by Jarrod | Jun 19, 2017 | TUBE ROCKET
Series Ten, Episode Ten – “The Eaters of Light” By Brandy Dykhuizen. The Doctor, Bill and Nardole solve the mysteries of Highland cairns and the limited vocabulary of crows in an episode with structural echoes of “The Empress of Mars.” Like last week, The Doctor...
by Jarrod | Jun 16, 2017 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Don Alsafi. Despite the continued popularity of Marvel’s superheroes in the wider world, the publisher has to date been unable to translate that heightened awareness into increased comics sales. Part of the problem, as we’ve seen, is a shortsighted...
by Jarrod | Jun 16, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Matt Fleming. When it comes to genre films, ambition is a tough sell. Occasionally, fresh ideas from new filmmakers strike a balance of convention and innovation (I’m looking at you, Get Out), but far more often the end result is stifled by an implied sense of...
by Jarrod | Jun 16, 2017 | ANTI-MONITOR
By Elford Alley. This is RETROGRADING, where it’s more or less safe to go back in the water. THE FILM: Jaws 2 THE TIME: 1978. In 1975, Steven Spielberg had created a new genre with Jaws: the summer blockbuster. This film, along with 1977’s Star Wars, created a demand...
by Jarrod | Jun 15, 2017 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Jarrod Jones. It has been more than a year since DC Comics kicked off its highly successful Rebirth initiative — and with it, an era of optimism and structure. Rebirth has been universally lauded for its restraint with all-encompassing events. The kind of thing...
by Jarrod | Jun 14, 2017 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Brandy Dykhuizen. Winnebago Graveyard hearkens back to the good ol’ days, when humanity still relied on the devil’s influence to account for its most gruesome acts. Shaped by Satan-centric cult films of the ’70s, Steve Niles dives into a full-mooned meeting...
by Jarrod | Jun 13, 2017 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Brandy Dykhuizen. Briggs Land: Lone Wolves #1 is a TV-ready book that explores how deeply people are inclined to bend the nature of laws to suit their own agendas. As so many of our country’s citizens are quick to take polarized views on interpretations of The...
