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[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Logan Lucky takes all of the fun of a heist movie and sets it in an environment with characters that make you constantly second guess them. Director: Steven Soderbergh Summary: Two brothers attempt to pull off a heist during a NASCAR race in North Carolina. The heist movie has been around for decades, but director Steven Soderbergh[...]

 Ideas which needed to be explored in a sequel. The blu ray (which is what we reviewed) released on Tuesday August 15th 2017, and has some pretty standard features you can expect from any release, such as: 12 Deleted and extended scenes (17:37 total – Prologue: Extended, Walter in Greenhouse, Oram and Daniels: Extended, Walter Visits Daniels, Daniels Bedroom Flashback, Jacob's Funeral: Extended, Ledward's Fall, Crossing the[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] After the frankly superb Mister Miracle #1, Mister Miracle #2 by Tom King and Mitch Gerads from DC Comics has a lot to live up to And while it doesn't play with the form as much, or make as deeply cutting observations into complex human issues through the medium of brightly coloured superhero adventure,[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Is this the end for The Misfits? That is the big question in Jem and the Misfits trade paperback, a book collecting #1-5 of the titular comic After their antics get them kicked from their label the girls find themselves blacklisted from the industry and forced to turn to the worst of all evils: reality[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Ultimates Squared #100 from Marvel Comics by Al Ewing, Travel Foreman, Filipe Andrade, Marco Lorenzana, Scott Hanna and Dan Brown with Matt Yackey brings to a conclusion Ewing's long-running plot that has run through numerous iterations of the series, and connections through his other works at Marvel. In fact, it's fair to say Ewing has[...]

[rwp-review id="0"] It's safe to say that most know the story of Noah sent to build an ark and fill it with two of each kind of animal But what about the mythical creatures of the world? The goblins, vampries, naga, and yes, even unicorns? In Dark Ark, we meet the man who is tasked with saving[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Note: The first four episodes were provided by the studio prior to release This review will be spoiler free as per an embargo agreement. Marvel's The Defenders starts off slow but takes the four genres from the solo series' and slowly blends them to make a unique team dynamic we haven't seen before in the[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Rick and Morty Season 3, Episode 4, Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender, introduces superheroes and then brilliantly shows how wrong it can all go. Creators: Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland Summary: An animated series that follows the exploits of a super-scientist and his not-so-bright grandson. Superheroes are all the rage, so it was only a matter of[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Dark Nights: Metal #1 is finally out this week, and we see DC's big summer event finally start proper We've had the hints, the glancing blows from the Dark Days prologue issues, which gave us the shape of the idea, like a sonar blip on the map – but now we see it in[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Redlands #1 by Jordie Bellaire and Vanesa Del Rey from Image Comics is an interesting start for a brand new series to follow, because it very much feels like an ending. This issue is set in the town of Redlands, Florida in 1977, as a police station stands under siege after just trying to commit[...]

Sandberg, who had previously done very well at the box office and with reviews in last year's Lights Out He continues to show a deft hand of wasting no time with subtlety — things are moving in the corners of your eye from the very moment that the girls arrive in their new home There's[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Defenders #4 from Brian Michael Bendis, David Marquez, and Justin Ponsor wraps up the opening arc for this brand-new run of the series, focusing on the street level heroes of New York's Hell's Kitchen and Harlem It continues to be one of the most fun comics coming out from Marvel, with some top-notch banter[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Previously, I reviewed the first Marvel Digest and I wasn't impressed The stories were a mess of inconsistencies and felt more random than a concentrated volume What was supposed to be a highlight of Spider-Man as a character fell flat So how does the second digest — this time focusing on the Avengers — fare? It's[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Detective Comics #962 by James Tynion IV, Alvaro Martinez, Raul Fernandez and Brad Anderson brings the current arc, Intelligence, to its conclusion in a satisfying and thoroughly entertaining way. Detective Comics #962 by Yasmine Putri It also sets up links to a great deal of things, which is what's great about what Tynion IV's writing on[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] The next issue in the Generations is out, this time following Jean Grey, both the time-displaced teenage version currently starring in her own title and X-Men Blue and the original Jean Grey, at an earlier point in history Or is she? Generations: The Phoenix cover by Stephanie Hans This issue is the crux of the story[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Today I read a comic book that brought me to actual tears. This isn't entirely unusual I'm a fairly empathetic person, if I'm honest But it doesn't happen too often in comics When it does it's usually a sign of something very good The kind of emotional pull that even if it makes me think[...]

