Reviews

Reviews of comic books, graphic novels, books on comics, and other comic-related media.

Halloween Binge: Cannibal Holocaust

by Harry Edmundson-Cornell | in Reviews | Thu, 23 October 2014

Cannibal Holocaust is one of the more controversial horror movies ever made. Filled with sketchy content and upsetting gore, it’s a dark Halloween viewing indeed. [more]

The Fallen and a Mystery: Arrow Season Three Episode 2 Review

by Logan Ludwig | in Reviews | Wed, 22 October 2014

The third season of Arrow is starting off in a subtly different fashion than the previous two years. In a strange and compelling way it’s almost managed to transform itself into a more modest show.… [more]

Halloween Binge: House

by Harry Edmundson-Cornell | in Reviews | Wed, 22 October 2014

First up in my flood of Halloween themed articles: the insane Japanese horror movie House . It’s got magic cats, cannibalism, and crazy hand drawn FX. [more]

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway: A Progressive Rock Album about Progress

by Ian Dawe | in Reviews | Tue, 21 October 2014

Genesis, a band that’s been around longer than Crosby, Stills and Nash and has produced three times as many albums, is now enjoying a period of historical renovation. The recent documentary “Together and Apart” (that’s… [more]

The Movie With a Million Titles: Gamera vs. Jiger

by Harry Edmundson-Cornell | in Reviews | Mon, 20 October 2014

Validate me, watch along and let me know what you thought: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yISxIM1EJZs My least favourite Gamera movie was Gamera vs. Barugon. The second Gamera movie ever made and the first to feature an opposing kaiju.… [more]

How to Talk Like a Smart Person in 6 Easy Steps: Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom

by Greg Carpenter | in Reviews | Mon, 20 October 2014

Last year, while re-reading Grant Morrison’s The Invisibles, I was amused by the references to “smart drinks,” a popular ‘90s fad of high-powered, supplement-infused juices said to stimulate brain activity. While I never tried one… [more]

Kevin Smith’s Tusk: Chasing Whimsy

by Ian Dawe | in Reviews | Sun, 19 October 2014

One of my oldest and dearest friends and I went to see Kevin Smith’s Tusk last week and his (unfavourable) description of the film is that it’s “pointless”. I think he speaks for a lot… [more]

Review of Kiss’s Music From “The Elder”

by Breton Campbell | in Reviews | Sun, 19 October 2014

While I was searching my brain this week, trying to think of a suitable concept album to review, a curious bit of trivia surfaced without warning: I suddenly remembered that Kiss had released a concept… [more]

Hipster in Gotham: A Review of Batgirl #35

by David G | in Reviews | Sun, 19 October 2014

One of the biggest problems with a character like Batgirl is that she can’t grow up. Since DC Comics already has a Batwoman, it’s not like Batgirl can graduate and mature. Due to the nature… [more]

Subtly Problematic Script Structure: The Fly

by Harry Edmundson-Cornell | in Reviews | Sat, 18 October 2014

There is something about David Cronenberg’s The Fly that didn’t quite sit with me perfectly. The über respected Canadian horror director’s seminal body-horror movie isn’t bad, far from it in fact. Instead the fact that… [more]

It’s Bobcat vs. Bigfoot in Willow Creek

by Ryan C. | in Reviews | Sat, 18 October 2014

If you’d have told me, say, ten years ago that the annoying comedian best known for doing the voice of that stupid rabbit puppet on a third-rate Married With Children knock-off sitcom would develop into one… [more]

A Couple of Speed Bumps: The Flash “Fastest Man Alive” Review

by Logan Ludwig | in Reviews | Fri, 17 October 2014

Just about any second episode of a television series is going to repeat the pilot and its story beats to some extent. Now that the series is getting down to the business of actually being… [more]

Straight Shooting: Arrow Season 3 Episode 1 Review

by Logan Ludwig | in Reviews | Fri, 17 October 2014

Partial spoilers ahead: The problems with happy endings in the middle of a TV series are that they must, by the very nature of storytelling, be undone. Arrow’s second season ended with just such a… [more]

Sex Criminals #8: “You Have Issues”

by Ian Dawe | in Reviews | Thu, 16 October 2014

The Sex Criminals have issues, probably more than the number of issues already… issued. That’s what has come front and centre in the last couple of editions of Sex Criminals, and the time that Suzy… [more]

Space Cannibals and Guillermo del Toro: On Gamera vs. Guiron

by Harry Edmundson-Cornell | in Reviews | Thu, 16 October 2014

The influence behind Knifehead. And a whole bunch of nonsense in this surprisingly violent entry in the Gamera series. [more]

Sweet Moments, Dark Reveals in Flutter, Volume 1 by Jennie Wood

by Desmond White | in Reviews | Thu, 16 October 2014

Flutter focuses on a teenaged loner struggling to discover who she is (or more aptly for a shapeshifter, whom she wants to be). But this isn’t your typical shapeshifter teenage romance — it’s a brilliant panoply of sexual discovery and transformation. [more]