Not only has comic book content dramatically changed over the last 20 years but so has the average comic fan. This 3 part series aims to expose societies outdated image of comic culture while exploring modern comic genres as art forms which encompass hip hop, feminism, civil rights, LGBT, and politics.
September had a ton of great new albums and music videos from the likes of Beck, Sam Smith, Queens of the Stone Age, and Rapsody; and it also featured some interesting trailers for Mudbound, Isle of Dogs, and The Punisher. We've highlighted some of the best drops over the month and now we're ready to crown the best album, movie trailer, and music video.
Yes, Pennywise is scary as hell, but the clown itself serves a purpose for the story and taps directly into our shared emotions and inner children, all while being an absolute spectacle to behold. And because of that, we love him.
Check out some of this week's most talked about and interesting film & TV trailers like Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The New Mutants, Roman J. Israel, Esq., My Friend Dahmer, Tragedy Girls, and more.
Noah Baumbach’s new film, The Meyerowitz Stories: New and Selected, which debuted last week on Netflix and in selected theaters, represents something of a summation of the director’s career up to this point; touching on most of the subjects and themes Baumbach has been dealing with in his work for more than 20 years.
Over the years the horror genre and its movies have continued to get smarter as audiences have stopped playing into established tropes. In the past few years the genre has really seemed to have reached a new level, in which they can really make comments on society, humanity, and more through its framework. What used to be a throwaway genre is now molding into something sophisticated and truly special.
Check out some of this week's most talked about and interesting film & TV trailers like I, Tonya, The Shape of Water, The Post, Coco, Downsizing, and more.
The Justice League is here (and believe me, I am here for Wonder Woman) but Thor is the true ruler of the box office. If you're trying to decide between Justice League and Thor: Ragnarok this holiday weekend, and you want the most bang for your buck, the latter will leave you feeling just dandy about spending ten bucks of your hard-earned cash and chuckling all the way home.
Oftentimes the best documentaries to come out turn out radically different than what was originally envisioned. That's the beauty of the art form and 2017 was a year of uncommon depth featuring many great docs that evolved over the course of filming such as Icarus, Risk, Get Me Roger Stone, and many more.
Check out some of this past weeks most talked about and interesting film trailers like Game Over, Man!, The China Hustle, Slender Man, Death Wish, and more.
DC and Marvel have truly become the Apple and Samsung of the movie world and seem to be exercising a duopoly on the rest of the movie industry, with no signs of slowing down.
What a fantastic time to be alive and witness the revolutionary transformation of a multi-billion dollar industry that has an impressive track record of shaping generations through the art of storytelling. There couldn’t be a more perfect time to be in the industry, most especially for women aspiring to be filmmakers, writers, and actors.
John Carpenter and Tommy Lee Wallace took a massive chance when they made the Michael Myers-less 'Halloween III: Season Of The Witch' but when critics and fans made clear that they wanted more Michael Myers, that vision dropped dead, and along with it an anthology.
In the kingdom of cinema, Quentin Tarantino has reigned for decades now as the master of soundtrack and style.
Movies such as The Shape of Water and Pan's Labyrinth are works of a visionary master, one who can take fairy tales and horror movies of our youth and turn them into memorable works of art. Del Toro keeps returning to seemingly silly movie creatures to bring us the deeply humane message about the evil, wonder, and sainthood hiding inside us all. For that alone, his work should be cherished and studied.
Sometimes an adaption can actually work if we don't get too serious. We don't need to over-think the series or the hundreds of episodes that came before it. By cutting out large chunks of the backstory and mythology, Death Note's not entirely beholden to the original work. This gives us a fresh representation of a first-encounter creature feature, and the film's strength lies in building on the source material without going overly in depth. Instead it relies on grounding the film on its core concepts and simplifying the plot just enough to engage.
Check out some of this week's most talked about and interesting film & TV trailers like Narcos, Blue Planet II, Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond, Jean-Claude Van Johnson, and more.
October had a ton of great new albums and music videos from the likes of Big K.R.I.T., St. Vincent, Thundercat, and King Krule; and it also featured some interesting trailers for My Friend Dahmer, The New Mutants, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi. We've highlighted some of the best drops over the month and now we're ready to crown the best album, movie trailer, and music video.
Check out some of this week's most talked about and interesting film trailers like Deadpool 2, Incredibles 2, Rampage, A Quiet Place, A Wrinkle in Time, and more.
The Chappaquiddick movie is remarkably timely - so why is it being delayed until the spring of 2018? The Academy loves to send a message - what better way, in the year of Harvey Weinstein, than to award a film about a powerful man who got away with a horrible crime against a woman?
The rise of A Christmas Story from a box office bomb to an American Christmas staple is almost a miracle in itself. But beneath the film's seemingly vanilla story lies kitschy genius that can't be nearly appreciated enough in its yearly 24 hour marathon runs.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the latest installment in the Star Wars saga, has now been in theaters for almost a month and while it's been a critical and commercial success, it's been extremely divisive amongst fans. But what Star Wars “feels like” is different to many different generations of people. Yes, it takes risks, and yes it takes Star Wars in new directions, but that’s the best thing about it.
In short, The Last Jedi felt like it was a film desperately trying to course correct The Force Awakens' lack of progress and in doing so drastically changes things, sometimes in seemingly spiteful and heartbreaking ways. It's the boldest Star Wars film yet and it represents the end of the Star Wars that we (the older generation) have come to know and love - in more ways than one.
For this show we have Shannon Griffiths, frequent writer and collaborator, joining us as a co-host. We ask her what shows she's currently watching and her thoughts on Time's Up and this recent wave of change washing across Hollywood and how that may affect this year's Oscars. Then we give our annual predictions on the winners and react to the biggest snubs and surprises.