OUAT hits 100 episodes, even though most thought it wouldn’t last a season, because it’s crazy enough to work.

Arrow Season 4, Episode 17 “Beacon of Hope” Written by Ben Sokolowski & Brian Ford Sullivan Directed by Michael Schultz Airs Wednesdays at 8pm ET on The CW   In case you didn’t realize what the title of the episode was, Felicity, Thea, Oliver, and company are right there to deliver the title numerous times throughout the …

Why this film in particular is so great has to do with the combination of its classically neorealist features and the skill of a competent group of filmmakers. The end result is certainly one of the finest films of all time.

Justice League of America #8 Written and penciled by Bryan Hitch Inks by Daniel Henriques Colors by Alex Sinclair Letters by Chris Eliopoulos Published by DC Comics Issue #8 of Bryan Hitch’s Justice League of America  has arrived at a particularly eventful epoch for the titular Justice League, and whether by chance or design the contents of …

As the arc hits its full stride, the story takes off, fast and fun. Kelly Thompson built up an anticipation for what Silica and Dark Jem might bring during the last two issues, and this issue pays off in humorous character hijinks and ebullient art by Sophie Campbell and M. Victoria Robado.

Grim Dawn Developed by Crate Entertainment Published by Crate Entertainment PC — Steam, GOG, DRM-free Released Feb. 25th, 2016 Grim Dawn has quite a history. In April of 2012, about a month before Diablo III would release to excitement, skepticism, and dismay, Crate Entertainment quietly launched a Kickstarter campaign for their game to a horde of hungry …

What makes a good comic-book action sequence? How do you balance dynamic movement and eye-catching art with coherency and continuity?   On Saturday morning, some of DC and Marvel’s most exciting talents sat down to discuss their action-crafting expertise at WonderCon’s “Drawing Action” panel.   Right off the bat, it was clear that the panel …

I was at DC’s big Rebirth announcement on Saturday (second row, natch!) and I’m full of mixed emotions and big prognostications. Stick with me here, but I think that one-hour presentation effectively epitomized all the weird conflicts and awkward contradictions at this particular moment in superhero comics: everything good & bad, pure & cynical, innovative …

Batman #50 Written by Scott Snyder Drawn by Greg Capullo, Danny Miki and Yanick Paquette Colored by FCO Plascencia and Nathan Fairbairn Lettered by Steve Wands Published by DC Comics WARNING: SPOILERS! The dramatic payoff to the “Superheavy” arc was the last issue when Bruce Wayne regained his memories and became himself again.  Wayne telling …

Welcome to another Scream Factory blu-ray release, this time for the double-feature of Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Dunwich Horror. Both were produced by the now long defunct American International Pictures studio and are adaptations of the works of famous authors, Edgar Allan Poe for the former, and H.P. Lovecraft for the latter. The blu-ray was released on March 29th, 2016.

Radio Silence is a fun webcomic about some intense, passionate musicians, an introverted keyboard player, and their manager, who is the mature adult of the group.

The X-Men franchise is actually the oldest one still active in the superhero movie genre, having first debuted on screen all the way back in 2000. In 16 years on screen, the franchise has gone through a number of changes, and in more ways than one you can chart a history of many of the …

“Prisoners” gives Gordon’s arc the U turn it needed to get back on track to get him to redemption and reactivates him with motivation and an active path to his goal after a fairly harrowing episode at Blackgate prison.

Vinyl, Season 1, Episode 7: “The King and I” Written by David Matthews Directed by Allen Coulter Airs Sundays at 9pm on HBO If Vinyl has managed to convey one thing about Richie’s personality, it’s that he never does anything halfway. He has to run his business with a constant pipeline of cocaine direct to his nose. …

These days you’ll find no shortage of movie pundits, of the professional and amateur variety, railing against the rampant use of lens flare. Most recently associated with JJ Abrams, lens flares have become emblematic of a kind of shiny Hollywood artifice for a lot of people. They seem to represent in the minds of many …

Adam Reed’s Archer was created with the express purpose of poking a bit of fun at the well-worn tropes of the spy movie genre, the poster boy for which is undoubtedly the Bond franchise. That’s how it started, anyway. Long running franchises have a tendency to mutate over time, and over the course of 6 (soon …

The massive ocean of slasher films from which fans can choose is intimidating to, say the least. With so many entries, where does one begin, not to mention that there is only so much filmmakers can do with the genre to put a fresh spin on its inner workings. Along comes Cherry Falls to the rescue. While the film won’t necessarily rock anybody’s world, it evidently has a few more interesting thoughts on its mind than the average serial killer flick.

Humans are a pretty strange species. We enjoy games about virtual goats that ride skateboards and vandalise their surroundings, sports games with worm-like re-imaginations of our bodies, and games where an octopus masquerades as ‘a normal human dad’. Maybe that explains why indie games are all the rage these days. They cover territory that many AAA games …

Hellcat #4 continues to be an adorable, friendship focused comic about characters, who struggle with real problems like dating and jobs along with fighting Asgardian sorceresses. And artist Brittney Williams and colorist Megan Wilson add some nice Bronze Age flourishes when Casiolena shows up to go with their fashion forward character designs and fun cartooning and to vary the style of the comic a little bit.

Fist of Fury Written and directed by Lo Wei Hong Kong, 1972 In honour of the Fistful of Film Fury’s 50th column entry, it is only appropriate that the movie that partially lends the column its namesake get the review treatment. It is a stormy night when Chen Zhen (Bruce Lee), pupil at the Jingwu …

Grim Dawn released several weeks ago. I decided I was going to put it through its paces for a review, so I did what most any journalist would do: I logged into Steam, downloaded its 4-ish gigs in a handful of minutes (not even long enough for me to bother checking the time) thanks to …

No matter who writes him, Daredevil has always been a character who’s possessed a sense of moral superiority over everyone else.  Even when it’s clear to the reader that he’s in the wrong, Matt Murdock still believes that his actions ascribe to a greater moral good.  It’s for this reason that he exhumed Elektra’s corpse …

Arrow’s inconsistent characterization and obvious plot machinations highlight a less-than-stellar installment marking the return of a cartoonish antagonist.