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Welcome to Opening Panel, a series where we tell you the best place to start with franchise comics. The Defenders arrives on Netflix this weekend, but maybe you want to head deep into the comics first. You may notice if you’re looking for Defenders comics, you won’t really find any that are similar to the TV…
Jessie Nickson-Lopez, writer of the Netflix hit Stranger Things has pitched turning best-selling author Michael Harvey’s upcoming novel Pulse into a feature film. It’s been picked up by Shawn Levy’s production company 21 Laps. Nickson-Lopez, who is currently also writing for Narcos, is working on penning the script. Very excited about keeping it in the…
Pokemon Moon was not what I was expecting. To be fair, I tried not to learn too much about it ahead of time so that I could immerse myself in the game and enjoy all of its surprises. However, I’m not sure that I liked its surprises. The game was a fun JRPG, like all…
Sometimes it’s easy to forget that this expansive group of characters from Game of Thrones are occupying the same world. But as Jamie charged with a spear in hand at Daenerys, it became quite clear that season 7 is playing for keeps. In that moment, Dany likely didn’t realize this pursuer was the same dude…
Welcome to Best Comic I Read, a column where I talk about the best comic I’ve read each week. It doesn’t have to have actually come out this week. It doesn’t have to be any particular format. The comic just has to be good. “Best” is subjective to be sure, but this is why I…
Daily Show correspondent Jessica Williams has stepped away from her usual television gigs to star in Netflix’s The Incredible Jessica James. And Williams did not change anything about her hilarious and refreshing self for this lead role. Williams plays the lead role Jessica James who is an early 20s, nose ring wearing, African American playwrite….
If you have read our recent movie previews, you know I am a big fan of the summer blockbuster movies. Well August usually rounds out that time with some franchise titles. But this list of August movies is all over the place. So let’s bust out the metal detector, hit the beach and look for…
(Possible Spoilers Ahead) DC thought that they would be able to reverse the Marvel formula by starting their franchise with their all-star ensemble, the Justice League. It wasn’t an entirely bad idea. The characters are known well enough around the world that they wouldn’t need their own films to introduce them like characters in the…
This week’s episode of Game of Thrones was all about new friends and new places. Well when I say new friends, I mean that characters met for the first time and didn’t get along. When I say new places, I mean we saw two ancient castles for the first time and they were promptly taken…
We’re right in the middle of summer. The weather is warmer than it has been in a while, which means that going outside seems like something only a madman would do. That’s why Netflix exists, with its many movies and TV shows, we can all spend hours watching those instead of dying in the heat….
Welcome to Best Comic I Read, a column where I talk about the best comic I’ve read each week. It doesn’t have to have actually come out this week. It doesn’t have to be any particular format. The comic just has to be good. “Best” is subjective to be sure, but this is why I…
Every week, the folks at iTunes find a movie they like and make it available to rent for the low, low price of $0.99. I’m here to tell you whether that film is worth your hard-earned dollar. Ok, the featured $0.99 flick is the recent biopic about McDonald’s guru Ray Kroc. It’s called The Founder. It…
What Do Batman, Spider-Man, and Star Wars Have in Common? Franchise fatigue is when an audience becomes bored with a property. Personally, I’m starting to feel this way about Batman, Spider-Man, and even a little with Star Wars. Which are some of the biggest franchises in the world. I feel this way about Spider-Man for…
From the end of season six through last week’s season premiere, everything seemed way too optimistic for our favorite characters. That’s not the Game of Thrones way. Episode two, Stormborn, reminded us of that. Daenerys’ first action in her conquest led to a pretty rough defeat on the high seas. But after last week’s introduction,…
When it comes to pop culture staples that have managed to spread across the entire world, few have been more successful than Monty Python. The British surreal comedy troupe, featuring members Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, is perhaps one of the most famous comedy groups to ever…