Sitemap - 2023 - And the Quest for Pop Culture
‘My Dinner with Andre’ and the Brilliant Presentation of a Bland Concept
‘Kingdom Come’ Explores What It Means to Be a Superhero
The Sublime Silliness of ‘A Claymation Christmas Celebration’
‘Napoleon’ Covers Too Much Territory for One Movie
The MCU Has Failed Captain Marvel
‘The Once and Future King’ and the Cycle of Civilization
The Destination of ‘Planes, Trains & Automobiles’
Marvel’s Top Ten Stories: 1981-1985
Wondering Why ‘Wonderfalls’ Fell
Lois & Clark: Leaping Many Sharks in a Single Bound
The Fantastic Four and the Spirit of Adventure
Was ‘Perfect Strangers’ Actually Any Good?
‘Blue Beetle’ Would Have Been Great 20 Years Ago
‘The Bear’ Combines the Strengths of TV, Plays, and Novels
Fiddler on the Roof: The Specific Is Universal
‘Pryde of the X-Men’: Too Much and Not Enough
Big Bird: The Indispensable Muppet of Sesame Street
‘Oppenheimer’: Just Because We Can Doesn’t Mean We Should
‘Frasier’ and the Comedy of Humility
‘1776’ Is a Masterpiece, I Say
Flash! Ah-ah! Wrecker of the Universe!
'The Princess Bride' and the Inconceivably Fun Framing Device
Tim Burton’s Batman: Freakish Fairy Tales
Spider-Man in the Multiverse of Animated Magic
The Fugitive: Near-Perfect Entertainment
The Organic Creativity of John Cleese
'Guardians of the Galaxy' and the Virtue of Knowing When to End
‘Picard’ Season 3: Where the Show Should Have Gone Before
Lois Lane and the Rejection of Victimhood
Tetris Speaks a Universal Language
'Sleeping Beauty' and the Protagonist Problem
The ‘Shazam!’ Sequel Is a Good Family Movie
The First Comic Book I Ever Read: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #25
‘Fahrenheit 451’ Is the 1950s ‘Matrix’
Marvel's Top Ten Stories: 1976-1980
The Right Story Meets the Right Medium in 'A Quiet Place'
Ant-Man and the Wasp: No Room to Breathe in ‘Quantumania’
Iron Man, The Count of Monte Cristo, and Reinvention
'The Last of Us' and the Importance of a Relatable Hook
'Oliver & Company' Is a Sketchy Movie
Wonder Woman Is the MVP of the DCEU