Riverdale Season 3 #1 ‘Rear Window’ Micol Ostow (writer), Thomas Pitilli (artist), Andre Skymanowicz (colours), John Workman (letters) ‘Mommie Dearest’ Janice Chiang (letters), Joe Eisma (artist), Matt Herms (colours), Micol Ostow (writer) Archie Comics 13 March, 2019 Riverdale’s third season on The CW has introduced some interesting plotlines, but this new tie-in series from Archie…
BSG v BSG #4: Good Plot, But No Context
BSG vs BSG #4 Peter David (Writer), Edu Menna (Artist), Mohan (Colourist), Taylor Esposito (Letterer) Dynamite Comics 18 April, 2018 The original Battlestar Galactica has been sucked through a wormhole into a universe where they face… the reboot Battlestar Galactica. Following the OG-Galactica is the OG-Pegasus, bearing an alien called Kali who proclaims to be…
The 9 Weirdest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Action Figures
The ’80s were a wild time for cartoons. Driven by toy sales and draconian advertising laws that restricted toy adverts aimed at kids, this wild west mentality led to some of the best and most beloved kids’ Saturday morning classics like Transformers, G.I. Joe, He-Man, and on the tail end of all of that was…
Backlight: The Film Industry Is Toxic But There’s Still Hope
This week, we saw more news around Weinstein (who’s shocked?) but it hasn’t all been grim. People within the industry are standing up and making a difference, whether it’s through sharing their stories, breaking ties with The Weinstein Company, or focusing their efforts on better causes. We also have some exciting and heartwarming projects from…
The Irresistible Promise of SBS’s New Supernatural Romance While You Were Sleeping
While You Were Sleeping Oh Choong-hwan (director and writer), Park Hye-ryun (writer) Lee Jong-suk, Bae Suzy, Lee Sang-yeob, Ko Sung-hee, Jung Hae-in (cast) Released September 27, 2017 (VIKI international premiere) It’s said that the faces of people we see in our dreams aren’t products of our imagination, but real faces we’ve passed. Maybe we don’t remember…
Backlight: Hollywood Is a Hellscape But There’s Still Some Cool Projects to Look Forward To
The New York Times published a major investigative piece this week exposing decades of sexual harassment by Miramax head, Harvey Weinstein. NYT used a combination of named and unnamed sources, internal documents, and legal filings from settled claims to piece together a story of thirty years of using his position to manoeuvre women into uncomfortable…
Backlight: Harassment Ain’t Cool
Content warning: sexual abuse Well, it’s been another bleak week for sexual harassment in film and TV, but don’t lose all hope! Upcoming projects from diverse creators showcase the originality, creativity, and inclusivity that creators of colour and female creators can bring to our screens. Harry Knowles Accused Of Sexual Assault And Harassment Harry Knowles…
The Good Fight’s Marvelous Debut
There’s no orthodoxy quite so rigid or as routinely mocked in television as the spin-off. There’s only really one of two ways they get developed: choose a supporting character from the donor show and transplant them clear across the country to a completely new environment with a brand new supporting cast and probably even a…
Backlight: Black Films And TV Shows To Shout About
This week gave us lots of announcements and news on amazing projects from all over the world. We heard progress updates on a bunch of projects from black creative teams, plus exciting Oscar news and queer film trailers.
OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes Is Cute But Not Great Yet
OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes Ian Jones-Quartey (creator), John Pham (art director), Toby Jones (supervising director) Stephanie Nadolny, Courtenay Taylor, Ashly Burch, Ian Jones-Quartey, David Herman, Kate Flannery, Chris Niosi, Jim Cummings, Melissa Fahn, Robbie Daymond, Kari Wahlgren (cast) August 1, 2017 (US) It starts with a friendly intro evocative of the Pokemon cartoon theme,…
Backlight: Women In the Director’s Chair
Seeing Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman turn into a huge commercial success is a special kind of schadenfreude. Superhero and other popcorn action films have been been particularly resistant to give female directors a chance, even while allowing mediocre white men to fail upwards, from mild indie successes to headlining major franchises. But it’s too easy…
Life, Death and Motherhood: The Legacy of Orphan Black
Three women meet the man who claims to be their creator. The first worships him, accepts him as a father, and becomes his right hand–at least for the moment. The second questions him, searches through his motivations, actions and assertions until she unearths the lies he has told, and the truth of who he is….
