Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger is a maverick amongst its contemporaries. Rather than focus or relish on the surreal aspects and nuances of a superhero property, whether through a gritty and dark filter or through the vein of campy and upbeat – both bathed in elevated self-indulgence – it has the...
Cloak and Dagger
Review-Cloak and Dagger, Episode 10, Colony Collapse
Episode 10: Colony Collapse Directed by: Wayne Yip Written by: Joe Pokaski As predicted in my last review, our protagonists drastically reverse emotional gears from their destructive self-loathing...
Review-Cloak and Dagger, Episode 9, Back Breaker
Episode 9: Back Breaker Directed by: Jeff Woolnough Written by: Niceole R Levy & Peter Calloway If there were two words to summarize the feeling and tone of “Back Breaker” it would be...
Review-Cloak and Dagger, Episode 8, Ghost Stories
Episode 8: Ghost Stories Directed by: Alex Garcia Lopez Written by: Christine Boylan & Jenny Klein “Ghost Stories” focuses on the eight-year anniversary of the tragic Roxxon off-shore platform...
Review-Cloak and Dagger, Episode 7, Lotus Eater
Episode 7: Lotus Eater Directed by: Paul Edwards Written by: Joe Pokaski & Peter Calloway This may not be the team up we have been anticipating from this series’ inception, but the fact it...
Review-Cloak and Dagger, Episode 6, Funhouse Mirrors
Episode 6: Funhouse Mirrors Directed by: Jennifer Phang Written by: J Holtham & Jenny Klein Not taking the episode’s name for granted, Tyrone and Tandy get a glimpse – through those they...
Review-Cloak and Dagger, Episode 5, Princeton Offense
Episode 5: Princeton Offense Directed by: Ry Russo-Young Written by: Niceole R Levy & Koe Pokaski Whatever microbial progress gleaned from “Princeton Offense” is drowned out by a tortuous plot...
Review-Cloak and Dagger, Episode 4, Call/Response
Episode 4: Call/Response Directed by: Ami Canaan Mann Written by: Christine Boylan & Marcus J. Guillory It would be easy to write off “Call/Response” as jarringly fragmented in its overall...
Review-Cloak and Dagger, Episode 3-Stained Glass
Episode 3: Stained Glass Directed by: Peter Hoar Written by: Ariella Blejer & Dawn Kamoche (story) / Peter Calloway (teleplay) Three episodes in and to say that Cloak & Dagger is unorthodox...
Review-Cloak and Dagger, Episode 2/ Suicide Sprints
Episode 2: Suicide Sprints Directed by: Alex Garcia Lopez Written by: Joe Pokaski Episode two transitions immediately after the revelation of Cloak and Dagger’s once dormant dark and light powers....
Review-Cloak and Dagger, Episode 1/ First Light
Episode 1: First Light Directed by: Gina Prince-Bythewood Written by: Joe Pokaski Having been inundated with comic book-based and superhero-themed TV shows within the last decade, it is incredible...
Nu-Perspective: Cloak
Happy June everyone! And welcome back to another edition of Nu-Perspective, the only redesign column for us, by us. We feature revamps and updates of various underdeveloped, underutilized and...
