2020 has been a year without franchises by and large. Sure that’s completely untrue with two DC live action movies, three DC animated movies, the return of… Read more “The Tie-Ins That Bind: Liberty and Justice For All by Carrie Harris”
Category: The Film Room Blog
Our text editorials and columns.
The Tie-Ins That Bind: Saved by the Bell: That Old Zack Magic by Beth Cruise
I really try not to get into the jokey reviews here. If I’m reviewing a Marvel prose novel, it’s something I like and I’m getting into why.… Read more “The Tie-Ins That Bind: Saved by the Bell: That Old Zack Magic by Beth Cruise”
Review: The Lego Batman Movie
Disliking a popular film is an awkward thing. When you have to sit down and argue against the grain it seems like an act of contrarianism especially… Read more “Review: The Lego Batman Movie”
Review: Ad Nauseam: Newsprint Nightmares of the 1980s by Michael Gingold
This book is everything I could dream of in a book like this. Now that I’ve said that, you can consider everything I have to say next… Read more “Review: Ad Nauseam: Newsprint Nightmares of the 1980s by Michael Gingold”
Review: Preacher: Book 2
If this was Atop the Fourth Wall, the top of the top comic reviews in my eyes, I’d have a thematically appropriate lead in song. So let’s… Read more “Review: Preacher: Book 2”
Review: Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again (1990)
This was a commission. If you want a review like this, click here. There’s a great misconception about Archie. The image is the comics are hopelessly dated,… Read more “Review: Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again (1990)”
The 10 Best Lonely Island Songs by Austin Shinn
Comedy music is one of the hardest things there is. As has been noted by other reviewers, you have to be extremely good at two things that… Read more “The 10 Best Lonely Island Songs by Austin Shinn”
Review: Guardians (2017)
Two requests in 24 hours! This one for my good bud Paul Andolina! This is a different film so I’m gonna hit this one differently. This was… Read more “Review: Guardians (2017)”
Request: Flash: The Return of Barry Allen by Mark Waid and Greg LaRocque
This was a commission. Warning: full spoilers Barry Allen was better dead. This isn’t something I’m going to argue. He got the perfect ending in Crisis on… Read more “Request: Flash: The Return of Barry Allen by Mark Waid and Greg LaRocque”
The Tie-Ins That Bind: Daredevil: Predator’s Smile by Christopher Golden
Daredevil kicks ass. A highly moral in code yet personally decidedly morally tarnished hero. So Catholic he’d make a dream Kevin Smith hero (and did in a… Read more “The Tie-Ins That Bind: Daredevil: Predator’s Smile by Christopher Golden”
