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2022

New Escapist Video! On How “Moon Knight” Approaches Marvel’s “Villain Problem”…original ↗

11 Apr 2022

New Escapist Column! On the Forgotten Nineties Pulp Superhero Boom…original ↗

10 Apr 2022

New Escapist Column! On How “The Motion Picture” Gave the “Star Trek” Universe Room to Breathe…original ↗

8 Apr 2022

New Escapist Column! On “Star Trek: Picard” and “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home”…original ↗

7 Apr 2022

New Escapist Column! On How “Moon Knight” Offers an Interesting Solution to the MCU’s Villain Problem…original ↗

6 Apr 2022

New Escapist Column! On How the Fate of the MCU Rests on “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”…original ↗

4 Apr 2022

New Escapist Column! On “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” and the New Age of Disposable Media…original ↗

3 Apr 2022

281. Idi i Smotri (Come and See) (#106)original ↗

2 Apr 2022

New Escapist Column! On How “Fantastic Beasts” Fails to Capture the Magic of “Harry Potter”…original ↗

1 Apr 2022

New Escapist Video! “Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is an Adequate ’90s Family Movie”original ↗

28 Mar 2022

279. The Conversation (#—)original ↗

27 Mar 2022

New Escapist Column! On What the Netflix Marvel Shows Bring to Disney+…original ↗

21 Mar 2022

New Podcast! The TARDIS Crew – Andrew Cartmel’s Doctor Who and deconstructing children’s television…original ↗

19 Mar 2022

New Escapist Column! On “The Batman” as a Movie About Life Lived Behind Screens…original ↗

18 Mar 2022

New Escapist Column! On How “Star Trek: Picard” Remixes “The Voyage Home”…original ↗

17 Mar 2022

New Podcast! Your Feature Presentation – “What Does The Batman Say About Super Heroes?”original ↗

15 Mar 2022

New Escapist Column! On “Obi-Wan Kenobi” and Why It’s Okay for Pop Media to Be Dark…original ↗

14 Mar 2022

New Escapist Column! On “Turning Red”, and Cinema as an Empathy Machine…original ↗

13 Mar 2022

278. The Godfather: Part III/Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (#—)original ↗

12 Mar 2022

New Escapist Column! On How “Star Trek: Picard” Offers “The Next Generation” a Glimpse Through “A Mirror, Darkly”…original ↗

10 Mar 2022

277. The Batman – This Just In (#67)original ↗

9 Mar 2022

New Escapist Column! On “The Batman” as an Argument for Superheroes…original ↗

6 Mar 2022

276. The Godfather: Part II (#3)original ↗

5 Mar 2022

New Escapist Column! On How “Star Trek: Picard” Tries to Go Back to the Future…original ↗

3 Mar 2022

New Escapist Column! “The Batman” as a Paranoid Conspiracy Thriller…original ↗

1 Mar 2022

New Escapist Video! “The Batman Is a Bold and Beautiful Blockbuster”original ↗

28 Feb 2022

New Podcast! Primitive Culture #114 – Star Trek and Vietnam original ↗

28 Feb 2022

New Podcast! Your Feature Presentation – “Ranking the Live-Action Batmen from Worst to Best”original ↗

27 Feb 2022

275. The Godfather (#2)original ↗

26 Feb 2022

New Escapist Column! In the “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” Franchise…original ↗

22 Feb 2022

274. Modern Times (#40)original ↗

21 Feb 2022

New Escapist Column! In Defense of Apple TV+…original ↗

16 Feb 2022

New Podcast! Your Feature Presentation – “The Book of Boba Fett is Modern Star Wars in a Nutshell”original ↗

13 Feb 2022

273. It Happened One Night – Valentine’s Day 2022 (#241)original ↗

12 Feb 2022

New Escapist Column! On “Peacemaker” and “Watchmen”…original ↗

11 Feb 2022

New Escapist Column! On How “Peacemaker” As a Story of Redemption Through Art…original ↗

10 Feb 2022

New Escapist Review! “The Book of Boba Fett – In the Name of Honour”original ↗

9 Feb 2022

New Escapist Column! On Overthinking “Jackass”…original ↗

7 Feb 2022

New Escapist Video! “Jackass Forever is Review-Proof… and Still Funny”original ↗

6 Feb 2022

272. Dersu Uzala (#156)original ↗

5 Feb 2022

New Escapist Column! On How “Peacemaker” Turns Its Weaknesses Into Strengths…original ↗

3 Feb 2022

New Escapist Review! “The Book of Boba Fett – From the Desert Comes a Stranger”…original ↗

2 Feb 2022

New Escapist Column! On the “The Book of Boba Fett”, “Now Way Home” and Nostalgia For Things That We Hate…original ↗

31 Jan 2022

New Podcast! The Spookies Podcast – “The Dark Knight And The Joker “original ↗

31 Jan 2022

New Podcast! Your Feature Presentation – “Peacemaker is Wonderfully Weird and Fun”original ↗

30 Jan 2022

271. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (-#86)original ↗

29 Jan 2022

New Escapist Column! On the “Planet of the Apes” Prequels as the Last Great Movie Trilogy…original ↗

28 Jan 2022

New Escapist Review! “The Book of Boba Fett – Return of the Mandalorian”…original ↗

26 Jan 2022

New Escapist Column! On “Peacemaker” and “MacGruber” as Reckonings with Reagan Era Action Heroes…original ↗

