SDCC 2023: EDITORIAL – Artificial Intelligence: Are you red or green?
Thoughts on artificial intelligence, creativity, and the SAG/AFTRA/WGA/NAVA panel at San Diego Comic-Con. by Emma Smith, Assistant Editor This year, a panel of voice actors and SAG/AFTRA’s chief negotiator sat down to talk “AI in Entertainment: The Performer’s Perspective.” The…
Movie Review: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
As I write this review I am coming down from a frothing Generation X rage after a young man at the theater said something deprecating about the movie I just watched. So I must beg your indulgence for a moment, gentle reader, while I get something off my chest. On the off chance that that young man somehow reads this, I will be addressing his concerns directly.
Comic Book Review: Spider-Man #7
by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor Dan Slott promised this was gonna be a big issue, and boy did he and the team deliver! End of the Spider-Verse Part Seven: “Spider-Genesis” has arrived, featuring the final standoff between Shathra (the ancient…
Movie Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
by Greg Uke, Reporter I am a gigantic Dungeons & Dragons nerd. So when I went to watch Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, I was gnashing my nerd teeth and actively looking for things to complain about. The main…
TV Review: Star Trek: Picard – Season 3, Episode 7 “Dominion”
by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor Star Trek: Picard returns this week for the seventh episode of Season Three, “Dominion”. This installment, directed by Deborah Kampmeier and written by Jane Maggs, will finally shed light on the newly evolved Changelings as the…
Movie Review: John Wick 4
by Greg Uke, Reporter There’s something viscerally satisfying about a good action movie. Even when the action is corny or blatantly unbelievable, it scratches a primal itch for passion and adrenaline that can’t be denied. We learned this many years…
Movie Review: Shazam! Fury of the Gods
by Greg Uke, Reporter Let me begin this review by saying that I’m not a big fan of most live action movies DC has put out to date. There are many reasons for this. Skeptics will say it’s because we compare…
Advance Review: Image Comics – NO/ONE #1
by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor “NO/ONE is above the law. And I am NO/ONE”. The Massive-Verse continues to expand with the release of NO/ONE from Image Comics! Superstar writer Kyle Higgins (Radiant Black) leads an incredible creative team on the…
Movie Review: A Writer’s Odyssey
by Mike Favila, Senior Editor At first, A Writer’s Odyssey doesn’t seem like it’s going to be anything like its trailer. One minute, it’s a gritty noir, with faint callbacks to crime movies of the past. But then the giants…
Movie Review: Batman: Soul of the Dragon
by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor Get ready for a very different kind of Batman story! Batman: Soul of the Dragon has arrived on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and Digital On-Demand, featuring a young Bruce Wayne setting out on a…
Interview: Russ Braun (The Boys, Fables)
by Mike Favila, Senior Editor The Boys are one of my favorite stories in the last 20 years. Hyperkinetic violence, mixed with damaged characters and intensely shocking situations (poor dolphin), isn’t always my cup of tea. But Garth Ennis (Preacher)…
Interview: Eddie Campbell (From Hell: Master Edition, Bacchus)
by Mike Favila, Senior Editor I loved From Hell when I first bought the original version many years ago. The dense characterizations and interweaving plotlines, effortlessly mixed with Eddie Campbell’s casual, yet detailed, artwork, made for a great read. I…
Movie Review: Ark Exitus
by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor When doppelgängers from a parallel universe begin to invade our world, it is up to a covert agency named Structure to save the day. Can their top agent stop the latest incursion and determine their…
Advance Review: Power Rangers: Sins of the Future
by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor TIME FOR TIME FORCE! Our favorite force from the future is back in an all-new adventure from Boom! Studios. Power Rangers: Sins of the Future features fan favorites Jen Scotts (Time…
Movie Review: Superman: Man of Tomorrow
by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s the latest DC Universe Movie: Superman: Man of Tomorrow. This new animated adventure is now available to own on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD,…