NEW TV SHOWS: THE BOYS and PENNYWORTH
This week Steve examines two new genre TV shows on different networks. Superheroes seem to be playing a bigger role in TV than ever before. Are these new shows worth watching?
Anime roundup 8/15/2019: The Man Behind the Curtain
In this week's viewing: Granbelm points to the real villain, The Ones Within casts aspersions on the GM, and more!
Anime roundup 8/8/2019: The Family That Slays Together
In this week's viewing: The Ones Within examines family matters, Granbelm explains another motivation, and more!
Anime roundup 8/1/2019: Boom Today
In this week's viewing: Dr. Stone reaches the gunpowder age, Granbelm ramps up the firepower, and more!
Good Omens: the Debate Rages
Is reading + imagination really better than couch-potatoing with the boobtube? This excerpt should suggest where we fall on the argument.
Anime roundup 7/25/2019: The Only Winning Move
In this week's viewing: The final lineup for the season is set... but first, some thoughts about the tragedy in Kyoto.
Anime roundup 7/18/2019: Know When To Hold ‘Em
In this week's viewing: The rest of the summer premieres, plus some second looks.
Review of the HD Re-Release of FROM THE EARTH TO THE...
HBO drops the ball on the BluRay release of From Earth to the Moon, the award-winning documentary series. This review includes a word from one of the original effects artists.
Anime roundup 7/11/2019: On the Road Again
In this week's viewing: Time to pack our bags and head out for another new season's premieres.
Anime roundup 7/4/2019: Parting Shots
In this week's viewing: Attack on Titan and Demon Slayer finish up the season before we take a break from them, one for rather longer than the other.
Summer 2019 SF Anime Preview
The next anime season includes everything from a zillion more cut-and-paste light novel adaptations to a Seiun finalist.
Anime roundup 6/27/2019: Tied Up With a Bow
In this week's viewing: three finales with very different verdicts, and more!
London Fields – Director’s Cut Review
An advance viewing of the director's cut redeems the earlier fifth lowest gross in US release version of this on-the-edge-of-the-apocalypse film
Anime roundup 6/20/2019: The Sins of the Fathers
In this week's viewing: Attack on Titan and Dororo grapple with the fallout of bad parenting choices, and more!
Anime roundup 6/13/2019: Digging Deep
In this week's viewing: Attack on Titan finally gets to the basement, Dororo heads for uncharted waters, and more!
Anime roundup 6/6/2019: Raising the Death Flag
In this week's viewing: Dororo and Midnight Occult Civil Servants make it really clear who's going to die, Attack on Titan tries for some misdirection, and more!
Anime roundup 5/30/2019: Random Walk
In this week's viewing: RobiHachi puts its heroes where they didn't mean to be, Midnight Occult Civil Servants takes a deceptively quiet stroll, and more!
QUICK MOVIE REVIEWS: EXTINCTION and BRIGHTBURN
Steve talks about coincidence and reviews a couple of films. He didn’t find any five-flibbet films, but maybe you’ll like them better than he did.
Anime roundup 5/23/2019: The Long Game
In this week's viewing: Midnight Occult Civil Servants fails to break a cycle, Attack on Titan reminds us that it likes to make people wait, and more!
Film Review – See You Yesterday
Spike Lee's alternate timeline take on Back to the Future debuts on Netflix
Anime roundup 5/16/2019: The Ladies Vanish
In this week's viewing: Midnight Occult Civil Servants and Demon Slayer both tackle supernatural kidnapping sprees, RobiHachi finds a planet with a surprising gender balance, and more!
The Twilight of the Gods
What does the future portend for a world inhabited by the franchise generation?
Tolkien: A Movie Review.
Diane serves up a reminder that if we had listened to the critics, we might never have had had LoTR to read, let alone a bio-pic to watch
Anime roundup 5/9/2019: Developing Stories
In this week's viewing: Demon Slayer levels up, Midnight Occult Civil Servants finds a roundabout way to drop some crucial info, and more!
Anime roundup 5/2/2019: A New Day
In this week's viewing: The heavyweight of the season finally turns up, Demon Slayer provides a conveniently timed excuse to discuss calendars, and more!
20 years on – The disappointment of Star Wars Episode I:...
Twenty years ago, fans lined up to see the spectacular origins story behind the Star Wars saga. What they got was The Phantom Menace.
Avengers: Endgame Review
A spoiler free review of Marvel's latest, and perhaps greatest, superhero movie