Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 7/18/26
So it’s gonna be a weird week for comic book reviews from me, dawgs. I had some work and some traveling and this and that, and then, frankly, I wasn’t too impressed with what was on offer. So it’s gonna be a quick week from me.
Comic Book of the Week goes to Absolute Green Arrow #3 for another strong issue, though it was a bit scattershot to my liking.
Meanwhile, I dunno, I keep doing the same stuff. Still playing Crimson Desert, though I’m probably nearing the end. I’m gonna go see The Odyssey in theaters on Monday, though not in IMAX. The closest IMAX theater is nearly an hour away and not worth the hassle of getting to. So pretty chill time to be me.
Comic Reviews: Absolute Green Arrow #3, Avengers: Armageddon #2 and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #2.
Read the rest of this entryMovie Trailer Wednesday: Mayday and Digger
The Odyssey is coming out this weekend and a lot of new movie trailers have arrived so that they can be attached to The Odyssey. Or maybe they’re just coming out for the fun of it? I don’t know how movie trailer releases work, despite being a big fan of movie trailers for 30+ years. Oh well. These two came out yesterday and I wanted to share.
First up is Mayday, an action comedy starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh coming to AppleTV.
I think it looks great! Looks like a ton of fun. I have no turned on Ryan Reynolds like most people, so I’m all in favor of this. The biggest pull is that the film is directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. These are the geniuses behind Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, with some solid writing credits under their belts. These guys make good movies, so I’m definitely keeping an eye on Mayday, and you should too.
Mayday comes to AppleTV on Sept. 4.
Next up is Digger, this super important Tom Cruise movie. I saw the Digger teaser trailer ahead of a movie in theaters a few weeks ago, and the trailer was like 5 full minutes of glazing Tom Cruise’s career. So I guess everything has been building to Digger?
It looks neat. Looks like a smart satire, which I always enjoy. And it’s got John Goodman, so that’s great. I guess it just looks like a big, important, funny movie that will use star power to stay something powerful? I dunno. I just thought it was a trailer worth sharing.
Digger comes to theaters on Oct. 2.
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Movie Trailer Monday: Not Alone
It’s Monday. I’m going back to work. Life moves on. How about a new movie trailer? It’s Not Alone by Illumination! Looks pretty cute.
I think it looks pretty neat. The movie could go in very many directions. Since it’s Illumination, it will probably going in the direction where those little alien are the entire stars of the film. But the soundtrack to the trailer, and the little love story they’ve got going on, could be fun, right? Could be something different? I’ll just keep hoping.
Not Alone comes to theaters…next April. That’s forever in the future!
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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 7/11/26
Can you believe another week of comics has come and gone? I missed last week because I was away for the holiday. And I’m back this week with the likes of Absolute Batman and Fury of Firestorm.
Comic Book of the Week goes to Daredevil #4 for the most exciting shock ending.
Meanwhile, did I mention that I watched and very much enjoyed Widow’s Bay? Great show! Lives up to all the hype and word of mouth it’s getting. I’m currently working my way through Maniac, a Netflix show from a few years ago. Not great, but alright. And I recently finished reading all Dunk and Egg novellas from the Game of Thrones universe. Those were fun. Should make for some entertaining future seasons of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
Comic Reviews: Absolute Batman #22, Absolute Catwoman #2, Daredevil #4 and Fury of the Firestorm #4.
Read the rest of this entryHere’s That New Avatar Aang Trailer
I’m as much a fan of the Last Airbender universe as the next person. I enjoyed the original show, I enjoyed Korra for the most part. I think I was very mid about the first live action season and haven’t gotten around to the second season…so huh, yeah, that seems typical fan to me!
There’s gonna be a new animated movie. It was supposed to go to theaters, but got knocked down to streaming. And then it got super pirated. So this movie has faced a lot of stumbling blocks. I didn’t watch the pirated version. I’m fine waiting for streaming.
Looks fine to me…it also looks just fine. I don’t think the Avatar fandom is strong enough to support a theatrical release, so putting it to streaming makes sense to me. Should be a nice adventure for Team Avatar. I don’t think it looks all that intense or super exciting or all that meaningful…we know the fate of these characters. But…they made it, so I’ll get around to watching it one of these days.
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender comes to Paramount+ on July 25.
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