Continuing a series that celebrates the fifty-fifth anniversary of Night of the Living Dead with a look at the classic zombie film and its many follow-ups.
Previously on Comics: Unholy Digital Dealings
Good morning! Oh right, it’s Halloween. Pretend I said that in a Vincent Price imitation. Anyway, here’s the news! James Gunn and Peter Safran are set to lead DC Studios going forward, according to THR. This is presumably in the wake of Gunn’s successful The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker, both of which were highlights for both DC…
There’s No Wrong Time To Rock: A Peacemaker-Inspired Playlist
I am ecstatic that the Peacemaker TV show has helped so many younger fans of the superhero genre discover the glories of ‘80s hair metal. It’s a sub-genre that brought radio-friendly pop hooks and ’70s glam rock and glam fashion aesthetics to heavy music. The series credits are a dance sequence set to the contemporary…
Ratcatcher 2 Is the Heart And Soul of The Suicide Squad
Spoilers ahead for The Suicide Squad. Between the child-killing Weasel and the violent vigilante Peacemaker, there’s a lot of rotten people in The Suicide Squad. Amid all of the gore is a bright spot though: Daniela Melchior’s Cleo Cazo, aka Ratcatcher 2, who holds everything together when the story threatens to get too heavy. “She’s…
The Suicide Squad Isn’t Afraid To Get Grim & Gory
James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad lets you know that it’s not David Ayer’s 2016 Suicide Squad, nor Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy, in pretty irreverent and brutal fashion. It’s certainly not for the faint of heart, but somehow, it works.
We Need to Talk About Mantis’ Abuse in Guardians of the Galaxy 2
When it was announced that director James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy 2 would feature Pom Klementieff as Mantis, I was cautiously excited. In the past I had criticized Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy for its moments of casual misogyny, but overall found the film to be a nice change of pace after the middling…