The Review Show

Episode 40. This week we discuss Essex County, a graphic novel by Jeff Lemire. It's comprised of three short stories all taking place in Essex County. The first follows a young boy obsessed with comics and superheros learning to grow up. The second story follow an older gentleman with Alzheimer's trying to recall his life and everything he has lost. The final story follows the town nurse making ho...

Episode 39. We are starting 2019 with a bang! This week we discuss all six Mission Impossible movies (so far), from the 1996 original to the most recent one, Fallout. Tom Cruise plays Agent Ethan Hunt of the Impossible Mission Force. These movies are action blockbusters at its finest. Come listen! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Happy 3 year anniversary to us! The Whatnauts have been around for three whole years, and that's pretty awesome. Paul Kang, one of our co-creators, stepped down, but thankfully some new faces stepped up to help The Whatnauts keep the lights on. Kyle sits down with Jess Bever, Eric Manix, Melissa Wilkenson, and Belinda Garcia to chat about this past year and everything we have done here at The What...

Episode 38. Merry Christmas! This week we discuss Happy! And we compare and contrast the comic book and the tv show based off of it. Happy! is about an alcoholic ex-cop turned hitman that has a heart attack. When he wakes up he can see a flying blue unicorn telling him to go save a little girl who was kidnapped by someone dressed as Santa. It is balls to the wall insane. ★ Support this podcast on...

Episode 37. This week we discuss Rise of the Guardians! Melissa pitched Christmas… adjacent films and Rise of the Guardians fits that bill perfectly. It follows Jack Frost as he is chosen to be a new member of The Guardians, a secret group of beings, like Santa and the Easter Bunny, who help protect the joy of the children all around the world. The reason Jack Frost is picked to join their ranks i...

Episode 36. This week we discuss Kino's Journey: A Beautiful World - The Animated Series. Dang that's a mouthful. However, Kino's Journey is an anime that follows a girl, Kino, and her talking motorcycle, Hermes as they travel from country to country discovering new people and cultures while trying to find the beauty in it all. For this episode we watched the version of Kino's Journey from 2017, b...

Episode 35. This week we discuss Little Shop of Horrors! Who doesn't love a little Rick Moranis is their lives? Rick plays an unassuming florist that discovers a new plant that feeds on blood. But the more blood he gives it, the more blood the plant wants. Little Shop of Horrors is a horror comedy musical we are certain you will have fun watching. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Episode 34. This week we discuss The Forest, a French Netflix original crime show. It's a short six episode series about a girl who goes missing in the forest after receiving a weird phone call and a woman who can't remember her past. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Episode 33. This week we discuss an anime all about office romance among otaku (That's basically a nerd for you uninitiated folks). Wotakoi: Love is Hard For Otaku follows a young woman who starts a new job but feels like she has to hide that she is an otaku from her other co workers. However she quickly finds that a few other coworkers are otaku as well, her interests are nothing to be ashamed of...

Episode 32. This week we discuss a graphic novel from Image comics called Plutona. It follows a group of young kids who happen to find a dead body in the woods one day after school. Does that remind you of Stand By Me? Well, what if that dead body was of the worlds greatest superhero? Then what if it all just gets worse? That… is Plutona. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Episode 31. This week we discuss An American Werewolf in London. It's a horror comedy film both written and directed by John Landis of The Blues Brothers fame as well as many other hit movies. The film follow two friends as they are backpacking across the English countryside but get attacked by a werewolf along the way leaving one of them dead and the other doomed to become a werewolf in few weeks...

Episode 30. This week we discuss King Falls AM, which is a audio drama centered around the weird things happening in the town of King Falls and the crazy cast of characters that inhabit it. There are aliens, ghosts, possibly sea monsters, and more! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Episode 29. This week we discuss King Falls AM, which is a audio drama centered around the weird things happening in the town of King Falls and the crazy cast of characters that inhabit it. There are aliens, ghosts, possibly sea monsters, and more! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Episode 28. This week we discuss Venom: Lethal Protector, which was Venom’s first solo comic series. Venom moves to San Fransisco and tries to settle in only to get caught up in a plot that will kill a lot of people. It’s up to Venom to stop it! But Spider-Man still doesn’t trust Venom and decides to lend a hand and keep an eye on the situation. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Episode 27. This week we discuss volume one of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina! This is a horror comic about a teenage witch trying to balance the frightening reality of who and what she is with the desire to want to fit in and be normal. It's an awesome, and much more serious take on the Archie characters you might already know. Plus, it's getting it's own Netflix show this month, October 2018...

Episode 26. This week we discuss the brand new Netflix cartoon, The Dragon Prince. It's a fantasy story revolving around a war between human and elves, but it has dragons, magic, and... glow toads. Plus it's being written by one of the head writers from Avatar the Last Airbender, so you know it has a good pedigree. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Episode 25. This week we discuss Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc. season one! This is an updated version of our favorite mystery solving dog and his friends with a little more continuity that we are used to. Can Scooby and the gang figure out what happened to the original Mystery Incorporated? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Episode 24. This week we discuss Godzilla: Planets of the Monsters and Godzilla: City On The Edge of Battle. Both are Netflix Original anime movies with a futuristic, sci-fi take on the king of monsters. These are the first two movies in a trilogy, the third of which is due to be released late 2018. Does Netflix's version hold itself up against previous Godzilla stories? Come find out! ★ Support t...

Episode 23. This week we discuss Disenchantment season one! Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons and Futurama is back at it again. Disenchantment season one is a ten episode animated series on Netflix. It follows a princess reluctant to fulfull her duties and trying to figure out her place in the world as she is accompanied by a small elf and a demon. Many adventures will be had. ★ Support t...

Episode 22. This week we discuss a beautiful graphic novel called Iron: Or, The War After. It's an anthropomorphic spy-thriller set in a bleak world after a civil war with some fascinating characters. This books packs a hell of a lot in a small amount of space and does so excellently. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Episode 21. This week we discuss Bubble, a hilarious audio drama podcast that takes place in... you guessed it... a bubble. In which, the residents of Fairhaven live normal lives working jobs that has them fighting monsters from the Brush, the dangerous terrain outside of the Bubble. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Episode 20. This week we discuss The Infinite Loop, a sci-fi, time-travel adventure comic about a woman who falls in love with a person she is supposed to destroy. Will she do her job, or run away with the woman of her dreams? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Episode 19. This week we discuss Wet Hot American Summer. It's a comedy/spoof on teenage comedies from the 70s/80s and the memories of good old summer camp. It even stars some young up and coming actors like Bradley Cooper and Amy Poehler. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Episode 18. This week we discuss House of Five Leaves. It's an anime that follows a down-on-his-luck samurai that ends up taking a job as a bodyguard for a local criminal, but begins to question the morality of his decision. It's a slice of life show with a fascinating mystery that builds as it goes on. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Episode 17. This week we discuss All-Star Superman! And for almost two hours. Whoa. It's a graphic novel by Grant Morrison and Frank Quietly about what Superman would do if he found out he was dying. It's Morrison's love letter to Superman and filled with layers of metaphor and plenty of symbolism to unpack. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★