Hello again entertainment news fans! Welcome to another addition of Last Week’s Episode. This week we’ve got the good, the bad, and the terrible in everything Hollywood so grab your popcorn, settle in and get ready to add douse your brain in some new movie and TV news.
Last Week’s Episode: Superheroes, Oscar nods, and James McAvoy Baking
Hello film and tv fans! It’s that time again. This week we’ve got superheroes, superheroes, and sad superheroes, as well as Oscar nominations, a little animation news and more. So strap in and get ready to read some news baby!
REVIEW: Wonder Woman 1984 Has Great Characters, Poor Pacing
In Wonder Woman 1984, Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) faces off against foes both strong and willful—Max Lord (Pedro Pascal), and Cheetah (Kristen Wiig). Set against the backdrop of global political tensions and the oil boom, Wonder Woman must once again believe the best in humanity to save the world.
REVIEW: Hellblazer: Rise and Fall #1 is Fine, I Guess
Hellblazer: Rise and Fall #1 feels a bit like if I was eating a delicious Thanksgiving dinner only to have it swept away and replaced with a ham sandwich.
REVIEW: John Constantine: Hellblazer #9 is Fantastically Filthy
John Constantine: Hellblazer #9, like the previous issues, is a story about ideas. All stories are to some extent about ideas, but this run of Hellblazer goes a step further, pushing at the boundaries of truth, concepts, and abstracts until all three blur together.
DC Comics Just Made a Statement that Could Significantly Change the Comics Industry
Since the coronavirus crisis began, the comics industry has been in a scary place. With publishers doing their best to keep operations running smoothly using remote and telecommuting processes, the often reclusive work of comic book creators seems like it should be one of the few safe and stable jobs to have during this time….
The Sandman Universe Presents: Hellblazer #1’s John Constantine is the Best Kind of Garbage
There are some people that can happily read any iteration of a character and simply move on with their lives if that character isn’t done right. I’m not one of those people, which is why I’ve become intensely skeptical of every new iteration of John Constantine since my first attempt to read an ongoing series: Justice…
Big Barda and Mister Miracle: Comics’ Best Couple
Big Barda and Mister Miracle are hands down my favourite couple in comics, yet as I sit down to write about why, the words escape me. If I think too much about it, I get misty eyes. They’re the best example of a monogamous relationship I’ve ever seen.
Previously on Comics: A Lot of Action
Welcome back everyone! A new week of comics news. There’s a lot that’s happened in the comics world recently, so we will get right down to it. Writer Kelly Thompson has been helming the Hawkeye series, and has a history with Marvel working on X-Men, Captain Marvel, and Star Wars comics. It’s been announced that…
7 Horrible Superhero Gifts for Your Arch Nemesis
As the holiday season creeps closer, we’re inundated with shining, glittering things trying to tempt us away from our money. But for every incredible fun gift idea we see, there are at least 100 awful things that no one would (or sometimes should!) ever want. So I collected together seven of the worst possible comic…
Rebirth Roundup: Doomsday Clock #1 Spoiler Free Special
Doomsday Clock #1 Geoff Johns (Writer), Gary Frank (Artist), Brad Anderson (Colorist), Rob Leigh (Letterer), Amedeo Turturro (Associate Editor) Brian Cunningham (Editor) DC Comics November 22, 2017 Geoff Johns and Gary Frank take us back to the world of Watchmen, several years after the ending of that story, and leave us with more questions than…