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...
by Jarrod | Jun 13, 2017 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, NEWSWIRE
By Stefania Rudd. Once upon a time, Callie Boudreau’s heart simply gave up. She got a new one. Her life carried on with a donor heart beating in her chest. Only thing is, the experience didn’t change her life in the way you might think. Oh, she learned not...
by Jarrod | Jun 13, 2017 | TUBE ROCKET
Season Three, Episode Nine — “Fall” By Brandy Dykhuizen. Better Call Saul can really crank out those thoughtful episodes – the ones that dive deep into a character’s psyche and expose them pinned and wriggling. As utterly brilliant as those moments...
by Jarrod | Jun 12, 2017 | TUBE ROCKET
Season Three, Episode Six — “The Return, Part 6” By Brad Sun. After wallowing in some grounded grimness last episode, Twin Peaks brings back the strange for its sixth hour. Cooper’s slow, sad odyssey as Dougie Jones continued to amble along,...
