Logan is a movie 17 years in the making. Hugh Jackman has been playing Marvel’s clawed mutant Wolverine for nearly two decades, a tenure that’s remarkable for any movie series and only moreso when one takes into account that there have been two Batmen and three Spider-Men in that interval. Logan, Jackman’s last foray in the…
When Will Arnett’s braggadocious Dark Knight grapple-lined into the spotlight in 2013’s perfect The Lego Movie, it was a refreshing contrast to the deadly serious Bats fresh off the heels of Christopher Nolan’s trilogy. In the same way that Adam West’s delightfully earnest and square caped crusader was the perfect parody of the Batman of…
Like many of your reading this, the new year has made me take stock of my life. These first cold and barren months of the year set the stage for introspection and for making change. For many, this means resolving to commit to a workout routine or trying one’s hand at a new activity. I resolved…
A Series of Unfortunate Events was a seminal book series in this critic’s childhood, a word which here means “integral in seeding the author’s longstanding interest in gothic literature and humor of a deadpan and pitch black variety”. The book series introduced this critic to an alluringly witty prose style and a singularly distinct world.…
One of the jokes I keep seeing circulated around about Rogue One is that it’s plot can be described as thus: pew pew pew pew, blam whoosh kaboom. As far as synopses go, it’s not too far off the mark. There’s no doubt about it, Rogue One is an action spectacular, presenting the viewer a vista of…
For this article “A Bomb in the Lasagna” writer, Will Standish, and “Saturday Morning Cartoons” writer, Aubrey Fox, will be co-writing an article on what we believe should be considered a Christmas classic – the Hey Arnold! Christmas special “Arnold’s Christmas”. Merry Christmas and enjoy! Every year, I have to brace myself before watching “Arnold’s…
For one of John Carpenter’s most financially successful films of his mythic 80s run of films, Prince of Darkness sure feels like a lost film. Sandwiched unfavorably in between the release of Carpenter favorites Big Trouble in Little China and They Live and picked apart by critics upon its initial release, Prince of Darkness rarely gets discussed with the same frequency…
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