Plastic is par for the course for mainstream American comics. The only female presence on the book is the colorist, and the only women in the comic exist as mentions (the protagonist’s mother and another character’s dead wife). This is a comic that refuses to pretend: the only visual representation of a woman is a […]
Supergirl’s Season Finale Proves There Are “Better Angels” In All Of Us
So even at this late date, CBS hasn’t announced whether or not Supergirl has been renewed. That’s deeply, deeply unfortunate. While the naysayer could just write it off as yet another unfortunate reminder of Hollywood’s obsession with superheroes, to those who actually watched the show and paid attention, it’s obvious this show is serving a […]
SXSW Film: Welcome to Leith, Excess Flesh, and Uncle John
We have lost track of the days Morgan has been at SXSW… it’s all a blur… but you can catch up on it all here. Rain is more or less a certainty at SXSW. In my experience, it has come at the start of the event, but this year, these last few days of the […]
SXSW Film: Danny Says, We Like It Like That, and Hangman
Welcome to our sixth day of SXSW coverage (catch up on it all here). SXSW has felt off this year, like a party that has gone on too long and now everyone is awkwardly trying to exit quietly before anyone notices. The film portion of SXSW has been consistent if not as strong as some prior […]
SXSW Film: All Things Must Pass, A Wonderful Cloud, and Turbo Kid
Welcome to our fifth day of SXSW coverage (catch up on it all here). There was pretty much no rhyme or reason to my schedule on day five of SXSW. I planned on catching All Things Must Pass, a documentary by Colin Hanks on the rise and fall of Tower Records, at the start of the […]
SXSW Film: Deep Web, The Frontier, and The Corpse of Anna Fritz
Welcome to our third day of SXSW coverage (catch up on it all here). Though I got a bit of a late start on day three of SXSW, I still managed to work in three films, all of which were kind of horrifying and unsettling for vastly different reasons. Alex Winter’s Deep Web raised the […]
SXSW Film: Fresno and Lost River
Welcome to our second day of SXSW coverage (catch up on it all here). Not too surprisingly, my super ambitious plan to help run a music showcase and hop over to a screening or three on day two of SXSW did not pan out. That’s okay, though, because in my experience festivals are more enjoyable […]
SXSW Film: 7 Days in Hell and The Invitation
SXSW Film may not loom as large in the public imagination as Sundance or TIFF, but it’s a film festival that grows each year and requires more traveling than its more condensed kin, which is why I always try to start small and pace myself at SXSW. I continued that tradition this year as I […]
The Order: 1886—A Game Review in Unanswered Questions
In The Order: 1886, you play as Sir Galahad (not the Galahad, but one who has taken his title), a nigh-immortal Knight of the Round Table in a steampunk alternate universe version of Victorian London. It takes place in a sumptuously crafted world with some of the most technically advanced visuals to ever exist. Aside […]
Mario Maximalism: Super Mario 3D World and What Mario Should Learn from Kanye West
A couple months ago, I bought a Wii U. It’s the first Nintendo home console I’ve owned since roughly 2006, when I ill-advisedly sold my Gamecube to, uh, I don’t remember, buy an Xbox or a pipe bomb or something. I’ve missed my Gamecube a bit ever since: there’s something uniquely delightful about a good […]