The Reel World

8 Takeaways from the “The X-Men Adventure” in Spider-man and his Amazing Friends

Spider-man and his Amazing Friends was an early 80s Spider-man cartoon where Peter Park fought villains with his pals….Iceman and Firestar? Firestar was created for the purposes of the show. There were only 24 episodes produced over the course of three seasons, but one of them featured the trio visiting Charles Xavier and the X-men! It’s our long-delayed second edition of MARVELOUS ANIMATION

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Marvel Mondays – What If…?: Episode 9

Plot summary: The Watcher recruits a team of heroes from different realities to form the Guardians of the Multiverse in an effort to stop Ultron.

The Matt Signal Beyond – Episode 10: Shriek

Plot summary: Bruce Wayne finds himself battling to save a piece of Old Gotham, as well as his own grip on sanity as he begins to hear a voice in his head.

The Matt Signal Beyond – Episode 9: Spellbound

Plot summary: Wealthy people begin to suffer from hallucinations that force them to hand over their riches to the mysterious Spellbinder.

There Will Be Movies – Episode 63: Empire Records

Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from the 1990s.

You can keep your five star box office smashes, because we’re here to discuss our experiences working in record stores, the enormous cast and how Empire Records compares to the more famous High Fidelity.

Pantheon Plus – John Carpenter Month: Assault on Precinct 13

Jerome and Brian begin John Carpenter month by discussing a very good 1976 film in Assault on Precinct 13. John Carpenter can direct and put together a great score! Who knew?

6 Thoughts on Quibi’s Roku’s The Fugitive

Quibi raised nearly $2 billion from investors. But it bombed so hard that Roku was able to buy their tape library for $100 million. Now, there can be no way that tape library is actually worth $100 million for Roku. How many people have a Roku television/setup and actually are like, “Let me watch some free programming on Roku!”?

With that said, Roku is now your destination for watching Kiefer Sutherland embracing his star persona once again and that is something I personally cannot pass up. Thus, you all get my big 6 takeaways from The Fugitive. Continue reading 6 Thoughts on ~~Quibi’s~~ Roku’s The Fugitive