Reviews & Rants
Movies, music, games, comics and pop-culture opinions with less pretending.
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Judge, Juror and Executioner
Straight reviews with actual verdicts, measurable disappointment and the occasional movie that earns every damn nunchuck.
Reviews & Rants · Movie Review
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Is the Spider-Man Movie I’ve Been Waiting For
Tom Holland’s Spider-Man finally owns New York, carries the full weight of Peter Parker’s choices and feels like he stepped directly out of a comic book.
Reviews & Rants · Movie Review
I Saw One Night Only So You Don’t Have To… But You Should
The rom-com version of The Purge has a great gimmick, two charming leads and enough laughs to make it an easy date-night recommendation.
Reviews & Rants · Movie Review
The Odyssey Is a Monumental Achievement, Even When the Journey Moves Too Fast
Christopher Nolan turns Homer’s epic into a breathtaking examination of war, guilt, PTSD and learning how to live after it.
Reviews & Rants · Movie Review
Motor City Barely Says a Word and Kicks Ass Anyway
Alan Ritchson leads a near-silent 1970s Detroit revenge movie powered by brutal action, brilliant sound and a cast that never wastes a scene.
Opinion Pieces
Opinions Are Like...
Rants, music, comics, collector complaints and The Multi-Dojo all live here.
Reviews & Rants · Comics
Comic Shops Aren’t Supposed to Be Scalpers
DC is putting comic shops on notice over retailer-exclusive variant prices, and it’s about damn time somebody drew a line between making a profit and scalping collectors.
Reviews & Rants · The Multi-Dojo
Peacemaker Shot Five and a Half Episodes With a Completely Different Vigilante
Chris Conrad was already deep into Peacemaker Season 1 as Adrian Chase before James Gunn replaced him with Freddie Stroma and reshot every Vigilante scene.
Reviews & Rants · Movie Rant
Eli Roth Blames Lionsgate for Borderlands, but When Does Eli Roth Start Blaming Eli Roth?
Eli Roth says Lionsgate ruined Borderlands. Maybe. But after twenty years of overhyped disappointment, when does Eli Roth start blaming Eli Roth?
Reviews & Rants · Music
Chris Cornell’s ‘One’ Isn’t a Cover. It’s a Ghost Rising From Two Different Songs
U2 supplied the music. Metallica supplied the nightmare. Chris Cornell found the soul hiding between them.
High Five to the Face
Better Than a Punch to the Gut
Movies, music and five-item arguments that know when to stop before the list turns into homework.
Reviews & Rants · High Five
Five Times the Hero Lost—and Absolutely Deserved To
Doctor Strange, Stanley Ipkiss, Guy Gardner, Billy Butcher and Splinter brought their worst comic-book defeats upon themselves.
Reviews & Rants · High Five
Five Sequels That Completely Changed the Tone—and Got Better
Five sequels that switched genres, rewrote their franchises and proved that completely changing direction can sometimes be the best decision.
Reviews & Rants · High Five
Five Bands Built on Big, Dumb, Perfect Drums
No drum solos. No technical gymnastics. Just blunt-force rhythm, filthy guitars and songs that hit like a bar fight with a backbeat.
Reviews & Rants · High Five
5 Great ’80s Movies That Still Needed Jack Burton
Ghostbusters, Road House, The Running Man, Aliens and Batman were already great. Jack Burton still would have made them better.
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