Now through the magical awesome Wayback Machine that is Shout! Factory, all of the episodes have been put into a single collection, that's out today. By the words of Weinstein in the DVD extras, Cinematic Titanic didn't really have a fully fleshed-out vision, as they created a world where the five of them were reviewing films[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Rick and Morty Season 3, Episode 3, Pickle Rick, is a hilarious take on family therapy and complete insanity that stands up as one of the funniest episodes. Creators: Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland Summary: An animated series that follows the exploits of a super scientist and his not-so-bright grandson. The best episodes of Rick and Morty are[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Green Arrow #28 by Benjamin Percy and Juan Ferreyra gives us the next stop in Oliver Queen's cross country journey to bring the villainous financial institution the Ninth Circle down. You know, that sentence alone shows one of the amazing strengths of this comic It takes some skilled storytelling to make a tale of financial[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] To start off with, yes, I read books — I just haven't happened to have read any of the nine Stephen King novels which make up his self-described "magnum opus", The Dark Tower So in this case, it's one of those occasions without any particular background perspective beyond what I've seen in the trailers[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Atomic Blonde is all style and very little in the way of substance to make up for a rather lackluster storyline. Director: David Leitch Summary: An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents. There has been some[...]

Review of Injection #14 by Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey and Jordie Bellaire, released through Image Comics. There's a new Doctor in town.

Review of Black Bolt #4 from Marvel Comics by Saladin Ahmed and Christian Ward, with another villain getting an emotional ballad aiming right for the feels

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] NOTE: This was originally posted during the 2017 Sundance Film Festival An Inconvenient Sequel shows how far we have fallen, how far we need to go, and that we won't get anywhere unless we educate others. Title: An Inconvenient Sequel Director: Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk Summary: A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Batman #28 from DC Comics by writer Tom King and artists Mikel Janín and June Chung is the next part in The War of Jokes and Riddles Bat-event, as Bruce continues his post-coital story of his biggest early failure in his career as Batman. This issue features Batman being pushed far enough to almost kill,[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] The Dark Tower takes bits and pieces of Stephen King's rich mythology to create a bare bones adaptation that will enrage fans and bore everyone else. Director: Nikolaj Arcel Summary: The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O'Dim, also known as the Man in Black, determined to prevent him[...]

While we were at E3, Bionik showed off something that might be the solution we've been looking for, and that's their Mantis headphones. credit//Bionik Now to be clear in this review, these were specifically designed for the PSVR, and we don't own any other VR gear so we can't attest to whether or not they'd work with[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Dragon Age: Knight Errant #4 from Dark Horse by Nunzio DeFilipis, Christina Weir, Fernando Heinz Furukawa and Michael Atiyeh is a great example of how Dark Horse has successfully continued the tales within the lavishly crafted world of BioWare's incredible fantasy epic series of games. Dragon Age: Knight Errant #4 cover by Sachin Teng Dragon Age:[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Rick and Morty Season 3, Episode 2, Rickmancing the Stone, is a solid Mad Max spoof that gets in some dark but hilarious jokes and some profound character moments. Creators: Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland Summary: An animated series that follows the exploits of a super scientist and his not-so-bright grandson. It's been a long and annoying wait[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Iceman #3 by Sina Grace, Alessandro Vitti and Rachelle Rosenberg is really the cornerstone issue for the series thus far. This issue follows the night that Bobby Drake goes home to visit the parents, ostensibly to come out to them as a newly minted gay man, Instead, Bobby finds himself facing the same kind of[...]