24 Jan 2022

New Escapist Column! On the Dearth of the Monoculture…original ↗

23 Jan 2022

270. Ratsasan (Raatchasan) (#250)original ↗

22 Jan 2022

New Escapist Column! On What Makes “Yellowjackets” the Buzziest Show of the Moment…original ↗

21 Jan 2022

New Escapist Column! On How “Peacemaker” Explores Children Trying to Escape the Shadows of Their Parents…original ↗

20 Jan 2022

New Escapist Review! “The Book of Boba Fett – The Gathering Storm”…original ↗

19 Jan 2022

New Podcast! Your Feature Presentation – “Does Resurrections Bring the Matrix Back to Life?”original ↗

18 Jan 2022

New Escapist Column! On How “Scream” is a Cutting Commentary on the Noise Around the “Star Wars” Sequels…original ↗

17 Jan 2022

269. Smolensk (-#35)original ↗

16 Jan 2022

New Podcast! The X-Cast – Topps Comics #1 (“Not to Be Opened Until X-Mas” / “A Dismemberance of Things Past”)original ↗

15 Jan 2022

New Escapist Column! On How the “Chucky” Franchise Is About Being Both Mass Produced and Remaining One of a Kind…original ↗

14 Jan 2022

Non-Review Review: The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)original ↗

14 Jan 2022

New Escapist Column! On How “Peacemaker” Juxtaposes Eighties Nostalgia and Modern Masculinity…original ↗

13 Jan 2022

268. Incendies (#110)original ↗

8 Jan 2022

New Escapist Column! On How “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” Challenged “The Next Generation”…original ↗

7 Jan 2022

Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks (Review)original ↗

1 Jan 2022

2021

New Escapist Column! On How “The Matrix Resurrections” Utilises Franchise Nostalgia…original ↗

28 Dec 2021

New Escapist Column! On “The Matrix Resurrections” and the Rejection of False Binaries…original ↗

27 Dec 2021

New Podcast! Your Feature Presentation – “What Worked and Didn’t Work in Spider-Man: No Way Home”original ↗

26 Dec 2021

267. Some Like It Hot – Christmas 2021 (#136)original ↗

25 Dec 2021

New Escapist Column! On Making Sense of “For the Fans”…original ↗

24 Dec 2021

New Escapist Video! “The Matrix Resurrections Is a Winning Franchise Revival – Review”original ↗

23 Dec 2021

266. Spider-Man: No Way Home – This Just In (#8)original ↗

22 Dec 2021

New Podcast! Scheduled Programming – “Succession (Season 3)”original ↗

22 Dec 2021

New Escapist Video! “The King’s Man Gets the Job Done – Review”original ↗

21 Dec 2021

New Escapist Column! On Willem Dafoe as the Stealth MVP of “Spider-Man: No Way Home”…original ↗

20 Dec 2021

New Escapist Column! On How Hollywood Learned the Wrong Lessons from “The Force Awakens”…original ↗

19 Dec 2021

New Escapist Column! On “Spider-Man: No Way Home” As An Unlikely Divorce Movie…original ↗

19 Dec 2021

265. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (#10)original ↗

18 Dec 2021

New Escapist Video! “Spider-Man: No Way Home Is the Year’s Best Nostalgia Play – Review”original ↗

17 Dec 2021

New Escapist Column! On the Tangled Ethics of “Spider-Man: No Way Home”…original ↗

17 Dec 2021

New Escapist Column! On the Whole “Lord of the Rings” as an Extended Ending…original ↗

16 Dec 2021

New Escapist Column! On What Makes “The Two Towers” the Best “Lord of the Rings” Movie…original ↗

16 Dec 2021

New Escapist Column! On Marvel’s All-New, All-Different Streaming Villain Problem…original ↗

16 Dec 2021

New Escapist Column! On How Only Peter Jackson Could Have Made the “Lord of the Rings” Trilogy…original ↗

15 Dec 2021

New Podcast! The X-Cast – Season 7, Episode 22 (“Requiem”)original ↗

14 Dec 2021

New Escapist Column! On “The Green Knight” As the Year’s Best Christmas Movie…original ↗

13 Dec 2021

New Podcast! Your Feature Presentation – “Ranking the Spider-Man Films From Worst to Best”original ↗

12 Dec 2021

264. Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (#—)original ↗

11 Dec 2021

New Escapist Column! On How “The Expanse” Got Small…original ↗

10 Dec 2021

New Escapist Column! On Deconstruction of the “Matrix” Sequels…original ↗

9 Dec 2021

Non-Review Review: West Side Story original ↗

7 Dec 2021

New Escapist Column! On “The Last Duel”, “Dune”, “The Green Knight”, and Being the Hero of One’s Own Story…original ↗

7 Dec 2021

New Escapist Column! On What Three More “Spider-Man” Movies Might Mean For the MCU…original ↗

7 Dec 2021

New Escapist Column! On The Reflective and Introspective Nature of Late Steven Spielberg…original ↗

6 Dec 2021

Doctor Who: Flux – Chapter Six: The Vanquishers (Review)original ↗

5 Dec 2021

262. Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (-#2)original ↗

4 Dec 2021

New Escapist Column! On The Genre Dissonance of “Hawkeye”…original ↗

2 Dec 2021

New Escapist Column! On the Quiet Revolution of Disney’s Modern Princess Movies…original ↗

29 Nov 2021

Doctor Who: Flux – Chapter Five: Survivors of the Flux (Review)original ↗

28 Nov 2021

262. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (#250)original ↗

27 Nov 2021

New Escapist Column! On Letting Ridley Scott Be a Grumpy Old Man…original ↗

26 Nov 2021