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Anime Review: The Promised Neverland -Season 1 (2019)

The Promised Neverland started as twenty tankōban volumes written by Kaiu Shirai, illustrated by Posuku Demizu, and published in Weekly Shōnen Jump 2016-2020. Over 25 million copies were sold so it was no surprise that it garnered an anime adaption in 2019 with an English dubbed version in 2020. A second season is on theContinue reading “Anime Review: The Promised Neverland -Season 1 (2019)”

Stopping The Race To Make Batman Toxic

Batman has become one of the most iconic figures not only in pop culture but in society as a whole since his debut in a 1939 issue of Detective Comics written and drawn by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. He has gone through many iterations over the decades, all vastly different than the pulp vigilanteContinue reading “Stopping The Race To Make Batman Toxic”

“Woke” Storytelling in 2007: How Robert Zemeckis’s Beowulf Reveals the True Problems in Film Criticism

Much of modern amateur film criticism has been dedicated to discussions on progressive themes and intrusion into popular cinema and art. It’s not hard to see why. Whatever your opinions on Marvel movies, Star Wars, Ghostbusters, comic books, video games or otherwise, the quality of modern pop-art seems to be declining in proportion to theContinue reading ““Woke” Storytelling in 2007: How Robert Zemeckis’s Beowulf Reveals the True Problems in Film Criticism”

South Park’s Pandemic Special Captures the Pain of COVID Lockdowns

I’m gonna be honest, I’ve been lukewarm about South Park since the 2016 election. I still love the show to but it’s really clear to me that Parker and Stone had the wind knocked out of them by the fact that the election ruined their season long story-Arc for season 20. The seasons since haveContinue reading “South Park’s Pandemic Special Captures the Pain of COVID Lockdowns”