If you’ve known The Beat for a long time, you know there’s one thing we love more than anything and it’s Corto Maltese. Hugo Pratt’s languid, chiaroscuro, fin de siecle adventurer may have been a colonizer, but he was drawn so damned well. There have been a few successful French language films based on Corto […]
Celebrating Fifty Years Of Guarding The Galaxy
The Guardians Of The Galaxy debuted fifty years ago today in Marvel Super-Heroes #18, though they bear little resemblance to today’s team. Maybe you’d recognize founding member Yondu, on the far right? The concept was that they were each the last of their kind. The original team consisted of (left to right) Major Vance Astro, […]
Are y’all seriously JUST figuring out that Michelle Yeoh is the G.O.A.T.?
The success of CRAZY RICH ASIANS at the box office is quite gratifying, because it proves that once every two decades, Americans can make a movie starring Asian people and the world will not end. Interestingly, in Asia they have a huge movie industry that makes movies starring Asians all the time, so it’s nice […]
My MCU Rewatch: Doctor Strange and Spider-Man Homecoming – The Streets of New York
ALMOST DONE! DOCTOR STRANGE (2016) DID I FALL ASLEEP? No. DID I LIKE THE MUSIC? Didn’t do much for me. EDIT: As many have pointed out, this was also by the great Michael Giacchino, but it did not capture my attention as I was multi tasking. WHAT ELSE DID I NOTICE: I saw this twice […]