Tag: action
Why I’m Excited: CW’s Elseworlds Crossover
Superman: Red Son, Kingdom Come, Gotham by Gaslight; over the years, DC comics has become well known for the very popular “Elseworlds” titles: one-off stories that envision the company’s most popular heroes in bold new ways. So when the CW announced that their crossover for this ...
Read MoreFirst Impressions: Battlefield V
DICE’s Battlefield V made a big splash this year, and not for the best reasons. The controversy started early with the reveal of female combatants in its historically based WWII setting, and when there was an uproar, the developers chastised their criticizers. So there has already been poor p...
Read MoreREVIEW: Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
It’s rare that the words “Disney sequel” mean anything good. That being said, when it was revealed that directors Rich Moore and Phil Johnston were working on a sequel to Wreck-It-Ralph, I was pretty excited. Wreck-It Ralph wasn’t one of my very favorite Disney movies, and I found Va...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 5, Episode 6 “The Icicle Cometh”
The lineage theme that has permeated season 5 of The Flash once again comes to the fore in “The Icicle Cometh,” a lower-key episode that’s more about character development than superhero action. While Caitlin’s subplot takes center stage, more is still revealed about Cicada, and Nora’s rel...
Read MoreREVIEW: Arrow – Season 7, Episode 6 “Due Process”
Things have looked grim for Star City’s heroes throughout the first leg of Arrow season 7, but “Due Process” puts a light at the end of Oliver Queen’s very dark tunnel. In furthering the season’s themes, it also offers hope to some other Team Arrow members dallying with the dark side, as w...
Read MoreREVIEW: Star Wars Resistance – Season 1, Episode 8 “Synara’s Score”
*Spoilers* In “Synara’s Score,” Yeager receives a message from Doza that pirates will be attacking soon. Yeager tasks Neeku with staying in the shop working all day and sends Tam and Kaz to get a tracker chip. After being unable to find it affordably, Kaz asks Synara for help findi...
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