Monica Rial Archives - Stars & Popcorn

Special 7 Special Crime Investigation Unit (Review)

July 19, 2020July 18, 2020 Patrick Sessoms Anima Co, Brandon Potter, Chris Rager, cops, David Matranga, Eric Vale, Matt Shipman, Monica Rial, Sarah Wiedenheft, Tokyo, urban fantasy

Special 7 Shows Promise, but Doesn’t Deliver. Seems like I’ve stumbled into an accidental urban fantasy phase having reviewed Cop

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Deadman Wonderland (Review)

January 6, 2019November 10, 2018 Patrick Sessoms Anime, blood, fighting, Greg Ayers, Kōichirō Hatsumi, Manglobe, Monica Rial, Patrick Seitz, prison, teen, teenagers

Deadman Wonderland Gives Us the Anime Take on Prison. Anime is no stranger to hyper-violence, but Deadman Wonderland puts the

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High School of the Dead (Review)

August 19, 2018September 9, 2018 Patrick Sessoms Anime, fan service, gore, high school, horror, Jessica Boone, Leraldo Anzaldua, Maggie Flecknoe, Mark X. Laskowski, Monica Rial, Taylor Hannah, teenagers, zombie, zombies

Blood, Zombies and Panty Shots. What More Do You Want in an Anime? Pop culture is quickly becoming littered with

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