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Review: ‘The Martian’

The most notable thing about Ridley Scott‘s The Martian is how casual it is. It takes place in a near future where NASA has finally trekked to Mars, but there is no sense of gravitas or portent to this detail. It’s just a workaday fact. Like in Scott’s Alien, the astronauts in The Martian are not stoic philosophical avatars, but...

Turkish Mockbusters: Turkish Star Wars

This article is the first in a possible series about 70s and 80s Turkish mockbusters, which were essentially cheap Turkish rip-offs of Hollywood classics, brought to you from the point-of-view of a Turkish-American film critic. I was born in Turkey in 1979. For the first eight years of my life, my entire experience with TV consisted of a single...

Review: The Visit

In online circles, oddball auteur M. Night Shyamalan has become something of a pariah, regularly ostracized by critics, but especially savaged by fanboys and fangirls for his sideways approach to certain fantasy and horror films; some cannot forgive his live-action adaptation of The Last Airbender. Frankly, I don’t believe his reputation as...

The Pull List: Batman 43, Rebels 5, Velvet 11

Before I dive into the reviews I wanted to ask readers if they have gone digital or are considering it. What is your take on the digital revolution? I used to think I was a hard line collector but the digital sirens have been calling. I buy a digital copy of the three comics I review and have started buying digital comics with more regularity. It...

Legion of Leia Podcast: Chloe Dykstra, World of Warcraft: Legion, Ready Player One and More!

On this week’s Legion of Leia podcast, Anastasia Washington, Sabina Ibarra and I welcome the wonderful Chloe Dykstra. You know Chloe from Heroes of Cosplay and pretty much the rest of the geek universe. She and I met doing a geek girl calendar with fellow Legion of Leia writers Shaun Rosado and Christina Janke. We have the same tattoo...

The Pull List: Cyborg #1 Wolf #1 Prez #2

Another week and another small stack waiting for me at my local comic book shop. For me small stack is a relative term and of course I couldn’t leave nearly empty handed so I had to pick up a few new books as well. I am glad I did because two of them made it into this weeks list. Prez #2 has been on my list to talk about since I read the...