Author: Ryan Easby

Spider-Man: Life Story #4 Marvel Comics Writer: Chip Zdarsky Artist: Mark Bagley Spider-Man: Blue. Kraven’s Last Hunt. The Night Gwen Stacy Died. The Death Of Spider-Man. All absolutely incredible must-read Spider-Man stories. And at this point, I’m confident enough to say that Spider-Man: Life Story could be added to that list. Honestly, I think Spider-Man Life Story is the best thing in Marvel right now. Sure, Silver Surfer Black #1 was incredible, and War Of The Realms is going brilliantly, but they just don’t compare to this. This might be because Spider-Man is, and always will be, my favourite…

As you most likely know by now, Robert Pattison is officially Batman. It’s a brilliant choice if one that’ll cause a lot of discourse online about how he is just the “sparkly vampire” (these people would, of course, be wrong; he’s an incredible actor who has starred in several independent films). But, as I tend to do, I started thinking. We now finally have confirmation on who is going to play Batman, but we’ve still got no idea who the supporting characters are going to be or plot of the film is going to be. And this is where I…

DCeased (2019-) #2 DC Comics Writer: Tom Taylor Artist: Trevor Hairsine & Stefano Guadiano I was quite skeptical about DCeased, to begin with, as many others were. After all, zombies have been played out over the last decade, perhaps even longer. We had Marvel Zombies in 2005, did we really a DC equivalent this late? Then I read issue 1 and really actually enjoyed it. Then I read issue 2, and my hopes for the series came crashing down around my ears. It’s not that DCeased #2 is particularly awful, either. It’s just a nothing issue, painfully average. DCeased #2…

Batman: Last Knight on Earth (2019-) #1 DC Comics Writer: Scott Snyder Artist: Greg Capullo Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Batman run is the highlight of the New 52 era of DC, at least for me. It drew me into comics for the first time and hooked me. I still recall withdrawing Death Of The Family from my local library in 2014 and was both equally horrified and enraptured. I’ve followed Snyder’s work since then, from his indie work such as Wytches to his more recent stuff, like The Batman Who Laughs and Justice League. I’ve actually been looking forward…

Giant Days #51 Boom! Studios Writer: John Allison Artist: Max Sarin & Whitney Cogar I discovered Giant Days around a month ago, I’d say. I’d heard about it prior to this, of course, but I’d never actually read it. Then when I finally picked it up, I was entranced by it, completely and utterly. Everything about John Alison’s take on University life had me hooked, particularly his habit of adding moments of total absurdism into what would otherwise seem like a totally normal day. Having started university myself in 2018 (and had a hell of a time, to begin with),…

Aladdin (2019) Director: Guy Ritchie Starring: Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahban, Nasim Pedrad, Billy Magnussen Rating: PG Runtime: 128 minutes I grew up on Disney. As a child (and indeed well into my adolescence), I watched Disney incredibly often. Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Robin Hood, Tangled, these are just a brief selection of the films that I could recite the events to you verbatim. But of all the Disney films I watched as a child, none of them stuck with me quite as much as the original 1992 Aladdin did. The combination of a absolutely magnificent soundtrack…

Pokémon Detective Pikachu Director: Rob Letterman Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Bill Nighy, Ken Watanabe Rating: PG Runtime: 104 minutes I’ve been a fan of Pokémon for as long as I can remember. I was raised on the show, played the trading card game sparingly (I vaguely remember going to a Pokémon festival and playing the card game in the tent. I didn’t understand it at all, but it’s the thought that counts.) I played the games as a kid, watched the fan films and for as long as I can remember playing Pokémon, I’ve wanted a…

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Director: Chad Stahelski Starring: Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Ian McShane, Laurence Fishburne, Mark Dacascos, Asia Kate Dillon, Lance Reddick Rating: R Runtime: 131 minutes I was quite late to the John Wick party if I’m being honest. I recall purchasing the first film back in 2015, watching the first twenty minutes with my mate, getting distracted and never actually going back to it. It wasn’t until this year that I first sat down and watched it and, in sharp contrast to all those years ago, was immediately hooked by it. The action,…

Godzilla: King of the Monsters DIrector: Michael Dougherty Starring: Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Ken Watanabe, Ziyi Zhang, Bradley Whitford, Sally Hawkins, Charles Dance, Thomas Middleditch, Aisha Hinds, O’Shea Jackson Jr. Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 131 minutes I’ve never been a particularly huge fan of the Kaiju’s. I can see the appeal of huge monsters clashing in epic displays of power and destruction, but personally, I’ve just found them dull. That being said, the trailers for Godzilla: King Of The Monsters had me intrigued. For starters, it was the first time I’d found myself interested in one of…

Good Omens Director: Douglas Mackinnon Starring: Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Frances McDormand, Sian Brooks, Daniel Mays, Sam Taylor Buck, Jon Hamm Runtime: 6 episodes Neil Gaiman is a god, let’s just put that out there now. Between Coraline and The Graveyard Book alone, he cemented himself as one of my favourite authors. Then he wrote a run of Marvel’s Eternals in 2007, an amazing Batman story (Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader?) in 2009, and of course, earlier in 1989, the seminal DC Vertigo book, The Sandman. I still recall being 12 years old, and first picking up a…