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The Big and The Little Mix In Spencer And Rosanas’ “Ant-Man #1″ [Review]
The Big and The Little Mix In Spencer And Rosanas’ “Ant-Man #1″ [Review]
The Big and The Little Mix In Spencer And Rosanas’ “Ant-Man #1″ [Review]
This week sees Nick Spencer, Ramon Rosanas, Jordan Boyd and Travis Lanham launch a new book over at Marvel in the shape of Ant-Man. Featuring the Scott Lang version of the size-changing hero, the series is pitched as being about a C-List Avenger trying to turn around his post-Avengers career and get a new job, so he can provide for his daughter, Cassie. He has an upset ex-wife, a crappy apartment, a criminal past, and no hopes – and that's how the series begins. With this first issue of the new series - which is on sale now - Spencer takes the jokey tone of his Superior Foes of Spider-Man series and downplays things significantly. While Foes was about villains trying to keep a criminal career going, here we have a hero trying to keep a heroic career going. Or, well, any career at all. It's a familiar concept for anybody reading Marvel at the moment, as most of their solo books are about the very same idea, played out in different ways.
Star Trek: Into Darkness, Great Sequel But Falls Short From The Mark
Star Trek: Into Darkness, Great Sequel But Falls Short From The Mark
Star Trek: Into Darkness, Great Sequel But Falls Short From The Mark
Star Trek: Into Darkness is a sequel to J.J Abrams’ 2009 “reboot” of the franchise. I put reboot in quotations because I don’t really consider it a restart of the series. I consider the new films set in their own alternate timeline because one of stamps the series was famous for was alternate realities and time travel. Well it’s just that it’s Star Trek in an alternate timeline and the sequel to t
Florida Georgia Line, ‘Cruise’ – Song Review
Florida Georgia Line, ‘Cruise’ – Song Review
Florida Georgia Line, ‘Cruise’ – Song Review
In just a few short seconds, Florida Georgia Line make a memorable impression on ‘Cruise,’ their debut single with Republic Nashville. The duo have been performing together since graduating from Belmont University, and their formal training shows in the tight execution of this lyric-heavy summer song. It’s Tyler Hubbard’s unique voice that stands out immediately.
JB and the Moonshine Band, ‘No Better Than This’ – Song Review
JB and the Moonshine Band, ‘No Better Than This’ – Song Review
JB and the Moonshine Band, ‘No Better Than This’ – Song Review
Not all summer songs come across as fun and breezy. Too often they’re saturated with sugar or references to the juniper in Georgia or how hot the sun in Oklahoma shines on the scorched earth. JB and the Moonshine Band don’t overthink things with their new single ‘No Better Than This.’ It’s an easy emotion tied up in under three minutes.
Trace Adkins, ‘Them Lips (On Mine)’ – Song Review
Trace Adkins, ‘Them Lips (On Mine)’ – Song Review
Trace Adkins, ‘Them Lips (On Mine)’ – Song Review
Perhaps this was the song Trace Adkins was recording naked? The big man has become quite a sex symbol for women over a certain age, and his new song ‘Them Lips (On Mine)’ is sure to stir their pots. Adkins avoids lyrical euphemisms, but underscores his steamy message with suggestive guitar licks and his trademark growl.