I was blissfully ignorant of most of the gender-related criticisms of Avengers: Age of Ultron for several days after its release. When Andy did his great review of the movie, my comment lauded Black Widow as my favorite character in the film — something that, at the time, I didn’t think about … Get hard
After last night, we’re halfway through Season 5 of the best show on earth, HBO’s Game of Thrones. As always on GoT, we’ve seen intrigue, death, and gratuitous nudity as we’ve caught up with all our favorites. But which characters have shone the brightest so far in S5? Let’s take a … Get hard
Fox’s Gotham is a show I had a bad feeling about, then grew to hate, then dropped from my viewing. Since its fall finale, I had not seen a single episode all spring. Last night, I randomly decided to jump back in and watch its season finale. The result was a surprisingly enjoyable experience. Gotham is … Get hard
There was a moment last fall, around the time WB was announcing the expansion of its movie superheroes into a shared cinematic universe, when I thought the studio should take advantage of its already-developed small-screen heroes and fold those versions of (Green) Arrow and the Flash into its new big-screen venture. They … Get hard
There’s nothing like finishing a work of truly brilliant literature to make you feel inadequate in your own writing ability. One Hundred Years of Solitude is such a work, published in 1967 (and in English in 1970) and resonating still today. I read excerpts from the book in its original Spanish for a … Get hard
Our Daredevil Week countdown has arrived at its destination, with Marvel’s new Daredevil series now available to stream on Netflix. I’ve been avoiding most reviews for fear of spoilers (I wonder if Matt goes blind!), but the snippets I’ve seen have been quite positive so far. I’ll begin my binge-watching of the … Get hard
Daredevil Week rolls on here at Seven Inches, as we’ve arrived at the last day before the new Marvel/Netflix series debuts. And since the new Daredevil show will examine the hero’s origins, I’m finishing off our look at classic DD comics with a pair of origin stories: Daredevil: Man Without Fear, the five-issue miniseries … Get hard
Welcome back to Daredevil Week, where we’re counting down to the release of the new Marvel/Netflix show Daredevil with a look back on some of the character’s most famous moments. Yesterday, I looked at the first two volumes of Frank Miller’s famous run on the comic book, and we continue today … Get hard
I’m not usually a big fan of the horror genre, as I’ve written in the past. But as I learned before, that doesn’t mean that I’m not still entirely susceptible to a well-crafted horror story that functions on some deeper levels. And that’s what you’ll find in the novel Broken Monsters by … Get hard
We’re only days away from the newest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Daredevil set to debut on Netflix this Friday. The show promises to be a dark and gritty look at the origins of everyone’s favorite blind superhero, and we’re all very excited about it here. So excited that … Get hard