Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category

Iron Man 2

Posted on May 9th, 2010 by by Manic

In 2008, Marvel Studios released a film adaptation of Iron Man. It did amazingly well at the box office, and was well received by critics. This year, the follow up Iron Man 2 has hit theatres. Does it measure up to the quality set by the first movie?
Lock up the liquor cabinet and hide the [...]

Doctor Who 5.03 - Victory of the Daleks

Posted on May 1st, 2010 by by Manic

Previously on Doctor Who, the Doctor killed all of the Daleks at the sacrifice of his own people.
Then the last surviving Dalek killed itself.
Then more Daleks came, and Rose wiped them all from existence.
Then some more popped up from the void between the universes, but the Doctor and Rose shoved them back into the void.
Then [...]

Doctor Who 5.02 - The Beast Below

Posted on April 24th, 2010 by by Manic

Previously on Doctor Who…

In the last episode, the Doctor met a little girl named Amy Pond. Then some timey wimey stuff happened, and he encountered her again as a young adult. Then more time travel happened, and he finally recruited her as a companion on the night before her wedding. Of course, she hasn’t exactly [...]

Doctor Who 5.01 - The Eleventh Hour

Posted on April 18th, 2010 by by Manic

Previously on Doctor Who, EVERYBODY FUCKING CRIED.

Seriously, this time. In the previous episode, our time traveling hero, the Doctor, suffered a bad dose of radiation poisoning and started to die. He began to regenerate to save his own life. For those of you unfamiliar with regeneration, allow me to explain. The Doctor’s people, the Time [...]

The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas

Posted on February 14th, 2010 by by Manic

You’ve probably seen The Twilight Zone before. It started airing in the late 50’s through mid 60’s, and repeats of those classic episodes have been airing on miscellaneous TV stations throughout the decades. It was brought back with new episodes in the 80’s, and again at the turn of the century. Basically, if you’re not [...]

Wonder Woman (Review/Visual Summary)

Posted on October 1st, 2009 by by Manic

Yes, I know the movie has been out since the Spring. I only just got around to watching it myself, and I needed to break NuMutant’s months-long hiatus. So here is my review for DC’s animated Wonder Woman movie!

New Mutants #3

Posted on July 19th, 2009 by by Manic

Writer: Zeb Wells
Penciler: Diogenes Neves
Publisher: Marvel
“The Return of Legion 3: Cognitive Therapy”
Legion is back, and his many personalities fully intend to kill everyone who defeated him the first time– starting with Danielle Moonstar. Thanks to a mishap with the local townfolk and M-Day, Dani is now powerless and trapped in a city jail cell. Legion [...]

Mighty Avengers #27

Posted on July 18th, 2009 by by Manic

Writers: Dan Slott, Christos N. Gage
Penciler: Khoi Pham
Publisher: Marvel
“The Unspoken” Part I
After an amusing battle of egos between Hank Pym and Reed Richards, Hank now has everything he needs to transport the Avengers to their new pocket dimension base. Jocasta has fully integrated into the new base’s computer systems, and the team is both eager [...]

Doctor Who #1

Posted on July 18th, 2009 by by Manic

Writer: Tony Lee
Penciler: Al Davison
Publisher: IDW
“Silver Scream” Part 1 of 2
Back in March, IDW announced an ongoing Doctor Who comic series, after the success of Doctor Who: The Forgotten. Part of the big announcement was that the first issue will team the Doctor up with classic star of silent films Charlie Chaplin. They even released [...]

Booster Gold #22 (Featuring: Blue Beetle)

Posted on July 10th, 2009 by by Manic

Writer: Dan Jurgens
Penciler: Dan Jurgens
Publisher: DC
“Day of Death (Part II of IV)”
It’s time for another issue of Booster Gold, the greatest hero you’ve never heard of! After the perplexing cliffhanger at the end of #21, Booster Gold must journey back in time to protect Dick Grayson during his days as Robin, so that he may [...]