Dave Richards suggests comic books for fans of Marvel’s Netflix Shows, some of which are being pulled from Netflix or canceled. Marvel Comics prides itself as being “the world outside your window,” which means it’s a place where the grittiness of the real world collides with the fantastic elements, like… Read more
Willie Sutton famously said (or, perhaps, didn’t say) that he robbed banks because that’s where the money is. But that’s not the only place the money is. It’s in casinos too (thus, the Ocean’s [insert number] films). It’s sometimes in mobsters’ homes (the focus of Widows, for instance). But if… Read more
It has to happen to every brilliant, troubled detective at some point in a career of hunting down fiendishly clever serial killers: one too many peeks into the abyss prompts him (sometimes her) to chuck the big crimes in the big city and move to a remote town where the… Read more
At some point, a disturbing notion has to cross the mind of anyone who’s been assigned a bodyguard: who protects me from my protector? If that bodyguard decides he doesn’t like what he learns about his charge, it’s inevitable that he’ll ask himself, why should I protect this person? These… Read more
Hello, and welcome back to my look at Season 2 of the Marvel/Netflix collaboration, Iron Fist. Since this season was (thankfully) shorter than the previous, I’ll bring this feature to a close today with an examination of Episode 8: “Citadel on the Edge of Vengeance”; Episode 9: “War Without End”;… Read more
Despite its utter failure to provide stability for the German people between the wars, the late Weimar Republic has been fabulously successful in another regard: providing the perfect morally dubious backdrop for generations of spy, political, and crime thrillers. If noir ever lived anywhere, it was in Weimar Berlin—amidst political… Read more
Hello, and welcome back to my look at the sophomore season of the Marvel/Netflix show Iron Fist. Last time, we kicked things off with a look at episodes 1-4, which weren’t great but were still way better than anything from the train wreck that was Iron Fist Season 1. Can… Read more
Hello, and welcome back to my reviews of the Netflix corner of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe! If you go back and look at my reviews of Iron Fist Season 1 for Criminal Element, you’ll see I really tried to give the show a chance—it was just an overwhelmingly bad show. However,… Read more
Summer’s dead days of TV are almost over, and September is looking good! Season 2 of Marvel’s Iron Fist combines with Black Panther and the latest season of The Walking Dead to highlight some killer streaming entertainment. See what other crime/mystery/thriller entertainment is coming to (and leaving) Netflix in September! What’s Coming to Netflix… Read more
Danny Rand is just trying to keep the peace. Following a disappointing first season, Marvel’s Iron Fist looks to gain on the momentum of a fantastic Season 2 of Luke Cage with its own solo second season. Featuring an apparent love connection between Rand (Finn Jones) and Collen Wing (Jessica Henwick), a bionic-armed… Read more
