Feb 14 2025
“While the year is different, the times are the same.” That quote is from the afterword of the graphic novel The Black Panther Party written by writer David F. Walker. The book was written in 2020, the same year George Floyd was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis, Ahmaud Arbery was killed by three …
Feb 04 2025
How’s it going, J1sters! As the old saying goes, “Third time’s the charm!” Marvel is making another attempt to bring the “first superhero family” to the big screen with a worthy portrayal. And they may have found the right formula. Fantastic Four: First Steps throws the quartet into the retro-futuristic 1960s. The film stars Pedro …
Jan 17 2025
The first season of Creature Commandos reaches its shocking conclusion, and the episode wastes no time diving into its dark and tragic flashbacks. How does it begin? With the birth of Nina Mazursky, a baby tragically born with her lungs outside of her body. It’s a haunting and emotional introduction, especially for an animated superhero …
Jan 17 2025
Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer with heightened abilities as Daredevil is fighting for justice through his bustling law firm. Meanwhile, former mob boss Wilson Fisk pursues his own political endeavors in New York by day still holds on to his dark and troubled side as the Kingpin. Both men find themselves on an inevitable collision …
Jan 08 2025
When I first heard about Secret Level and what it’ll be about, it was needless to say that I was excited. Then, I got even more excited when I found out who would be overseeing the series. After watching it, let me say that it was exactly what I expected from them. For those who …
Jan 08 2025
The penultimate episode of Creature Commandos (of its first Season, thankfully) plunges the team into their darkest hour. Separated and hunted in Pokolistan by Princess Ilana’s Amethyst Knights, the Commandos are now fugitives with the fate of the world hanging by a thread, depending on their actions. With several storylines running concurrently, “Priyatel Skelet” masterfully …
Dec 28 2024
The fifth episode of Creature Commandos, “The Iron Pot,” does something unexpected: debunk my fan theories. Splitting its focus across three storylines—The Commandos returning to Pokolistan, Rick Flag Sr. and Eric Frankenstein investigating Professor MacPherson, and flashbacks to Eric’s past—it delivers a mix of action, comedy, intrigue, and haunting character development. Unlike previous episodes that …
Dec 26 2024
The fourth episode of Creature Commandos, “Chasing Squirrels,” at times feels like a bit of a breather to set up the second half of the show, but it delivers a deeply heartbreaking story. Continuing the series’ theme of revealing the tragic origins of a Commando in each episode, this one puts the spotlight on Weasel. …
Dec 24 2024
What’s going on, J1sters! I am crazy excited for this! After more than a decade of waiting and waiting and wanting and wanting, we are finally going to see the return of our favorite raunchy, foul-mouthed fallen angels! Studio Trigger (Kill la Kill, Delicious in a Dungeon) will be behind the new season of Panty …
Dec 24 2024
I have had the pleasure of witnessing something amazing. Something that I never thought would be possible. Something that, by history’s past, should be a pipe dream. But yes, it has happened. I honestly believe that after years of disappointment, years of let downs, years of false hope, that the video game movie curse has …
