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Movie Review: The Super Mario Bros. Movie

by Greg Uke, Reporter Let me begin this review by saying that the 80’s was a pretty weird time.  They didn’t seem weird back then because I was just a kid, and whatever you experience at that age gets normalized….

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…

Movie Review: Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham

by Greg Uke, Reporter Genre mashups are always hard.  When a writer sits down and creates a world, they inevitably develop a paradigm to support it. Sometimes this paradigm is generic enough that it can be shared with others. Alan…

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…

Movie Review: Cocaine Bear

by Greg Uke, Reporter Long ago, in the BC era, I wasn’t a fan of horror comedies.  But my friends, BC stands for “Before Cocaine Bear”.  I went into the theater expecting this movie to be unbearable, and left with…

Movie Review: Legion of Super-Heroes

by Greg Uke, Reporter She has gone by many names: The Girl of Steel. The Maid of Might. The Princess of Power. That’s right, Supergirl has returned to the DC Universe Movie series! Viewers are reintroduced to one of DC…

Advance Review: Avatar: The Way of Water

  by Greg Uke, Reporter Back in 2009, the cinematic community experienced the first Avatar movie. It was a bold production for its time, not only for the quality of its CGI but also for the stark visual contrast between…

BD Review: The Batman: The Complete Series

by Mike Favila, Senior Editor I know this is sacrosanct in our business, but I have a confession to make: I’ve NEVER seen any of the Batman animated shows before. I’ve run into a snarky Teen Titan episode here and…

Blu-ray Review: Batman The Long Halloween Part 2

by Erin Hatch, Editor-at-Large How far would you go for revenge? If someone truly hurt you, where would you draw the line between what is acceptable retribution and what is too extreme Batman: The Long Halloween Part 2 explores these…

Movie Review: The Suicide Squad

by Kevin Gaussoin, Editor-in-Chief The Suicide Squad is back! Now with James Gunn as Writer/Director/Executive Producer, Task Force X takes us for the most enjoyable ride yet! We were first cinematically introduced to the concept of Task Force X in…

Blu-Ray Review: Batman: The Long Halloween Part One

by Erin Hatch, Editor-at-Large One of the most alluring aspects of Batman comics is the ability for the character to participate in stories that are outlandish and cartoony or somber and grounded and still feel at home with the tone…

Movie Review: Justice Society: World War II

  by Matt Sernaker, Managing Editor Damn it, Barry! During an impromptu team-up with the Man of Steel, The Flash (Barry Allen) finds himself as a man out of time when the Speed Force accidentally causes him to time travel…

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…

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…