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Comics

Radiant Black Volume 4 – Comics Review

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Radiant Black Volume 4

  • Writer: Kyle Higgins
  • Illustrator: Marcelo Costa
  • Publisher: Image
  • Collects issues #19-24

Grade: B+

One of the things that’s drawn me to the Radiant Black series is in its depiction of real-life consequences to having superpowers. Its protagonists aren’t too dissimilar to Peter Parker or Spider-Man – the urtext for these kinds of stories, of course – always trying to do the right thing but inevitably messing things up in one way or another. Writer Kyle Higgins doesn’t portray being a superhero as either a hindrance or an escape from the real world. Rather, it’s more like another facet of its protagonists’ personalities.

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TV Reviews

Silo: Season 1, “Freedom Day” & “Holston’s Pick” – TV Review

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“Freedom Day” & “Holston’s Pick”

  • Creator: Graham Yost
  • Starring: Rebecca Ferguson, David Oyelowo, Rashida Jones, Tim Robbins, Common, Ferdinand Kingsley, Harriet Walter, Chinaza Uche

Grade: B+

Warning: Reviews of Silo season 1 will contain spoilers.

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TV Reviews

Star Wars Visions Volume 2 – TV Review

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Star Wars Visions: Volume 2

  • Creator: Multiple
  • Starring: Eva Whitaker, Daveed Diggs, Cynthia Erivo, Ashley Park, Maxine Peake, Charithra Chandran
  • Nine episodes watched for review

Grade: A

Star Wars has been in a state of flux since the Disney takeover; its Skywalker trilogy was a mixed bag, ending in disappointment, and the spin-off/origin story films were breezy but forgettable. On the small screen it’s been similarly divisive, with The Mandalorian being the expected heavy hitter, but besides the great first season of Andor, it’s been mostly forgettable. So when the first volume/season of its anthology program Star Wars Visions released in fall 2021 with little fanfare, it understandably flew under the radar for casual fans. But for Star Wars and animation fans, the gambit proved to be a welcome change.

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TV Reviews

Ted Lasso: Season 3, “We’ll Never Have Paris” – TV Review

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“We’ll Never Have Paris”

  • Creators: Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly
  • Starring: Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, Nick Mohammed, Juno Temple, Brendan Hunt, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster, Sarah Niles

Grade: C

Warning: Reviews of Ted Lasso season 3 will contain spoilers.

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