Amazon’s new animated series goes through familiar superhero motions, but its well-crafted and jaw-dropping twist will keep you engaged. Based on The Walking Dead scribe Robert Kirkman’s comic book of the same name, Invincible captures its source material’s tone and charm; its clean animation, talented voice cast, and big moments do a lot of heavy lifting, even if some of its storytelling and tropes feel dated. Three episodes watched for review. Minor spoilers ahead…

Netflix’s South Korean zombie horror series, Kingdom, debuted on January 25th. An adaptation of a popular webcomic by Kim Eun-hee and artist Yang Kyung-il, Kingdom’s six-episode first season is breezy, zombified fun. The series gets a lot of compelling mileage out of its unique setting and premise - which is essentially a mashup of period drama and zombie horror - but has a difficult time rising above the conventions of both genres. Minor spoilers ahead…