Features and Columns

‘She-Hulk’ Introduces a Supervillain Threat with Phase One Ties

By Brad Gullickson 

We examine ‘She-Hulk’ Episode 6 and consider who’s running the Intelligencia message board.

The 12 Most Anticipated Films of Fantastic Fest 2022

By Rob Hunter 

Fantastic Fest hopes chaos will finally reign again!

We Need to Talk About How Weird ‘Nothing But Trouble’ Is

By Meg Shields 

“They’re Brazillionaires. They have breakfast at 2 pm in the afternoon.”

‘Andor’ Flexes Some Serious Prequel Power in its Premiere

By Brad Gullickson 

Here is the Star WARS story Rogue One promised to be.

How the 4K Restoration Returns the Humanity to ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture’

By Brad Gullickson 

We chat with restoration producer David C. Fein about assembling Robert Wise’s Director’s Cut in 4K Ultra HD with Dolby Vision. My god, it’s full of stars.

Why ‘Spring Breakers’ Marked the End of the Indie Sleaze

By Meg Shields 

Here’s a video essay on why Harmony Korine’s ‘Spring Breakers’ is the candy-colored punctuation mark at the end of the era of Indie Sleaze.

Tolkien’s Nightmarish Great Wave Arrives in ‘The Rings of Power’

By Brad Gullickson 

At the center of this series is a childhood nightmare and one Tolkien also supplied to a central ‘Lord of the Rings’ character.

One Early M*A*S*H Episode Proved That Sitcoms Can Break Our Hearts

By Valerie Ettenhofer 

The season one M*A*S*H episode “Sometimes You Hear the Bullet” revealed the show’s bleeding heart, and gave voice to profound topics it would keep returning to throughout its storied run.

Pulling at ‘Threads’: The Bleak Anti-War Film You Need to Watch

By Meg Shields 

Anyone check on the Doomsday clock lately?