The new season of The X-Files was a complete mess. And that’s perfect.

Advancing in the Wrong Direction A few weeks ago, a new TV spot for Captain America: Civil War was released during Super Bowl 50. As 30-second spots go, it’s pretty good, and I’m still looking forward to this movie as much as anything else this year. Of the many new bits of footage and action to …

There’s a lot at stake in the final scene of The Witch, the terrifying feature film debut from writer/director Robert Eggers, and it’s not as unambiguous as it may seem. As Thomasin (Anya Taylor-Joy) descends into the woods, ostensibly joining the coven which has been terrorizing her family, Eggers appears to validate the concerns voiced throughout the film: Witches are real, and they can entice former Christians to join them. But Thomasin very well may just have an active imagination, one fueled by her anger towards the patriarchal Christianity her father attempts to impose on her, and no one other than Black Phillip is around to confirm the reality of Thomasin’s experience. Either way, the ending depicts Thomasin’s clear rejection of one system in favor of another, and it therefore captures the true conflict at the movie’s core.

The Academy Award for Best Picture is a fascinating prize. Some years, it seems like the winner is a clear indicator of what people will remember best about that particular year in film. Others, the prize feels almost meaningless, awarded more out of some arbitrary sense of importance than because the prize will actually mean …

In this Cell by Cell, I look deeply into the panels of pages 7-8 of ‘Bitch Planet’ #6, appreciating and analyzing the story and artistic composition. These two pages develop the relationship between Makoto and Meiko as he shows her the final blueprints of the spaceship they’ve designed together for the Protectorate.

In the pages of Rick Remender’s Uncanny X-Force, most of the members of that assassination team have lost something. Wolverine lost his son. Angel lost his life while Psylocke lost her love. Fantomex lost his independence. And Deadpool? Well, as in almost all things, Deadpool was the oddity in Remender’s story about the moral ambiguity of these heroes.

A more streamlined second episode still has some kinks to work out.

A silly episode offers a welcome tonal shift, but not much else.

The story of the British superhero Miracleman has been a crazy one spanning many companies and including legendary creators, like Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, and Joe Quesada.

  Medusa’s Labyrinth Developed by Guru Games Available on PC I’m not normally a huge player of horror games (although I do enjoy games like Outlast from time to time), as I just don’t find them as appealing or varied as a good RPG or other styles of adventure games. There is no shortage of …

Welcome to Spidersilk, a slice-of-life fantasy comic with thieving, swordplay, and romcom from writer and artist Pamela Kotila.

Tom Clancy’s The Division open beta Developed by Ubisoft Massive Published by Ubisoft Available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC The Division, the latest game by Ubisoft slapped with the Tom Clancy name, has been drawing a lot of comparisons to Destiny during its beta phase, predominantly because of its shoot-and-loot nature with a MMO-lite …

Legends of Tomorrow finally plays to its strengths in a high-stakes episode with a darker tone.

The Limping Man Written by Ian Stuart Black and Reginald Long Directed by Cy Endfield U.K., 1953 After diligently serving his country during World War II, American Frank Prior (Lloyd Bridges) takes a plane back to England to reacquaint himself with actress Pauline French (Moira Lister) whom met during the war while stationed in London. …

The Ladykillers is the forgotten Coen brothers project. Released in early 2004, the star-studded (as per usual) picture was met with a tepid reception and to this day is looked upon on with dubious eyes, if mentioned at all when discussing their career. More to the point, the entire period between O Brother Where Art Thou and No Country for Old Men is not one that film fans in general or Coen fans in particular are very fond of bringing up

“Smugglers… I hate smugglers.” Such are the words of Dr. Aphra regarding Sana Starros after the mercenary declines good credits to jailbreak Vader’s former ally from an allegedly unassailable Alliance supermax

‘Touched With Fire,’ the directorial debut from writer/director/composer Paul Dalio, is a work of passion and pain.

In late January, DC Comics’ editor Dan Didio tweeted this mysterious image. Almost immediately, the internet started doing what it does best: wildly speculating. The most common interpretation was that this was the beginning of the end for DC’s current comics universe, referred to as “the New 52”. The controversial new continuity timeline began in 2011, …

Landis offers his own take on this monumentous moment in Superman: American Alien #4, contextualizing the confrontation as the capstone to Clark’s arrival in the Big Apricot and his fateful first encounters with a number of its most prominent denizens

Among the best parts of a lot of John Carpenter’s greatest films are his soundtracks. While the legendary director has worked with composers including Ennio Morricone and Alan Howarth, Carpenter often composes the scores for his films himself, and the results are invariably awesome. Carpenter’s music has a wonderful moodiness and distinctly 80s vibe, often heavily …

“What’s wrong with you?” is the first thing main protagonist Henry is asked by his boss. In an ideal working environment this isn’t something you want to be asked, especially just after you’ve started your new job. This working environment however is anything but ideal, or even ordinary. Henry, due to a tragic series of …

Despite an advertising campaign that screams, “Made for TV,” ‘Race’ is a worthwhile addition to the multiplex.

“Code of Silence,” while not strictly a comedic episode, is a breath of stress-free air in a season that has pivoted around more difficult material.