Riding Into Battle by Destrier Studios

Ultimate Spider-Man (2024) #1-6 Review Disclaimer: This review will contain no spoilers but will have background information, so if you want to go in totally blind then please don’t read this. I have not read the other series within the new Ultimate universe but that will probably change soon enough. TLDR: Please read this, buy the singles too.         Oh boy, it feels like I had just heard about this series but we’re already at the half-year mark, how time flies. I remember when the first issue came out, I had to call 3 different local comic shops before I found one that had a copy of the first issue in stock, as I was in college and could only find the time to go hunting for it on Friday, a good few days after its initial release. After reading it I was filled with, I kid you not, a real sense of happiness that one of my favorite heroes was getting some proper respect in an ongoing comic series with a story that needs little to no background.         I think I should address the back

Kalki 2898 AD Review Disclaimer: I watched this dubbed in Hindi and subbed  in English at my local theater. I have a very cursory knowledge of the Mahabharata , which is important to the plot but you don’t really need to know it to understand or enjoy the movie. This review will not contain spoilers. TLDR: This movie is action packed and a visual spectacle unlike nearly anything in Indian cinema. The plot falters a bit but a proper suspension of disbelief on the viewer’s part can lead to a very enjoyable and expansive action film.          Kalki 2898 AD  is a very interesting film. The cast is star studded and the set design is really something to behold, but an over reliance on stereotypical sci-fi tropes and flimsy worldbuilding in a 3 hour long movie brings the spectacle down just a bit. A lot of other reviews comment on the fact that the first half, which is filled with more exposition, is slower than the action-packed second half, and indeed the theater showing I went to had a lot