Frankie's Blog

The Batman is the sort of dark and gritty Batman film that fans of Gotham’s greatest detective should appreciate. Although it took me a little while to get into this nearly three-hour cinematic showcase, the film is ultimately a multi-layered detective noir meets action movie that might just be one of the best Batman flicks to date. In the beginning of the film, we are greeted with a voice over by Robert Pattinson (who portrays Batman/Bruce Wayne) explaining why he does what he does as Batman. This was a little off putting to me because it felt as though the...

Having recently finished reading Stray Dogs: Dog Days and currently finding myself enthralled in Good Boy (you can read my review here, if you like), I’m realizing that I’m on a bit of an animal-centric comic book kick as of late. Therefore, when I saw issue three of underrated publisher Ablaze Publishing’s Animal Castle on the new release shelf at my local comic bookstore, I knew that I had to find issues one and two and give them all a read immediately. Which is exactly what I did. Knowing nothing about the comic beyond the fact that I liked the...