Xolo Maridueña stars as the scarab-tactic superhero Blue Beetle, which buzzed onto the big screen this past weekend. Blue Beetle, directed by Ángel Manuel Soto and written by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, is the first live-action comic book film with a Hispanic lead. The long-anticipated picture is the third DC Studios release this year after Shazam! Fury of the Gods and The Flash. It’s all about family in The Fast
Read MoreThe Monkey King has been around way longer than the new animated film on Netflix. As the main character from Journey to the West, a 16th-century Chinese tale, the character has become an icon that has spawned many films, shows, and even video games. The most recent film from Netflix brings a new take on the classic Journey to the West,
Read MoreIn The Phoenix King by Aparna Verma, it’s time for a new leader of the kingdom of Ravence to rise. Elena is prepared to become queen on her twenty-fifth birthday, just like her ancestors have for generations. She has some serious changes in mind for Ravence. But mostly she just wants to be a good queen to her people. But she’s
Read MoreKing Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table is a story that many grow up learning about whether it’s from the Disney classic, The Sword in the Stone, or the numerous retellings across all forms of media. It’s the story of Arthur Pendragon’s ascension to power as the legendary leader of Britain, with the help of his mystical weapon Excalibur,
Read MoreIn Ahsoka by E.K. Johnston, The Clone Wars are over, the Jedi have fallen and the Empire is rising. Ahsoka managed to escape the mass Jedi killing but now she is all alone. With nowhere really safe now, she heads to a tiny little moon at the edge of the Outer Rim to hide. The moon manages to grow enough food
Read MoreHello again my fellow comic nerds. Come along with me as we journey through lands of secrets, fears, and what-ifs. Nothing is as it seems this week. Hidden tales and knowledge will come to light. Maybe not all will be revealed, but we’ll certainly know more than we do now after reading new comics from August 16, 2023. [This week’s comics
Read MoreStar Trek: Strange New Worlds continues to be a bold and creative entry in the franchise among the stars. The second season took risks (Hello, “Subspace Rhapsody”!) that works beautifully for the tone and tenor of the show. Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers, the co-showrunners, succeed in making us all fall in love with a “new” crew, and it’s a testament to their skill,
Read MoreIt’s been a rough year for films based on DC Comics. The mixed critical reception and box office whimper of Shazam! Fury of the Gods as well as, well, everything surrounding The Flash has resulted in the home stretch of this iteration of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) becoming a laughing stock for the public at large. Other than Aquaman: The Lost
Read MoreFor those who read my Red, White & Royal Blue film review, you know that romantic comedies were an important part of my life growing up. While that is most definitely true, romance novels are a newer revelation. I grew up reading a ton of fantasy and science-fiction novels, however reading a novel about two people falling in love seemed like
Read MoreIn 2022, Marvel Studios released the highly anticipated sequel, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The sequel featured the return of the neurosurgeon turned Master of the Mystic Arts, Doctor Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), on an adventure that transcended the borders of the known Marvel Cinematic Universe into new and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront the coming threats.
Read MoreEveryone knows the tale of Odysseus. The guy sailed off to fight a war for his buddy’s pride, leaving behind his young wife and infant son. Twenty years later he finally makes it back home after sailing all over Greece and having a million different adventures to find his wife still waiting for him (and beating off a million different suitors
Read MoreThe Last Voyage of the Demeter recounts the tale of Dracula’s journey to England on the infamous ship from the novel Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Specifically, the script takes the ideas from the chapter “Captain’s Log” and expands the narrative. Early in the film, the potential is noticeable for this Dracula encounter to have an Alien-inspired story (something like Master and Commander) but with the
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