The Marvel Rundown: AVENGERS #50/#750 is a manic multiversal mashup
Reviews of this week’s Marvel releases, including the massive anniversary Avengers #50/#750, and more books in the Rapid Rundown section!
REVIEW: Burst at the seams with CAT KID COMIC CLUB: PERSPECTIVES
The graphic novel features a bunch of individual stories within a charming frame.
REVIEW: It’s the end of the line in LIFETIME PASSES
You won’t expect what’s around the next bend in this tragicomedy from Terry Blas & Claudia Aguirre.
REVIEW: Forward In Spite of Loss in STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Season 4
The new season offers a personal, poignant examination of Starfleet’s flagship crew persevering in the face of tragedy.
The Marvel Rundown: KATE BISHOP: HAWKEYE #1 hits the bullseye
Reviews of this week's new and noteworthy Marvel Comics releases, including Kate Bishop: Hawkeye #1, Black Panther #1, and more!
REVIEW: Mari Ahokoivu’s OKSI is a storybook on fire
A beautiful and traumatizing original graphic novel of motherhood and Finnish folklore.
REVIEW: HAWKEYE is the most MCU Disney+ show to date
This is a spoiler-free review based on the first two episodes of Hawkeye.
Marvel's Hawkeye series has a lot going for it. It brings back...
DC ROUND-UP: FEAR STATE suffers from a bad reading order
Fear State nears its ending with CATWOMAN #37 and HARLEY QUINN #9, two issues that have already seen their resolution in another comic.
REVIEW: LICORICE PIZZA is this year’s best film
Paul Thomas Anderson's latest sets the highest possible bar for cinema in 2021
REVIEW: LAIR offers demonic horror with great ideas but uneven execution
Bonus points for experimentation and some truly frightening sequences.
REVIEW: THE WHEEL OF TIME adapts high fantasy for the casual viewer
It's adaptation week here at The Beat, and like I said when I was reviewing Cowboy Bebop, when it comes to adaptations, there are...
REVIEW: COWBOY BEBOP struggles to find footing in the shadow of a giant
When it comes to adaptations, there are those who are loyalists and those who are experimentalists. As a representation of the original anime by...




















