by Jarrod | Oct 1, 2014 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Jarrod Jones. Let’s be honest with each other: there was never anything wholly original about Lobo. Created by Keith Giffen and Roger Slifer in 1983 as a response to Marvel anti-heroes like The Punisher and Wolverine, Lobo was very much a heightened...
by Jarrod | Sep 30, 2014 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Andrew Stevens. At the close of issue five of The Chicago Organized Workers League (C.O.W.L.) we emerge from a labyrinth of plot and character setup, only to turn around and see the vista Kyle Higgins, Alec Siegel, and Rod Reis have created. Below us stands the...
by Jarrod | Sep 30, 2014 | TUBE ROCKET
Season One, Episode Two – “Selina Kyle” By Matt Fleming. The second entry in Fox’s Gotham, “Selina Kyle,” takes off running and gives the viewer an idea of how dexterous the show is attempting to be. Juggling multiple storylines that are both...
by Jarrod | Sep 29, 2014 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Kyle G. King. Coming off of Bullhead, an Academy Award nominee for 2011’s Best Foreign Language Film, Belgium director Michaël R. Roskam gives us his English-language directorial debut with The Drop, a crime drama about dirty bars and the crooked middle-men...
by Jarrod | Sep 26, 2014 | ANTI-MONITOR
This is the sixth in the Anti-Monitor series, where it’s believed that some films are best reviewed with the utmost incredulity. This week, Matt Fleming and myself banter back and forth over the latest collaboration between director Antoine Fuqua and actor Denzel...
by Jarrod | Sep 25, 2014 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Gavin Rehfeldt. Gamora’s interrogation of Peter Quill continues in this month’s chapter of Brian Michael Bendis’s entertaining Guardians Of The Galaxy. This installment lands its microscope firmly on Quill’s eventful and nuanced past as all of his secrets...
by Jarrod | Sep 25, 2014 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!
By Matt Fleming. As a child, I spent an inordinate amount of time watching movies on cable and VHS. My mother would insist I come outside to enjoy the beautiful weather. I would respond, “But Mom, Back to the Future is on HBO right now.” As an adult, I’m attempting to...
