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Reconstructing Aquaman

‘My Dinner with Andre’ and the Brilliant Presentation of a Bland Concept

Doctor Who’s Top Ten Stories

‘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’

The Three ‘Doctor Who’ Pilots

Waiting for the Great Pumpkin

Marvel’s Top Ten Stories: 1981-1985

‘2001’: The Tool Strikes Back

Felton's Follies

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?

‘Alien’ vs. ‘Aliens’

‘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

One Year Later ...

‘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

The Timeless Spider-Man

Indiana Jones: Action Human

‘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

Daredevil: Movie vs. TV

Peter Pan, Antihero

‘Picard’ Season 3: Where the Show Should Have Gone Before

Lois Lane and the Rejection of Victimhood

It’s a Mario Movie!

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’

The Silver Stranger

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

"I Must Conquer"

Picard Is Not a Hugger

Wonder Woman Is the MVP of the DCEU

The Effects of Alcohol on Writing

The Flying Woman