The genres we cover here have traditionally been less-likely to win, but that is less true now than at any time in film history.
A list appears below, with genre (and related) wins highlighted:
Category Archives: B42 Site News
Weekly New Releases for September 25th, 2018
Another slow week this week, but one with a few high profile titles.
The Greatest Genre Weddings!
Summer tends to see a lot of people exchanging vows, so we’re going to run a very special list of the Greatest Genre Weddings.
“Number 1 will surprise you!”
The Handmaid’s Tale Review: “After,” “Women’s Work,” “Smart Power”
The Handmaid’s Tale continues, with society under pressure in the wake of recent events. The country remains a place run by hypocrites who insist they’re acting in the name of God and national interest, who preach a pro-family message while separating children from parents, exalting men who commit sexual assault, and denouncing the supposed falseness of reports against them while spouting blatant lies and obvious propaganda.
The cracks and contradictions in this society grow more apparent, and some of its most devout citizens begin to tremble at the monster they’ve helped create.
As a bonus, we get to see a little of life beyond Gilead. We make several trips to Canada, and we begin to feel the presence of the United States of America—that is, the parts that have neither been destroyed nor become a part of Gilead.1
Comic Television Discussion – Week beginning May 27th
The Dwindling Chapters leave us with two specials for Lucifer, (which is still canceled as far as I can find). Otherwise, Supergirl is surprised to see that Krypton was renewed. On the other side of the aisle, Legion… He’s still beautiful and crazy.
[All synopses (and titles) from Trakt.tv below the cut. (If a show’s synopsis is a spoiler to you, do not click More…)]
Comic Television Discussion – Week beginning May 13th
We are nearing the season’s end, or are at the end, and for at least one show, the return is Debatably Canceled. Lucifer ends, but there are two more episodes hiding somewhere that were originally moved to Season 4, but now may be part of a home video release. Supergirl deals with family members to fight the season’s big bad. The Flash races his big bad to build a machine. Supergranddad has to decide if he wants to save a city in a bottle. Arrow advertises an Epic Final Battle, but still has two more episodes for the season.
Meanwhile Legion makes you question all of the ideas you’ve ever had including the sanity in trying to follow the show (but stays a beautiful high-budget art project) and the Agents wrap up their season, though they are renewed for an abbreviated sixth season. Then the “teens” of Riverdale wrap their season with an election.
[All synopses (and titles) from Trakt.tv below the cut. (If a show’s synopsis is a spoiler to you, do not click More…)]
The Terror Review: “Go for Broke” and “Gore”
The new series, based on Dan Simmons’s historical horror novel, blew onto AMC last week, and continues Monday. The Terror presents a fictionalized dramatization of the Franklin Expedition’s final months, and includes an element not found in any history book….
Kiernan Shipka to play Sabrina Spellman
Kiernan Shipka who grew up on Mad Men playing Sally Draper, will star in the forthcoming Netflix adaptation of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. This is the adult-oriented Archie occult comic that presents Sabrina as a genuinely horrifying witch-child coming of age in the 1960s (though the TV show may be set in the present).
List Challenges permanent link now live
The Bureau 42 List Challenges now have a home in the “Links” section of the website, on the right hand side of the site on a desktop or the bottom if you are on mobile. I intend to post once a month to discuss progress. Does that schedule work for everyone?
Manga Review: Yumekui Kenbun, Nightmare Inspector – Volume 2
Continuing with the somewhat belated horror manga with Volume 2 of Nightmare Inspector. Continue reading →