Tag: DC Comics

John Turturro Cast as Carmine Falcone in The Batman

John Turturro is going from fighting robots to a billionaire in a bat suit. On Twitter, The Batman director Matt Reeves announced that the Transformers actor and frequent Adam Sandler collaborator has joined the cast of the highly anticipated Batman feature as Gotham City mob boss Carmine Falcone. T...

REVIEW: The Flash – Season 6, Episode 7 “The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Part 1”

The Flash jumped the gun with the Ramsey Rosso storyline over the past few episodes, but “The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Part 1” performs some much-needed repairs on season 6’s main arc. It merges the themes of both Ramsey and the Crisis, and it makes Barry even more human in the face of ...

REVIEW: Watchmen – Season 1, Episode 6 “This Extraordinary Being”

“This Extraordinary Being” is a tough nut to crack. It has what could have been a fascinating story if it existed in a vacuum. Unfortunately, it’s a Watchmen story, and it retcons parts of the Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons comic book that Damon Lindelof claims he so reveres to fit its narrative. Sti...

REVIEW: Arrow – Season 8, Episode 5 “Prochnost”

Much like previous episodes of Arrow this season, “Prochnost” is an homage to season 5, specifically the flashback portion of that season. Over the course of the first few seasons of the show, this was a storyline for which Arrow fans had been clamoring, so I’m glad to see Oliver’s p...

REVIEW: Flash Forward – Ch. 3 “Free Fall”

In today’s era, comics are becoming measurably less fun, more ideologically driven, or just plain dreary. The rare gem of a book that allows the reader to come away with a sense of hope is now just that much more of a diamond in the rough. There are times when heroes must be pushed to …

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REVIEW: The Flash – Season 6, Episode 6 “License to Elongate”

The Flash doing a James Bond homage should be right up my alley, but “License to Elongate” left me cold. Not nearly as funny or clever as it thinks it is, this week’s episode is a snooze that does almost nothing to further the plot or develop the characters. It doesn’t even get the reference...