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  [rwp-review-recap id="0"] If your intent is to go see The Fate of the Furious this weekend, there's a good chance that you're no stranger to the franchise You know it's going to be a rather silly, there'll be some cool car chases and stunts, there will be the requisite bootie-angle shots of scantily-clad starting-line women, and little to[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] NOTE: this is a repost from a review posted during Sundance 2017 Colossal has a weird concept that might be hard for some but once the movie settles into itself it's quite funny and thought provoking. Director: Nacho Vigalondo Summary: A woman discovers that severe catastrophic events are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Cover Art by Ardian Syaf, Jay Leisten & Laura Martin Last week may have been the primer, but this week the ResurrXion truly begins ResurrXion is definitely an apt title, given this issues preoccupation about old being new again, and not to mention what seems to be several literal character resurrections in the issue (possibly). But[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] When FX first announced that they were making a television show in the X-Men universe following the character of Legion people were a little leery The X-Men aren't consistent and no one was really sure what kind of angle they were going for The marketing didn't give much of anything away, so everyone went[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Cover by Kris Anka It's kinda interesting that I wound up getting to this review this weekend after everything that's been going on with Marvel's comments coming out of their Retailer Summit, and also a discussion earlier in the week on how rotating artists has the effect of diminishing the importance of an artist in[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Cover by Ardian Syaf With both the X-Men and Inhuman parts of the Marvel Universe coming into ResurrXion after the dark times (for the mutants at least) of Inhumans vs X-Men, Marvel's decision to prime the audience for what's to come with the aptly named Prime issues for both parties seemed a pretty good one[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Ghost in the Shell might look like the source material come to life but misses all of the things that made the original so compelling. Director: Rupert Sanders Summary: In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] I love Slap Shot! It's a gritty film that shows in a comical sense what it was like in the minor leagues during the '60s and '70s of hockey, and it includes the violence you'd often see and men talked garbage to each other a lot more than today just to pick fights and[...]

SPOILER ALERT: Read only if you have already watched Sunday’s Something They Need episode of The Walking Dead, or if you don't mind out finding what

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] When directors get the green light to make their passion projects, it often winds up on one of the two extreme ends They either step outside of their normal box and create something that's amazing (Denzel Washington's Fences), or they make something that's pretentious and unbelievably dull (Martin Scorsese's Silence) Unfortunately Guardian's of the Galaxy[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Sequels are usually a dodgy prospect in the best of circumstances; with T2 Trainspotting coming along more than two decades after 1996 original which had become an immediate cultural touchstone of the time, only puts it that much more of a disadvantage In this case we have something remarkable, not only one of the best[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Power Rangers may appeal to the super fans who grew up on the series but it takes so long to get to the fighting and Zords that it's almost not worth it. Director: Dean Israelite Summary: A group of high-school kids, who are infused with unique superpowers, harness their abilities in order to save the world. There[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] The history of cinema is filled with stories about elderly cynical individuals (who are often portrayed as a few fries short of a Happy Meal) who no longer really fit into the world, but eventually find something to connect with that gives them a new lease on life or at least makes them make[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Cover by Khoi Pham Ever since the DC Rebirth one-shot last year, we waited to see Aqualad surface After all, he was briefly introduced in the issue, along with confirmation that he was a new gay character for the DC Universe. Now, with Teen Titans #6 this week the erstwhile character returns, and we have his[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Life has suffered from the outset by yet another case of the trailers giving away effectively the entirely plot of the film Any follower of the alien/sci-fi genre of movies can write down everything that they will is going to happen, and will probably wind up being more than 90% right. Even without spoilers from[...]