Thanks to Comixology, I finally got my hands on issue #4 of Spider-Man’s Tangled Web, a long out of print anthology series that was...

The new season of Samurai Jack continues to impress. The narrative of tonight’s episode was particularly well structured, dividing the...

Genndy Tartakovsky’s approach to cartoon violence has always tested the limits of what is considered "acceptable" in children’s...

Watched the first episode of the Samurai Jack revival miniseries, and I’m digging the new direction so far. Of course, between Logan,...

The glorious cinematic saga that is Paul W.S. Anderson’s Resident Evil is a definite guilty pleasure, but I currently lack the energy to...

In my mind, Mission: Impossible III exists as a gap between the aesthetic excesses of John Woo’s Hong Kong-flavored Mission: Impossible...

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

Saw Tully, the latest effort from frequent collaborators Jason Reitman (director), Diablo Cody (writer), and Charlize Theron (star), and...

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...

Mission: Impossible—Fallout is one for the fans. In terms of its plot and tone, it’s a near-perfect synthesis of everything that’s...

You know, in retrospect, I don’t think my initial review adequately conveys the oppressively bleak atmosphere that pervades City of the...

Caught a screening of The Unholy Three at Metrograph. It’s been a while since I sat down and watched a silent movie, and while this is...

Just got back in from the Fathom Events screening of Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Volume 1. Studio-produced animated shorts...

Comedy and tragedy are a double act, and few movies in recent memory embody that notion quite as elegantly as Stan & Ollie, the sad story...

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

Comfort food. That’s the best way to describe 007 Legends, at least in terms of gameplay. It won’t win any awards for innovation–it...

I like Eon’s James Bond films, but I love Ian Fleming’s original novels (except for Live and Let Die, which makes for a profoundly...

Stan Sakai likes to spin multi-layered tales. Several of his Usagi Yojimbo one-shots—“Kaiso,” “Jizo,” “Kite Story”—seamlessly weave...