In 2008, Christopher Nolan created one of the greatest sequels in movie history with The Dark Knight. Not only did the writer-director keep the integrity of the characters and story…
Gurren Lagann is a cult classic directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi, and written by Kazuki Nakashima. It has over-the-top action, constant bravado, quotable lines, and non-stop escalation into madness. Subtly is…
Genre films are always trapped in an internal struggle between going too far and not far enough; they are often equivalent to pulp novels, with over-the-top parables of classism, sexism,…
Quentin Tarantino Spotlight What’s in a name? What kind of power and reputation does it hold? If a new movie is announced and it’s a whodunit western set in a…
‘Vivarium’ has a great premise that is dulled down with too much weirdness and dark humor that rarely give the film anything to dig into.
“With great power….” — yeah, we all know what comes next. It involves a paternal figure, a science experiment, and one of the weirdest looking costumes in superhero history. The…
Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons probably didn’t intend their story to have the impact it did, and wrote a mock article in Watchmen about owls and birds that inadvertently illustrates…
Is evil is born or made? ‘Brightburn’ shows what could happen if a Superman-like being didn’t share the same amount of compassion.
The John Wick franchise is a huge success thanks to the stunt coordinators and directors who bring art and perfection into the action.
Editor’s Note: There are major spoilers ahead. Avengers: Endgame is an epic movie finishing up a decade year-long character arc for several heroes. By the end of the movie, two…
The beginning of May is the catalyst for many different things. First, it’s the harbinger of summer, which a lot of people in colder climates appreciate. The fourth is also…
Avengers: Endgame is an impressive movie. It’s amazing how it all started in 2008 with that little stinger at the end of Iron Man, when Nick Fury uttered the words…
Backdoor pilots are typically a solitary episode in an existing series, serving as a proof of concept for another show not yet in development. It’s especially disruptive when the episode…
Some statements are very controversial. People get fired up having deep discussions about politics, social issues, or in an equally serious topic: video games. One franchise in particular brings up…
OblivAeon is the final and most ambitious expansion to the Sentinel of the Multiverse game, and it adapts the physical game perfectly.
Captain Marvel is the formulaic and quintessential CGI-heavy Marvel movie. Even as an origin story, it doesn’t attempt to be any different than the ten or so other origin stories…
It took Captain Marvel nearly a half-century to finally find her place as a proper feminist, leader, and an idol, but she finally got where she belonged.
Once upon a time in the west, cowboys ruled pop culture. They dominated the silver screen, and even overshadowed superheroes in the comic book industry. Today, if it wasn’t for…
At first glance, Alita: Battle Angel exhibits many of the signs for a bad movie: a Hollywood film is trying again to make a live-action manga, they changed directors midway through…
DC’s live action films have a long way to go before they can get give their characters the respect they deserve, but that being said, their animated studio has a…