Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen, left) and Vision (Paul Bettany) almost throw down in WandaVision episode 5, “On a Very Special Episode …” (Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. ©Marvel Studios 2021)
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Feb. 11, 2021 — Afte
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The first three Harry Vanderspeigle stories are collected in the Resident Alien Omnibus Volume 1. (Cover art by Steve Parkhouse, copyright Dark Horse)
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Feb. 4, 2021 — Now that you’ve watched Harry Vandersp
Read more…GENRE TV
Snowpiercer, "A Single Trade" (TNT, Feb. 15)
Black Lightning, "The Book of Reconstruction: Chapter Two" (CW, Feb. 15)
Riverdale, "Chapter Eighty-One: The Homecoming" (CW, Feb. 17)
Resident Alien, "Birds of a Feather" (Syfy, Feb. 17)
WandaVis
Read more…For more, see "This Week in Comics: Feb. 15-21, 2021, Part I"
… AND THE REST
2000 A.D. Oct 2020 Prog Pack
Abbott 1973 #2 (of 5)
Adachi and Shimamura GN Vol 1
Ajin GN Vol 16
Amazing Spider-Man #57 2nd Ptg
American Born Chinese SC with Flaps
Critics h
GENRE TV
Snowpiercer, "A Great Odyssey" (TNT, Feb. 8)
Black Lightning, season 4 premiere, "The Book of Reconstruction: Chapter One" (CW, Feb. 8)
As CK says, watching this show feels like homework. The lives and experiences of Black people need more e
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Jan. 28, 2021 — My Teetering Tower of Review Stuff is in danger of toppling over, so let’s cover as much ground as we can:
In Batman: White Knight, writer/artist Sean Murphy flipped the Batman/Joker dynami
Elizabeth Olsen (left) stars as Wanda Maximoff, and Paul Bettany plays the mysteriously not dead Vision in WandaVision. (Courtesy Disney+)
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Jan. 21, 2121 — WandaVision is delightfully strange, isn’t it? But,
Read more…Elizabeth Olsen (left) and Paul Bettany star in WandaVision on Disney+, which stars the two Avengers in an inexplicable sitcom milieu. (Courtesy Disney)
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Jan. 14, 2021 — Let’s talk TV. Because 2021 is going
Read more…(Please see "Feb. 1-7, 2021, Part I" for the other sections.)
GRAPHIC NOVELS
Afterlift #1
Art: Jason Loo
Writer: Chip Zdarsky
136 pages / FC / $19.99 / $25.99
Collecting the Eisner Award-winning issues #1-5 — for the first time in print!
Written by
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Snowpiercer, "Smolder to Life" (TNT, Feb. 1)
Riverdale "Chapter Seventy-Nine: Graduation" (CW, Feb. 3)
Resident Alien, "Homesick" (Syfy, Feb. 3)
The Expanse, season 5 finale, "Nemesis Games" (Amazon Prime, Feb. 3)
The Stand, "The Stand" (CB
Read more…GENRE TV
Snowpiercer, season 2 premiere, "The Time of Two Engines" (TNT, Jan. 25)
Now with more Sean Bean!
The Expanse, "Winnipesaukee" (Amazon Prime, Jan. 27)
Riverdale, "Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Preppy Murders" (CW, Jan. 27)
Resident Alien, seaso
Read more…GENRE TV
Justice League (movie, Cartoon Network, 6 p.m. ET/PT, Jan. 18)
The Expanse, "Hard Vacuum" (Amazon Prime, Jan. 20)
Riverdale, season 5 premiere, "Chapter Seventy-Seven: Climax" (CW, Jan. 20)
The Stand, "The Vigil" (CBS All Access, Jan. 21)
Wa
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The Expanse, "Oyedeng" (Amazon Prime, Jan. 13)
The Stand, "Suspicious Minds" (CBS All Access, Jan. 14)
WandaVision, season 1 premiere, "Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience" (Disney+, Jan. 15)
WandaVision, "Don't Touch That Dial" (Di
Read more…According to The Hollywood Reporter,Tanya Roberts has died.
Weirdly, she was reported dead, then that report was corrected (she was still alive), but the she died again. You'd think she was a member of the X-Men.
Every obit I saw, from both deads, us
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Jan. 7, 2021 — It’s time for the annual look ahead to the new year’s most exciting movies!
Which — thanks to COVID-19 — is going to read a lot like last year’s look ahead to the new year’s most exciting mo
Read more…Additional DC and Archie previews came in, which made the original post too long (more than 10,000 characters, the Ning limit). So I've split the post, like I had to do last week. I may have to do this every week I use all of the Future State preview
Read more…Captain's Note: It's a new year, so let's try something new with this feature. Y'all let me know if you like this approach.
GENRE TV OF NOTE
The Expanse, "Tribes" (Amazon Prime, Jan. 6)
Star Trek: Discovery, season 3 finale, "Outside" (CBS All Acces
Read more…Gal Gadot plays the Amazing Amazon again in Wonder Woman 1984. (Courtesy WarnerMedia)
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Dec. 31, 2020 — If you haven’t seen Wonder Woman 1984 yet, do so! In the meantime, spoilers ahoy as we take a look at t
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His Dark Materials, season 2 finale, "Æsahættr" (HBO, Dec. 28)
The Expanse, "Down and Out" (Amazon Prime, Dec. 30)
Vikings, second half season 6, series finale (Amazon Prime, Dec. 30)
Star Trek: Discovery, "The Good of the People" (CBS All A
Read more…So I was recently reminded of a late 1950s team of heroes that were, like many others of the era, a foursome. Which team it was is unimportant, but what I want to talk about is what it got me thinking about.
To wit: There were a lot of late 1950s/ear
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