“Sometimes, when the corn was planted, it shot up too soon. The roots hadn’t taken hold, so the stalk couldn’t support its own weight. The corn would turn sour.” These are the words of Jonathan Kent—adoptive father of Clark Kent—from…
Remember when Iron Man came out? It was a fun, summer superhero flick with a post-credits sequence about something called “the Avengers initiative” that gave everyone a sense that something big and exciting was on the way. The Incredible…
Most of the boys I grew up with were obsessed with Dragon Ball Z and WWE. As for me, I was happy to dedicate a large part of my childhood to the one named Sailor Moon. I must have been about…
My mother has always been one of my personal heroes and is a huge reason why I’m so opposed to gender roles. She’s been a pediatrician for longer than I can remember. For years, she’s been working twelve-hour shifts in…
Imagine, if you will, a young reviewer. Call him Carlos. He wakes up on a dark and rainy morning in January and scrolls through his Facebook on his phone before actually getting up. The first thing that pops up on…
This year, I had the pleasure of missing out on the Grammy Awards. I’ve heard talk of the awards show being an unremarkable affair rife with performance issues and snubs. But Lady Gaga’s moving tribute to David Bowie, who died…
Last May I wrote an article for the Press reacting to the trailer of the then-upcoming CBS TV adaptation for DC Comics hero Supergirl. The eight minute preview didn’t spell good things for the show, which looked to portray Kal-el’s…
Steve Carell and wife Nancy Walls Carell—veteran actors of NBC mockumentary classic, The Office—have dusted off an old comedy handbook that brought audiences the likes of Airplane, The Naked Gun and Spy Hard to deliver the refreshingly silly police procedural…
To be perfectly honest, I’ve lost quite some faith in recent live-action entertainment. Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of TV shows and movies that I like watching, but very few of them have struck the chord of diversity…