social media. From the Amazon description, Hollywood’s Dream Factory is now a nightmare of woke restrictions, Identity Politics run amok, and freedom-snuffing rules and regulations. The Oscars are unwatchable,…
Lindsey Stirling returns to her roots with “Lords,” a cover from one of the themes from the Lords mobile game the developer I Got Games. When I say returns to her roots, I mean her early YouTube days of covering songs from movies, television, and video games songs. As much as I love her original…
‘Arachna: The Adventure Begins‘ is a comic book written by Martti Kauppinen with artwork from Carlos Granda. It was released through the X53 Studios imprint. Jennie is an aspiring fashion designer going to college, but she has a secret. Through a split personality, she is also Arachna, a vigilante who can take on the toughest…
Joe Berlinger directs the three-part Netflix true crime documentary series ‘Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer.’ It recounts the murders perpetrated by Richard Cottingham, the Times Square Torso Ripper. When two women are killed in a seedy motel near Times Square in 1980, the police engage in an investigation that takes them into the underworld…
‘For Molly‘ comes to its conclusion with chapter 4, once again written by series creator Gabe Cheng with artwork from Benjamin Sawyer. Greg is shocked to find who is running the cult that seeks to round up the magical dogs in the forest. With his new dog friend Molly and his sister Ava captured, Greg…
‘The Contrast‘ is an indie romantic comedy directed by Sean Dube, produced by Presley Paras, and co-executive produced by singer-songwriter Joy Villa. The movie was released as a video-on-demand feature film. Maria (Joy Villa) arrives at a delightful country inn with her hipster fiancee Dimple (Lee Donoghue) ahead of their wedding. Unknown to her, he…
‘The Matrix Resurrections’ roars to life thanks to Lana Wachowski, who produced, co-wrote, and directed the film without frequent collaborator and sibling Lily Wachowski. The movie was made by Warner Media who gave it a limited run in theaters and released it on the HBO Max streaming service. Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves) is a video game…
‘Star Circuit‘ is a cyberpunk indie comic illustrated and written by Joe Catapano. It was published after a successful crowdfunding campaign and released under the Vera Via Studios imprint. Atlys Metric might be the son of a wealthy industrialist, but he prefers to spend his days doing illegal cycle racing in the Highland City “Grime…
‘Hilda and the Mountain King‘ is a Netflix animated fantasy kids film directed by Andy Coyle. It is a continuation of the children’s television show ‘Hilda,’ based on a graphic novel series by Luke Pearson. Hilda (Bella Ramsey) is a little girl who has been turned into a troll outside of her home city of…
Film podcast host Matthew Pejkovic of Matt’s Movie Reviews invited me on to discuss one of my all time favorite topics: comic book films. We cover pretty much everything. The Marvel Cinematic Universe, DCEU, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sony’s Spider-Man franchise, and so much more! According the video description, “In the third episode that looks…
Ben Affleck is back, but not as Batman. The actor decided to throw a fit about his DCEU experience, right after the check cleared, of course. Fans will be soured at his comments, no doubt, but what does that say about him? These Hollywood hypocrites love to find problems once their bank account is settled.…
The Rising of the Shield Hero is a series of science fiction light novels by Japanese author Aneko Yusagi. The story follows the adventures of Naofumi Iwatani a Japanese student who gets pulled into a fantasy world, gets framed, and is now a pariah in this new world. His only hope is to defeat the…
Part two of ‘Batman: The Imposter,’ is released via DC Comics Black Label and is supposedly tied to the upcoming Matt Reeves movie. It is written by Mattson Tomlin with artwork from Andrea Sorrentino and coloring by Jordie Bellaire. Batman continues to visit Dr. Leslie Thompkins and tell her about the hunt for the imposter who has been…
‘The Plot Against The President‘ is a 2020 political documentary based on a book by Lee Smith and directed by Amanda Milius. The documentary explores the frenzy surrounding the Steel Dossier, a leaked document that alleged some gross and illegal behavior by then-future President Donald Trump and staffers who worked on his campaign or transition…
‘Stealing Solo: A Captain’s Parody‘ is a satirical graphic novel created by Jeff Hicks, who managed not one but two successful crowdfunding campaigns. Jeff is furious after seeing Star Wars: The Force Awakens, especially seeing the fate of his favorite character Han Solo. He spirals into a depression and begins acting like a jerk to…
The fantasy anime ‘Fairy Tail’ has many epic battles and story arcs. Of all the characters, Natsu Dragneel of the Fairy Tail guild is one of their most powerful members. Throughout the course of the show, he faces off against some of the most powerful magical foes in the land. As a Dragonslayer, he can…
Among the many reboots happening at DC Comics comes the first issue of ‘Batman: Black and White,’ an anthology series featuring a variety of writers and artists for the five short stories. “The Demon’s Fist” (James Tynion IV / Tradd Moore) presents the POV of one of Ra’s al Ghul’s assassins as he battles the…
Every year, I see a plethora of my friends start posting their New Year’s Resolutions, which is a list of goals that they want to accomplish in their life in the upcoming year. With 2022 happening tomorrow, I am seeing it happen all over again. Several years ago, I was right along with this cultural…
In 2021, like the previous year, several movies were delayed because of the ongoing beer bug scares. This made it an odd year where you could watch a movie in theaters, go to a drive-in, or stream it. However, this year we had a little bit better crop of movies and it was not so…
When it comes to 2021, cinemas were just starting to open up after a year. You still had to surf for movies and it did not always pan out. Now, I did catch a few in the theaters and it was good to be back. The same goes for the ones I watched on DVD…
2021 continued this tumultuous era for comic books. The larger companies are starting weird trends of changing their legacy characters to placate social media weirdos and that has caused issues in the industry. Fortunately, during this time, we still got some awesome comic art. It was hard to narrow it down because, even if the…
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