The Sandman, which is based on Neil Gaiman’s much-loved high fantasy comics, sees the titular cosmic being face a number of foes. But none, perhaps, spook Morpheus quite like Rose Walker, a human who has the potential to destroy worlds. Rose – a character that doesn’t show up until episode …
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Vecna came and conquered in Stranger Things season 4, the villain instantly entering the pop-culture conscience upon his terrifying arrival. But how, exactly, was the twisted character created? In the new issue of SFX magazine, featuring Andor on the cover (opens in new tab), Barrie Gower of the award-winning UK …
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More details about Warner Bros.’ scrapped plans for the DCEU have been revealed. The studio is currently putting together a 10 year plan for the DC universe, inspired by the MCU overseen by Kevin Feige. According to The Hollywood Reporter (opens in new tab), before Warner Bros. and Discovery combined, …
Read More »The Sandman season 1, episode 6 review, recap, and analysis: The Sound of Her Wings
For many Sand-fans (Is that a thing? Probably not…) The Sound of Her Wings is one of the most beloved chapters in the entire saga. Acting as a buffer between the series’ first two major arcs, it uses the slightest of plots – Morpheus shadows his sister Death (Kirby Howell-Baptiste) …
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So far, The Sandman has mostly stuck closely to Dream and the quest to retrieve his objects of power. But with Morpheus out of action and John Dee in control of the ruby, it’s time to take the gloves off. “24/7” shifts focus to a single cafe and six people …
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“A Hope In Hell” follows Morpheus and Matthew the raven as they travel to the underworld in search of the helm. We know from the last episode that it’s in the possession of a demon – but which one? To find out, they must seek an audience with Lucifer Morningstar …
Read More »The Sandman season 1, episode 3 review, recap, and analysis: Dream A Little Dream Of Me
How you feel about “Dream A Little Dream Of Me” will likely depend on how you feel about what’s been done to the occultist formerly known as John Constantine. No, we’re not talking about the gender flip or name change – here to Johanna, played by Jenna Coleman – but …
Read More »The Sandman season 1, episode 2 review, recap, and analysis: Imperfect Hosts
With The Sandman’s first episode having introduced us to our protagonist and set the series’ overarching plot in motion, Imperfect Hosts is the first ‘regular’ episode of The Sandman. It also makes one thing very clear: there’s absolutely no such thing as a regular episode of Sandman. Morpheus has returned …
Read More »The Sandman season 1, episode 1 review, recap, and analysis: Sleep of the Just
The Sandman was never going to be an easy comic to adapt. Neil Gaiman’s masterpiece – and the saga remains, for this reviewer’s money, his finest work in any medium – is such a tangled knot of plot threads, stories within stories and allusions to literature, mythology, art, and other …
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If director Dan Trachtenberg offered a canny twist on what follow-ups can be with 2016’s 10 Cloverfield Lane, he does it again with his Predator-series entry, Prey. Rejecting any temptation to go bigger and brawnier, or to simply indulge nostalgia, Prey is a more lateral beast than most IP variants; …
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