In the spirit of constructive criticism, I would like to propose a scenario that would address several of the concerns I raised in my...

I saw Captain Marvel last Saturday, but it’s taken me a few days to completely digest the experience. After much deliberation, I’ve...

The central conflict of Nickelodeon’s The Legend of Korra has been anything but black-and-white. In “The Revelation,” series antagonist...

Recently, I wrote about the ten movies that have most significantly influenced my cinematic tastes. As you can probably imagine,...

Between Mass Effect 3 and The Legend of Korra, I’ve found myself reflecting on endings quite a bit recently. What makes a good ending?...

Stories are driven by conflict. The protagonist wants/needs something—to become a gigolo in New York, to produce the worst show in the...

Paragon or Renegade? Deal or Payback? Doug or Carley? Video games like Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto IV, and Telltale’s The Walking Dead...

The other day, I finished reading Usagi Yojimbo vol. 21: The Mother of Mountains. As always, Stan Sakai crafts his tale with superb...

Last night, I had a dream. A dream in which I slipped into a dark, quiet theater to watch Rian Johnson’s Looper for the third time. But...

Borden: He came in to demand an answer and I told him the truth. That I have fought with myself over that night, one half of me swearing...

One of the reasons I love Scorsese is that his films so gracefully express his faith without ever preaching at the viewer. This is what...

[The following essay contains many spoilers. If you haven't seen The Haunting of Hill House, Drag Me to Hell, A Quiet Place, and/or...

I won’t be writing one of my usual reviews for Avengers: Infinity War. I have two big reasons for this: I am incredibly biased when it...

Last night, I watched the Joss Whedon-scripted Alien: Resurrection for the first time in a long time (thanks, SyFy), and I realized...

“What happens when a man who hates killing finds himself in a situation that demands lethal force—indeed, in which killing becomes a...

Occasionally, I like the memory of a movie better than the movie itself. The first twenty to thirty minutes of Kaneto Shindo’s The Naked...

“Bruce. Why do we fall down?” Bruce Wayne spends the majority of Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Saga flat on his back. After his...

As is the case with any work of art (popular or otherwise), the latest episode of the Star Wars saga rewards subsequent viewings....

The oppressive sun beats down on the shifting sand dunes and salt-caked valleys of planet Jakku. Our heroine, Rey, her face obscured by...

How’d I miss the news that these beauties had dropped? I stumbled across them while browsing the shelves at Midtown Comics to kill time...