Leg – The Umbrella Academy, Season Two, Episode Five

The band is back together, more or less. As the Umbrella Academy reunites (finally), we return to that sibling group dynamic that made the first season function. There have been a few important changes since the seven protagonists were all in the same room together. For one, the characters have been through one apocalypse already.…

“It’s Hip, It’s Wow, It’s Now, And How!” – Spider-Man 3

Now I know what you're thinking: Hat, what are you doing? Why would you review Spider-Man 3 without having reviewed the first two Spider-Man films? It's not even new, it came out in 2007. It's the bad one. Where's our Umbrella Academy review? And yes, of course all of those are very valid points. (The…

I’ll Meet You at the Crossroads – Hellboy, Book One

I have a fondness for monsters — the fanged, scaled, hairy, be-tentacled sort. They make our world a more interesting place, give us some respite from the darker things out there that aren’t as up front about what they really are. You know what to expect from a scary-looking monster. And when they prove you…

The Cost of Violence – Children of Blood and Bone

About a month or two back, I was shopping for groceries at my local supermarket when I passed in front of the small book stand they have at the back of the store, then paused when I noticed Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone nestled amongst the John Grisham and Robert Pattinson reprints. I…

3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Five, Episode Fourteen (Episode Sixty-Four)

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Season Five Episode Fourteen: Journey's End - *** Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None Part One: Pictures of a Cast We get a few different jumps forward in time to establish where the characters have ended up, the first two months, then two years, then presumably many more years in the future. because this…

3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Five, Episode Thirteen (Episode Sixty-Three)

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Season Five Episode Thirteen: The Other Side of the Gateway - **   Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None   Part One: What We've Learned You'd think that after sixty-some reviews, I'd know how to talk about this series, but alas, it would seem some things are beyond the scope of human ken. Greed…

3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Five, Episode Twelve (Episode Sixty-Two)

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Season Five Episode Twelve: A Fierce Counterattack - ***   Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None   Part One: Punching I’m kind of getting Game of Thrones flashbacks with this one, mainly in the sense that this almost feels like it should be the final episode but we still have several more to go.…

3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Five, Episode Eleven (Episode Sixty-One)

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Season Five Episode Eleven: He Who Would Swallow God - *   Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None   Part One: Reversals Woof. Here we go. So after the previous episode impressing me more than I thought it would, the show comes crashing right back down with a whole load of nonsense. Lovely. Again,…

3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Five, Episode Nine (Episode Fifty-Nine)

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Season Five Episode Nine: Lost Light - **   Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None   Part One: Lies When we last left our heroes, Hawkeye's throat had been slit and she was being held against Mustang to force him to commit human transmutation. The previous episode ended with him breaking and saying, "All…

3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Five, Episode Eight (Episode Fifty-Eight)

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Season Five Episode Eight: Sacrifices - **   Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None Part One: The Sacrifices Gathered See? I told you they’re fine. We don’t get much action from the much-built-up sacrifices — Ed, Al, Hoenheim, and Izumi — but they are now in the same spot, so yay, *faint applause*, you…