Marauders #5 makes it abundantly clear who the best-dressed mutant on Krakoa is, even in the middle of the X of Swords crossover.
Find out who it is at Comic Book Resources!
Editor of the Season: Johnnie Cole
I profiled my friend Johnnie Cole for the newest issue of the Corvidae Courier. He’s a great person. You can learn more about him here!
How Lovecraft Country Sets Up [SPOILER]’s Resurrection
Lovecraft Country has not only given a few ways to resurrect people, but it also foreshadows the return of a character with several images.
Man, I miss this show. Join me in speculating about season 2 (fingers crossed we get one) at Comic Book Resources!
X of Swords: An X-Men Leader is a Big “Princess Bride” Fan
When faced with a life or death situation, an X-Men leader adapts to the situation by dropping their favorite quote from “The Princess Bride”.
Find out which leader as I unpack the significance for Comic Book Resources!
Amulet is a Must See [Review]
There’s a rule in creative writing: a story shouldn’t start with a character waking up. Writer/director Romola Garai breaks it twice in Amulet and the film is better for it. Her confidence and strong social commentary in her feature-length directorial debut make Amulet a must watch movie.
As previously noted, Amulet opens with Tomas (Alec Secareanu) waking up in a cabin in the woods. He’s on what looks like an air mattress with an assault rifle leaning on the wall behind him. He’s a soldier in an unnamed war, stationed far from the action because his mother did some free dental work for his commanding officer. It’s peaceful until Miriam (Angeliki Papoulia) charges down the dirt road toward his cabin. He’s supposed to shoot her, but when she passes out, he carries her back to his cabin instead.
Keep reading at Wicked Horror!
The Old Ways Revitalizes Exorcism Movies [Review]
Director Christopher Alender and Marcos Gabriel tell a different kind of exorcism story in The Old Ways. After witnessing her mother’s failed exorcism as a child, Cristina (Brigitte Kali Canales) was sent from Mexico to the U.S. She returns to Veracruz as an adult for an assignment. She’s supposed to be researching, “a story on the local tribes and culture,” but finds herself in a prison cell with a burlap sack over her head instead. Screenwriter Marcos Gabriel (who previously collaborated with Alender on Memorial Day and Muppets Now) drops breadcrumbs, building toward why she’s there.
According to her abductors, Luz (Julia Vera) and Luz’s adult son Javi (Sal Lopez), a demon possessed Cristina when she visited a mysterious cave called La Boca (Spanish for “the mouth”). Cristina insists that couldn’t have happened because demons aren’t real and begs her captors to contact her cousin Miranda (Andrea Cortés). And in the meantime, would they please just give her her bag. She doesn’t say it, but there’s some heroin in there and she needs it.
A Classic X-Men Hero Has an Uncanny Odor
X of Swords has the X-Men going to extraordinary lengths to obtain the swords needed for battle. One X-Man may have gone to far…with their scent.
Stan Lee Didn’t Just NARRATE Pryde of the X-Men, He Wrote Its Theme Song Lyrics
Stan Lee lends his talents to narrate the pilot of Pryde of the X-Men; however, he also tried his hand at writing the theme song lyrics.
This one was a lot of fun to write. Continued reading at Comic Book Resources!
Lovecraft Country’s Tulsa Massacre Is an Amazing Recreation of a Horrific Event
The depiction of the Tulsa Race Massacre in the penultimate episode of Lovecraft Country is incredibly powerful because of its narrow focus.
Captain Marvel Introduces a New Fantomex in Marvel’s Darkest Timeline
The latest issue of Captain Marvel takes the hero to a familiar future world that introduces an all new version of Fantomex, a fan favorite mutant.
