Nothing says Christmas like decking the halls with the blood of your enemies, am I right? Okay, so, maybe not. But that didn’t stop our friends at 2oth Century Fox from gracing us with this ‘even more NSFW’ brand new red band trailer for the upcoming ‘superhero’ film Deadpool on Christmas. You […]
Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD: Maveth Recap
Synopsis of 3×10: A battle between Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. will change Coulson’s world; Fitz and Coulson take a huge risk. Rating: ★★★☆☆ With the hype around this show growing every day preceeding the episode, “Maveth” still ended up leaving me feeling rather empty. As far as the episode goes, the first half was essentially […]
Review: Ant-Man Comes to Blu-Ray With Some Excellent Special Features
Ant-Man [Blu-Ray] Release Date: December 8, 2015 Cast: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll Studio: Marvel Studios Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Genre(s): Action, Comedy, Superheroes Extra Feature Rating:????? Rating: ????? Review Spoilers: N/A Amazon | IMDB | Wikipedia Ant-Man is one of my favorite superhero movies of all time. I know, I know. In […]
Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD: Closure Recap
Synopsis of 3×09: Ward’s revenge campaign cripples the team; Coulson makes it clear he will stop at nothing to settle the score. Rating: ★★★½☆☆ I’ll admit that before entering this week’s episode, I severely lowered my standards. I always get kind of worried when they throw around words like ‘Closure’ and start […]
Marvel’s Jessica Jones Season 1 Review
Cast: Krysten Ritter, Michael Colton, Rachael Taylor, Carrie-Anne Moss, David Tennant Created by: Melissa Rosenberg Episodes: 13 Genres: Drama/Horror/Noir Rating: ★★★★1/2 Review Spoilers: Very Light Netflix | IMDb Everything you need to know about Jessica Jones can be learned by watching it. That sounds like a dumb thing to say […]
Why “Jessica Jones” Walks the Walk on Strong Female Characters
I am so tired of the “strong silent woman” being the default trope that calls to feminism. Strong female characters are a commodity these days. Marvel really loves to toot the “strong female character” horn, but so rarely do they actually walk the walk when they talk the talk. Characters […]
Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD: Many Heads, One Tale Recap
Synopsis of 3×08: Dangerous facts about the ATCU are discovered by the team; Ward’s plans to take down SHIELD do not go as expected. Rating: ★★★☆☆ There are some episodes of SHIELD where everyone is exactly who you expect them to be. Coulson’s got a thousand trust issues; May’s quiet and […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – November 11, 2015
This week from BOOM! Studios, Sam reviewed Lantern City and Kylee is enjoying the latest offering of Zodiac Starforce. She also reviewed Dark Horse’s new series Last Sons of America and continues to enjoy Harrow County, though this issue may have been the series’ first stumble. Jackson wasn’t thrilled with the first issue of Superman: American […]
Marvel Takes Wildly Different Approaches on All-New Wolverine #1 & Illuminati #1
The line-wide relaunch that is All-New All-Different Marvel is giving an interesting look at the way the company approaches its marquee characters and teams versus the way it takes on riskier characters and concepts. For their biggest characters, Marvel’s making marked, exciting changes but grounding those changes with fairly conservative […]
Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD: Among Us Hide… Recap
Synopsis of 3×06: The stakes get higher as May and Hunter pursue Ward and Hydra; Coulson thinks the ATCU could be keeping a big secret. Rating: ★★★☆☆ With Marvel celebrating its 50th birthday, so too does Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD celebrate it’s 50th episode with “Among Us Hide…” After the seriously needed […]
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