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Bart Simpson holds a $4.99 Radioactive Man comic while Comic Book Guy marks the store price up to $29.99 inside a comic shop filled with inflated collectible prices

Reviews & Rants · Comics

Comic Shops Aren’t Supposed to Be Scalpers

DC is putting comic shops on notice over retailer-exclusive variant prices, and it’s about damn time somebody drew a line between making a profit and scalping collectors.

August 8, 2026

Chris Conrad, Vigilante and Freddie Stroma side by side for the Peacemaker alternate-casting story

Reviews & Rants · The Multi-Dojo

The Multi-Dojo: Peacemaker Shot Five and a Half Episodes With a Completely Different Vigilante

Chris Conrad was already deep into Peacemaker Season 1 as Adrian Chase before James Gunn replaced him with Freddie Stroma and reshot every Vigilante scene.

August 7, 2026

The Cobra Kai Never Lies mascots inside a comic-book store beside comic-style High Five lettering

Reviews & Rants · High Five

Five Times the Hero Lost— and Absolutely Deserved To

Doctor Strange, Stanley Ipkiss, Guy Gardner, Billy Butcher and Splinter brought their worst comic-book defeats upon themselves.

August 6, 2026

The Super Troopers posing in uniform and sunglasses in front of an explosive orange background

Reviews & Rants · Movie Review

Super Troopers 3 Is the Return to Form Broken Lizard Needed

The second movie fell a little flatter than I hoped. Super Troopers 3 gets Broken Lizard back to what they do best.

August 6, 2026

Eli Roth standing in front of Borderlands promotional signage at a Lionsgate event

Reviews & Rants · Movie Rant

Eli Roth Blames Lionsgate for Borderlands, but When Does Eli Roth Start Blaming Eli Roth?

Eli Roth says Lionsgate ruined Borderlands. Maybe. But after twenty years of overhyped disappointment, when does Eli Roth start blaming Eli Roth?

August 5, 2026

The High Five to the Face Movies artwork with a movie fan, a cobra in 3D glasses and flying popcorn

Reviews & Rants · High Five · Movies

Five Sequels That Completely Changed the Tone—and Got Better

Five sequels that switched genres, rewrote their franchises and proved that completely changing direction can sometimes be the best decision.

August 1, 2026

Spider-Man swings through New York while carrying a civilian to safety

Reviews & Rants · Movie Review

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Is the Spider-Man Movie I’ve Been Waiting For

A spoiler-free review of Tom Holland’s most adult and comic-book-accurate Spider-Man movie yet.

July 30, 2026

Chris Cornell sings while playing an acoustic guitar onstage

Reviews & Rants · Music

Chris Cornell’s “One” Isn’t a Cover. It’s a Ghost Rising From Two Different Songs

Chris Cornell combined U2’s music with Metallica’s lyrics to create a haunting third version of One that became impossible to escape.

July 28, 2026

Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner walking together at night in One Night Only

Reviews & Rants · Movie Review

I Saw One Night Only So You Don’t Have To… But You Should

A review of One Night Only.

July 27, 2026

Mark Strong and Daniel Craig taking a photograph together overlooking London

Reviews & Rants · The Multi-Dojo

The Multi-Dojo: Mark Strong Almost Played a Bond Villain, but Daniel Craig Helped Him Blow the Audition

A premature celebration and one brutal hangover cost Mark Strong the chance to play Gustav Graves in Die Another Day.

July 24, 2026

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