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Review: SPLIT (2017)
*WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS* When the trailers for M. Night Shyamalan’s Split hit the web, I had no idea what I was in for. While Shyamalan’s first collaboration with Jason Blum, The Visit, felt like a true return to form for me, I was still a tad weary of the film. But the more I heard, the more I became intrigued. And by release date, I was there, excited to see what the film was going to entail. By the time the credits rolled, I realized that it had completely blown my expectations out of the water. Split follows Casey Cooke (Anya Taylor-Joy), a shy introverted teenager who is kidnapped along…
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FLASH SPOILER Review: Episode 5×05- “All Doll’d Up”
The Flash (5×05)- “All Doll’d Up” Written by: Tony Pound & Sterling Gates Directed by: Philip Chipera Well what a time. I’ve been without a computer for pretty much the whole winter break and without a computer I can’t write reviews. (I have a phone but I’m not tapping out a review on that with my old man hands.) So, in short my big plan to clean up the episodes I missed was pretty much nuked and it’s scramble time. Anyways… For once those “Previously on the Flash…” Montages helped me out to remind of exactly what’s been going on going into this episode because I wasn’t watching too closely…
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REVIEW: UNBREAKABLE (2000)
Heroes walk among us, and they take the shape of ordinary people taking life a day at a time. They’re our police officers, our teachers, our baristas, parents, lovers, and friends (and also Kenny Rogers). But we live in a culture with misplaced priorities. A culture that idolizes actors and politicians. One obsessed with the extraordinary heroes of comic books and the superhuman feats they can achieve. Writer/Director M Night Shyamalan saw this disparity at a time when comic book movies were a blip on the cultural landscape. And in Unbreakable, he exploits the disparity in a clever way. David Dunn (Bruce Willis) is a an everyday security guard with…
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Review: YOUNG JUSTICE: OUTSIDERS Episodes 4-6
We will be reviewing the episodes of Private Security, Away Mission, and Rescue Op. This is your spoiler warning. After a very bleak premiere, Young Justice decided to get back to its more humorous side. Episode four could be considered a filler episode. It focuses on Dick tracking down stolen VR headsets with the help of Bow Hunter Security. The team consists of Roy Harper. All of the Roy Harpers. This episode is pure cheese, and I love every second of it. They have to stop Brick and his thugs, and it is a fun ride. Dick is avoiding his responsibilities. He creates a team for this rescue mission in the…
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Anime Review – THE PROMISED NEVERLAND
Recently, the first episode of the anime adaptation of The Promised Neverland was released. It’s an adaptation of an award-winning manga that I have heard much about (although I have never read it). So, I will write this review as someone going in blind. The manga started off as a Shonen Jump manga back in August 2016. The story focus on the girl Emma, and her two friends who all lives at the same orphanage. At first, their life feels pretty normal, with grown-ups taking good care of them, while they wait to be adopted. However, when Emma finds out the dark secret about her family’s estate, she and her…
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REVIEW: FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST BROTHERHOOD
I took on Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood to review before others because it was one I readily had available. In Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood we follow the two alchemist brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric, who are searching for a way to obtain their original bodies. But during their quest, both of the young alchemists get involved in a larger event than they ever could have ever expected. I know that it might be cliché to say that Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood is a favorite anime of yours considering its popularity in the anime community, but it ends up on many top lists for many reasons. The plot is intriguing to the very end. It brings up…
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Review: YOUNG JUSTICE: OUTSIDERS Premiere
Picking up a mere two years after Young Justice: Invasion, Outsiders, focuses on metahuman trafficking. The team needs to stop Count Vertigo from kidnapping children and turning them into monsters. Can Nightwing and company stop him? This review will be covering the events from these episodes: Princes All, Royal We, and Eminent Threat. If you haven’t seen all of these episodes, bookmark this review and come back when you’re finished. Just like in season two the time jump leaves us in a different place. Nightwing is off doing solo missions, Miss Martian and Superboy lead the Team, and Kaldur has gone from Aqualad to Aquaman, leader of the Justice League. We…
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Retrospective Review: ARROW Season 2
This season follows Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) who is working to stop crime and not being a murderer with the help of OTA(Original Team Arrow), allies John Diggle (David Ramsey) and Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards). Oliver struggles with his commitment to no killing when Slade Wilson (Manu Bennett), a man from Oliver’s time on the island who resurfaces with a vendetta against him. Oliver grows to accept help from wannabe vigilante Roy Harper (Colton Haynes) and Laurel’s father, Officer Quentin Lance (Paul Blackthorne) and eventually Sara Lance (Caity Lotz), come back to Starling City after surviving her ordeal at sea. We see the flashbacks continue of Oliver’s time on…
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Comic Review: YOUNG JUSTICE: OUTSIDERS – Torch Songs
Set shortly after the season 2 finale, Torch Songs showcases a battle between Psimon, Miss Martian, Superboy, Beast Boy, and Batgirl. Can they win a fight against the telepath? Or will they be stuck inside of Miss Martian’s head forever? We pick up in year six of the series. Not too much has changed, but Batgirl has taken on some of Nightwing’s responsibilities. Psimon has moved into the United States, our team’s mission is to take him down. Psimon is too smart for the team to find him so easily. It’s a trap to get revenge on M’gann. Knowing this, the team still continues on. They split up and Batgirl…
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AQUAMAN is a Pulp Fiction Comic Book Movie
I do not lightly say that Aquaman is a Homeric epic, a paragon of Pulp Fiction storytelling, a complete hero’s journey. It would be so simple to call it another superhero movie following the established procedures set by the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man, Christopher Nolan’s Batman, or Fox’s X-Men universe. Instead, what is presented is a story told often in comic books, The Pulp Fiction swordsman of Camelot. It follows in the footsteps of The Mummy, Indiana Jones, The Princess Bride, Star Wars, Buck Rogers, Errol Flynn and all the dashing swordsmen who graced the comic book pages of the early 1920s and 30s. In many ways, the…
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