An Appreciation Of Bat Out Of Hell
I remember every little thing as if it happened only yesterday… As the story goes, a young actor and a young composer/lyricist met after the […]
Reviews
Movie Review: Belle
Belle may be a tale old as time, but it’s told through the lens of tomorrow’s technology. Writer/director Mamoru Hosoda makes no secret of the […]
Lockdown Rewind: Bloodshot
The character Bloodshot has lived many lives. Infused with nanites that heal everything but his memory, he’s the perfect weapon. Until, of course, he goes […]
The Legend Of La Llorona Needs A Little Less
When playing in the sandbox of a famous ghost story, a filmmaking team has to put their own spin on it. If anything trips up […]
Great Comics Of 2021
Year-end “Best of” lists serve one purpose for me: call out something that I didn’t hear about, or meant to read/watch and forgot. To say the comics on this list are “the best,” maybe they are. Really, they’re ones I read that stuck with me. There may be others this year that you enjoyed that I missed, and I want to hear about them. I won’t objectively call them “the best;” subjectively, they’re just great.
L.A. ComicCon 2021: Monster Matador
Monsters have risen all over the world. You don’t need to know why. Just know that heroes have risen to fight. If it seems silly […]
L.A. ComicCon 2021: Pat McCormick’s Charley & Humphrey
“GLUE! I NEED GLUE!” Say that to someone who grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and they suddenly remember a frantic bulldog puppet […]
L.A. ComicCon 2021: The Christmas Bandits
Everybody loves raccoons until they start showing up on your lawn. But Santa Claus is such a good-hearted fellow that even when set upon by […]
Fanboy Planet Podcast Episode 592: CarrCast 2021
Earth-2 Comic’s Carr D’Angelo joins Ric and Derek to talk comics, retailing, and The Defenders!
All Of The Marvels Is A Marvel
Reading every comic book Marvel has released is a Sisyphean task. By the time you’ve finished 27,000+, they’ve added another 1,000. Coincidentally, Sisyphus is one […]
‘Antlers’ Mostly Makes Its Points
The damage we do, the scars we leave, were once said to be invisible. More likely now, they’re so constant and present that they just […]
Dark Shadows And Beyond: No Dark Shadows Here
He idolized Olivier. He could have become the next Karloff. For a brief time in the late ’60s and early ’70s, he was almost bigger […]
Creeped Out By TKO Studios’ Graveneye
We’ve known that those who walk in Hill House walk alone. But you’ll never walk alone when the house is alive and hungry. Hungry to […]
Let The Dead Stay Dead, Not Animated
Warner Bros. reanimates Night of the Living Dead, but… why?
Comics Review: Unborn #1
Since Frank Gogol has made an impact writing Power Rangers, it should be no surprise that there’s a slight taste of the concept in Unborn. But these […]
Foundation Remixed, Redone, Reborn
The seas are rising. Society has turned to religious conservatism, while turning its back on math and science. Gaal Dornick (Lou Llobell) escapes only because […]
Fanboy Planet Podcast Episode #591: Shang-Chi vs Shang-Chi
We’re back to discuss the advent of Shang-Chi, the rising and advancement of this spirit from classic comics to cinematic blockbuster.
The Sixth Reel Unspools Laughs And Poignance
Without someone to take care and remember, everything disappears. That goes for people as well as works of art. There has to be a plan […]
Fanboy Planet Podcast Episode #590: Superman and Loki
Superman and Lois and Loki in one episode. Plus, a triple helping of comics reviews and recommendations.
Hercules And The Captive Women: Blu-ray Review
Despite the lurid cover art, the few captive women in Hercules and the Captive Women are presented in a way that are pure nightmare fuel. Their […]