Thanks to Netflix, cancellation doesn’t have to be the end – but hope isn’t universal.

There’s been an understandable amount of outrage around this year’s Oscars, one that, for the second year in a row, has been criticized for only nominating white actors in each category. What’s worse, some films in contention, titles like Creed and Straight Outta Compton, received nominations, but only for the white members of their productions. This issue is …

When it comes to the topic of Gwen Stacy’s re-emergence, it’s imperative to ask the following question: “Why does she have to come back?”. Her death was iconic and radically changed the face of the Spider-Man mythos. In short, her death mattered.

Zombie’s ’31’ is a thoroughly dispensable gore-fest.

Morris from America Written and Directed by Chad Hartigan U.S., 2016 Having done well at the festival back in 2013 with This is Martin Bonner, writer/director Chad Hartigan returns to Sundance with Morris from America, a mostly generic crowd-pleaser with a good amount of charm. The plot follows young 13-year old African-American Morris Gentry (Markees Christmas), as he moves …

Kate Plays Christine Directed by Robert Greene U.S., 2016 One of the interesting things about Sundance this year is that two different films about the same subject matter have screened. In 1974 in Sarasota, Florida, TV reporter Christine Chubbuck shot herself on camera, an incident that reportedly served as an inspiration for Network. There was …

Moonwalkers Directed by Antoine Bardou-Jacquet Screenplay by Dean Craig 2015, France The idea that Stanley Kubrick directed the moon landing just won’t die. In 2002, the french mockumentary Dark Side of the Moon revived interest in the story and even fooled some audiences that the events depicted were in fact true. Room 237 (2012), a …

Saga #33 is a solid read for fans. The pace might seem slow, but it definitely pays off. Readers who are LGBTQ+ or allies will definitely get a kick out of the increasing importance of queer characters.

Watching ‘Dark Night,’ an indie drama that tracks the mundane events leading up to a mass shooting, was a decidedly bizarre experience.

Jacked #3 Written by Erik Kripke Art by John Higgins Colors by Sotocolors Letters by Clem Robins Published by Vertigo “I was about to search for ‘sloppy rim jobs’ when I decided to search for myself instead. Which, when you think about it, is another kind of jerking off. And you know what I found out? Nothing. Not …

Samurai Vendetta (original title: Hakuôki) Written by Kôsuke Gomi and Daisuke Itô Directed by Kazuo Mori Japan, 1959 Taking inspiration from the fabled story of the forty-seven ronin in 18th century Japan, Samurai Vendetta in some ways explores the origins of the aforementioned master-less samurai. Beginning before the legendary battalion even exists, the film opens with …

One’s appreciation for Mustang will depend on one mileage for film’s that wear their political messages on their sleeves, unapologetically so, tossing nuance into the garbage bin at the earliest opportunity. In fairness, while the film is not a documentary (although some of it is inspired by Ergüven’s life as a child), the events depicted do happen in the real world all around us, all the time.

A more confident sophomore outing raises the stakes.

Old Man Logan #1 is the extremely dark mirror to the “Days of Future Past” storyline as Wolverine doesn’t sheathe his claws and abandon violence to bring hope to mutants and the world, but decides to take revenge on the people responsible for destroying his family

It’s the end of January and, as such, all the movie chatter is centered around what will win Best Picture at this year’s Academy Awards. Every year presents a new lineup of polarizing choices, but 2016 really took the cake with a severe lack of diversity. The Revenant and its 12 nominations were acknowledged, but …

‘The Finest Hours’ is an exciting true story of courage and honor rendered in the most unexciting fashion possible.

Even in English, The Eternaut is still an evident masterpiece, a work that both defines and exceeds its genre, a work that after decades is still important in its message and in its story.

With the road to “Avengers Standoff” looming over the next few months, Sam Wilson: Captain America continues to forge its own path and make the most out of the new age, new look Captain America.

“As composers, we were kind of hoping to keep the conversation about the score to a minimum.”

Johns, Morrison, and many others have asked the question: what makes them gods? Hitch raises as much, but answers a more interesting inquiry: what makes them good in his work on Justice League of America #7

Arrow (mostly) gets back on track with a terrific Felicity and Diggle focused episode.

With the beginning of a new arc, new themes to explore, and new plots with a brand new enemy that Cyborg can’t punch his way through, Cyborg #7 is a slow building start to what’s sure to be another great storyline.

Issue #11 kicks off the new Dark Jem arc. As such, it does quite a bit of stage-setting. Thompson finally introduces the Starlight Girls, gives equal time to developing the character conflicts and betrayals in the Misfits, and kicks off the take over of Jerrica and her sisters in the form of a corrupted Synergy.