We’ve had three passable episodes in a row. Sure, they haven’t been as on fire as the first few episodes of other series, but I still don’t think they are as bad as was reported. They’ve been fun, and I’ve been interested in seeing where the story is going. But, with this episode, I think … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Iron Fist s01e04: Eight Diagram Dragon Palm
After so many negative reviews, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the first episode. But what will episode 2 bring? Iron Fist s01e02: Shadow Hawk Takes Flight writer: Scott Buck director: John Dahl Netflix Quick Review: In the previous shows, all the Marvel/Netflix dramas have started off with a breakneck pace. That is … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Iron Fist s01e02: Shadow Hawk Takes Flight
As always I am perfectly up to date with current events and the timing for a review of Doctor Strange couldn’t be better. Or I am incredibly late but having just watched the movie last night this is the best I could do. After all, I live in Japan and Japan didn’t even have the … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Doctor Strange (2016)
This film is now the 4th highest grossing film in Japan and the 2nd highest grossing for animated films. Many people sing its praises. It was also available for viewing on the flight that took me back to Japan. And I watched it. Here we go. Your Name. (君の名は。) Writer/director: Makoto Shinkai Release date: Aug. … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Your Name. (君の名は。)
Last night I had a fever that bumped up to almost 102. This morning the fever broke and other than being a little worn out I’m ready to jump back into Luke Cage. Luke Cage s01e03 Who’s Gonna Take the Weight? writer: Matt Owens director: Guillermo Navarro Netflix Quick Review: Episode 3 brings our hero … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Luke Cage s01e03 Who’s Gonna Take the Weight?
Episode two is out. Yeah. And it is kind of what I expected. What does that mean? Read on. Luke Cage s01e02 Code of the Streets writer: Cheo Hodari Coker director: Paul McGuigan Netflix Quick Review: What Luke Cage brings is a lot of excellent performances. And some pretty excellent music that harkens back to … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Luke Cage s01e02 Code of the Streets
A new Marvel Netflix series means a new review from me! The same as I have done for the other series, I’m going to try and review every episode. Hopefully this will be done in a timely fashion, but we’ll see. Luke Cage s01e01 Moment of Truth writer: Cheo Hodari Coker director: Paul McGuigan Netflix … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Luke Cage s01e01 Moment of Truth
Batgirl has been one of the most celebrated of modern comics when it comes to strong women and celebrating diversity. With a new volume launching off with Barbara Gordon traveling Asia I had to pick it up. As I longterm resident of Japan I was happy to see Okinawa as the first stop. Did the … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Batgirl #01
Continuing my re-read of the Brubaker run on Captain America. This covers the Civil War period which, while a neat idea, never quite crossed over into being a good story. Rereading this I had a worry that the big event would completely disrupt the strength of the comics. Does it? Captain America v5 #22-25 Writer: … More Wayback Reviews: Captain America v5 #22-25
I never watched the theatrical release of Batman v Superman. I didn’t here so many good things and since movies come to Japan quite late and are fairly expensive I decided to just wait for the release of the extended edition. And that is what I did. And I watched it. Yeah. Batman v Superman: … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Batman v Superman Ultimate edition
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