The 2021 Red Sonja Holiday Special offers a pair of mostly forgettable stories set in the cold of winter for readers that take place outside of Sonja‘s current timeline.
After being cursed by a dying wizard, Red Sonja finds herself haunted by a ghost in “Sonja’s Carol” forcing the She-Devil with a Sword to look back at her recent choices and how continuing to kill for Draken will poison her future.
In “The Dance of Fire” Sonja sets out after a pair of thieves and killers known as the Gallows Brothers only to stumble across an odd ritual in the woods as a wizard forces Sonja to dance around a fire with the other maidens, offering their lives to the gods for a plentiful harvest. Despite forcing Sonja to dance all night, things don’t turn out as the wizard had hoped.
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WWE returned to Saudi Arabia for the sixth straight year for its Crown Jewel PPV. A King and Queen of the Ring were crowed as Zelina Vega defeated Doudrop, in what might have been the worst woman’s PPV match of all time, and Xavier Woods defeated Finn Bálor. Since the finales were disconnected from the tournament (unlike classic King in the Ring tournaments which took place in a single night) both finales lacked the feel of a real payoff. At least the Woods/Balor match-up wasn’t an embarrassment (and should have been given more time given the “quality” of the rest of the card).
Speaking of embarrassments, a 54 year-old Goldberg defeated Bobby Lashley in a match no one outside of Stanford, Connecticut thought was a good idea. Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander (who WWE regularly forgets are under contract, let alone a tag team) lost to The Usos in a random tag-team match without any stakes. RK-Bro successfully defended the Raw Tag Team Championship AJ Styles and Omos (a pairing that has gone about as far as it can given Omos’ limited in-ring ability).
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While Flash (Grant Gustin) attempts to avoid the future by having guest-star Black Lightning (Cress Williams) remove his speed powers, the rest of Team Flash fractures as Iris (Candice Patton) begins following the assumption that her husband is right and someone has been messing with them since the beginning. Believing in himself once more, and retreating to the future for answers to avoid Despero’s (Tony Curran) latest attack, the Flash comes face-to-face with an altered timeline and the man responsible.
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Benedict Cumberbatch stars as the unusual 19th Century artist Louis Wain who would become famous for his cat illustrations. As the title suggests, the film is more than a little whimsical. It’s notable mainly for the performances of Cumberbatch and Claire Foy as Louis’ wife, the governess of his nieces who he immediately falls for despite the discrepancy in their social standing, and the assortment of Wain’s art on display which won over cat lovers everywhere.
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