Over the course of 2021, Marvel has blessed audiences with two films (Black Widow and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) and three live-action shows, with a fourth still to come (WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, and Hawkeye). All these (that have come out) were great to phenomenal additions to …
The show that has taken the entire world by storm this year has been the South Korean dystopian drama, Squid Game (2021), and its popularity is not misplaced. From Battle Royale (2000) to The Hunger Games (2012), for a while, audiences loved the dystopian, battle-to-the-death storyline, and Squid Game is certainly capitalizing on that and …
Disney's ownership of the Star Wars franchise has been a rocky relationship with the fanbase, and while it wasn't an issue for me, many long-time fans of the Star Wars brand had a problem with Disney's decision to make all Star Wars content under them canon (meaning all books, tv shows, and other media, other …
Last year, Hulu released the first season of Love, Victor, and I was left feeling just okay with it (you can check out my in-depth review for season 1 here). With the series getting a season 2 order from Hulu, I was optimistic that the show would be able to address several of the issues …
With the massive amounts of comic book properties that have been getting adapted lately, it is always nice to get one that surprises and subverts the general audience's expectations. This year's comic adaptation to do that, is Amazon's first season of Invincible (2021- ), based on the Skybound/Image comic of the same name. By taking …
Marvel fans have been blessed so far this year, with Black Widow (2021) finally in theaters and WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and now Loki dominating streaming on Disney+. The year is only going to get better for Marvel fans as we are slated to get three more D+ shows (What if?, Ms. …
Editing Note: This was written two months ago, but is only now being published. If there is any weird/out of place statements involving timing, that is why. Marvel and Disney have done it again. With WandaVision's (2021) incredible success on Disney+ earlier this year, hopes were high for Marvel's future presence on the streaming service. …
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I am a comic book fanatic and have been ever since I first sat down and watched the '90s Spider-Man and X-Men cartoons. Ever since Iron Man (2008), Marvel has been creating this vast world that both comic book lovers like myself and people who see the colorful costumes and roll their eyes have fallen …
I have always been a fan of foreign cinema and television, particularly properties from Japan and France. However, it wasn't until I sat down to watch the high-octane and dramatic zombie thriller Train to Busan (2016) that Korean properties really grabbed my attention and instantly captivated me. A big appeal to Korean films and shows …
One of the last big outputs of 2020 content from Netflix came in the form of several foreign television shows in December. One of the ones I sat down to watch was an adaptation of a popular Japanese suspense manga, Alice in Borderland (Imawa no Kuni no Arisu, original Japanese name) and it was quite …
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