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Watchmen

By • Mar 7th, 2009 • Category: Film, Movie Reviews

All over the place today, comic fans are sitting around with funny smirks on their faces.  Finally one speaks up: “So what did you think?”



Alice in Sunderland

By • Feb 16th, 2009 • Category: Comic Book Review

This unclassifable graphic novel explores notions of history, reality, Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, a town in England called Sunderland, and all the wondrous connections that fall everywhere in between.



Revolutionary Road

By • Feb 16th, 2009 • Category: Film, Movie Reviews

The question here is if it is possible for a movie that makes one supremely uncomfortable to be an enjoyable movie.



4 by Agnes Varda – The Criterion Collection

By • Feb 2nd, 2009 • Category: DVDs, Movie Reviews

Criterion finally lets us see both the early and the late films of the French New Wave great, Agnes Varda.



The Book of Illusions

By • Jan 29th, 2009 • Category: Book Reviews

Paul Auster’s 2002 novel is whirlwind of storytelling, but may not be for every reader.



Grendel Archives

By • Jan 28th, 2009 • Category: Comic Book Review

Matt Wagner has built an epic mythos around the characters in his series Grendel.  See where it all started. I’ve been a fan of Wagner for a little while now, having read the superb Trinity just recently.  I had tried to get into Grendel many years ago, and although I tried valiantly, I couldn’t understand [...]



All-Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder, Vol. 1

By • Jan 28th, 2009 • Category: Comic Book Review

Frank Miller’s newest work at DC is causing quite a bit of controversy, but what I see is the beginning of a great story. I bought this largely because I am a huge Frank Miller/Batman fan, and though I generally dislike Robin stories, I figured I’d give this one a try. It is fantastic. I [...]



The Wrestler

By • Jan 27th, 2009 • Category: Film, Movie Reviews

The Wrestler, while it could be seen as a departure from Aronofsky’s distinct style, might just be his best film. Aronofsky’s gone back to his roots in a way with this film, though I don’t mean in terms of the jagged, jarring edits of his first two films or even the beautiful cinematography and art [...]



The Unborn

By • Jan 27th, 2009 • Category: Film, Movie Reviews

What looked like a promising horror flick by Batman Begins‘ screenwriter quickly turned into a piece of sh-crap. I was pretty excited about The Unborn.  Generally I don’t get my hopes up for these sorts of movies, but this one just happened to be directed by David S. Goyer, credited with the screenplay for Batman [...]