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July 1, 2020July 1, 2020

MY SPY [Film Review]: I (No Longer) Walk Alone.

My Spy (PG-13), directed by Peter Segal (Get Smart, The Longest Yard) and written by The Hoeber’s (Battleship, The Meg), was suppose to come out last year, then early this year — and then Hollywood heard the familiar cries of “gimme what I want!” and MWM Studios just released this family-friendly affair onto Amazon Prime... …

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June 30, 2020

BECKY [Film Review]: Nazi Killing Growing Pains.

It is the year 2020, the country, for all intents and purposes, appears to be fully shut down and on fire and literally sick...but at least we can sit back, relax, and revel in a quartet of neo-Nazis get their asses violently and irreversibly handed to them in the blissfully violent Becky. What starts off …

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June 28, 2020December 14, 2020

AVENGERS EMPYRE / ADVENTUREMAN / GREEN LANTERN / THAT TEXAS BLOOD [Reviews]: In Brightest Day, By Texas Blood…

This Empyre storyline seems like it has it all: conflict-driven storylines; character meetups; past lore building...the story, even, further twists and turns at every corner and much more. Avengers: Empyre #0 is no different. In this issue, we get a look at the buildup to the conflict from the perspective of Tony Stark, who has …

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June 27, 2020June 27, 2020

I SUPPORT BLACK SUPERHEROES [Belser-Verse, Part 4]: The Black History of Cap, Part 1.

One subject of fascination for me as a lifelong comic fan is the fascination of black people with the figure of Captain America. The history of black people in this country is complicated at best. Slavery, bigotry and racism have been a plague on African Americans for centuries. Objectively, the character would seem to be …

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June 26, 2020

TRANSFORMERS vs. G.I. JOE [News]: Hasbro Pulse #FanFirstFri-Yay!

It's #FanFirstFriday over at Hasbro Pulse and this week was a double whammy of Transformers reveals at 11amET and G.I. Joe (in their first 3F) at 12:30pmET. The showings -- for both brands -- were a mixed bag, many of which were spoiled ahead of the reveals. What did we see and what do we …

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June 26, 2020

THE LAST OF US, PART II [Review]: There’s Two Sides to Every Story.

When I finished The Last of Us in 2013, I had to take a moment to process the story and especially the ending. Not only did that game become my favorite game of all time but it fostered conversations on morality for months to follow. Actually, conversations about that ending are still happening. The ending …

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