Who knows what caused Ennis to put this together – 6 extreme war stereotypes form a special ops group during WWII times, sent on precious undercover missions purposefully or accidentally. Ennis wrote 2 3-issue storylines with this troupe and they are, at times, hilarious. But they’re also one-joke humor, and have the feeling of whimsy – a funny idea that either fulfilled a contract or was expanded to fulfill a publishing schedule…
Monthly Archives: April 2012
An Accidental Death – Ed Brubaker ♦♦♦♦ [four out of five]
If you’ve enjoyed the more tempered, naturalistic stories Brubaker’s worked on (I’d actually include his work on Gotham Central as an example, oddly enough), ‘An Accidental Death’ is a great read…
Some TV Reviews
The Ballad of Halo Jones – Alan Moore ♦♦♦♦ [four out of five]
If you’re a Moore fan, you’ve already read and sung the praises of Halo Jones. If you’re new to comics or just getting into Moore, I would suggest this as a valid addition to your collection – it’s a good taste of overseas sci-fi and still, however many years on, a pretty bold and original approach to the genre…
Real Steel ••• [three out of five]
You’ve seen this before: the drinkin’, gamblin’ rabble-rouser who – for some reason or another – has to take a youngster under his wing whilst he goes about his drinkin’ and gamblin’ ways. Surely that youngster won’t cause him to expose a heart of gold and turn his life around… While Real Steel doesn’t miss a beat for that genre, it gets some key things right to keep you enjoying the movie…
Migrating Netflix reviews
Little Girl Lost – Richard Aleas ♦♦♦♦♦ [five out of five]
“Little Girl Lost” might not be the most hard-edged, or the most original, or the most noir of all the HCC books. But it pursues its genre with enough respect to speak to it with a fresh voice, and keeps on the level with the reader for every page of the book – a difficult accomplishment in any genre…
Drive ••• [three out of five]
I was all set to love Drive. All the right people liked it, I dig Ryan Gosling, and the write-ups spoke of a blend of dark elements which normally make me purr. The opening scene had me convinced that I was about to be blown away by some moody awesomeness, but by film’s end I found myself almost completely unaffected…
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The Ten ••• [three out of five]
On the road to comedy, there are ups and downs. If it’s in the pursuit of the eventual ‘big laugh,’ I’ll let it pass. ‘The Ten’ is uneven in a new way, drumming up a formula that could’ve been a non-stop laugh fest but ends up a muddle, one of those movies for which I’m sure repeated viewings will expose the hidden hilariousness…
Black Swarm •• [two out of five]
Black Swarm is watchable. That sounds like a brush off, but many films are not watchable. Winning has also helmed several not-in-theater monster movie affairs, and Swarm shows a competence with the concept. But, much like a lot of 90s DTV that have CGI’d covers promising wackiness that never quite rears its head on film, Winning follows a tried and true lower budget formula of promising a lot and showing us little…
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