When writing a television episode there are, of course, a wide number of items a writer must take into account. But one of the most important is the axiom of “show, don’t tell.” Man, how I wish the writers of “Draw Back Your Bow” had decided to adhere to that rule. Perhaps then this would […]
Matthew Ritter has written a couple comic books, including the ongoing Nova Phase which I recently reviewed and the graphic novel Retropunk. He has worked as a writer for several game companies including Telltale games and has contributed to the story of games like Walking Dead Season 2. He has also written articles for various […]
New on DVD this week, there are two big releases involving wind (one significantly better than the other) and a pair of equally disparate sequels – one of which we have chosen as our Recommendation of the Week: 22 Jump Street. New Releases: 22 Jump Street – (Blu-ray, DVD and Instant) Sin City – A Dame […]
I’ll waste no time in saying it: The Master Chief Collection is easily the most impressive assemblage of content I’ve encountered in gaming. The hours of classic gameplay on display and the way 343 have packaged it altogether is going to be hard to resist for even those who haven’t been particularly interested in the Halo franchise before. Unfortunately, the […]
In The Fade Out #3, writer Ed Brubaker and illustrator Sean Phillips shift gears in an unexpected way. Most of the first two issues of the series so far have been showing the insider world of a Hollywood movie production during the 1940’s while also setting up a mystery involving the murder of rising actress […]
It is Elsa’s birthday week on the latest episode of American Horror Story: Freak Show, and while Miss Mars would like to commemorate her special occasion being doted on and celebrated, the troupe isn’t really feeling it. What starts off as a potentially promising and pleasant week for Elsa quickly devolves into a catastrophic and […]
Gotham’s The Mask reinvents the term interview. In the latest episode, Bullock and Gordon investigate a financial firm with an unconventional way to conduct interviews. After Penguin’s Umbrella, Gordon has a grudge with all of the police department. This grudge causes Bullock and Gordon to switch roles. While on the other side of Gotham City, […]
The film’s tagline is as follows: Go further. If you’ve seen one of the posters for this movie, you are well aware of this fact. Christopher Nolan’s latest offering does just that. It dares to go further than any other sci-fi epic in the last few years in terms of its lofty ideas and universal […]
Self-Indulgence is a rather unlooked, but probably incredibly harmful, aspect of comics. Self-indulgence is not only limited to the aspect of writing a series itself, for something along those lines is all too obvious. There are countless areas where such is clear enough, but art is where the real power lies. Decompression is […]
Writer/Director Alexandre Aja is known for his blood-splattered low budget horror films, leading back to his breakout success, Haute Tension (“High Tension”). A member of the so-called “Splat Pack” alongside directors Eli Roth, James Wan, and Rob Zombie, Aja has carved out a name for himself in one of the most brutally gory corners of […]
