So, I was jamming to Sean Paul’s “Give It Up to Me” off the “Step Up” soundtrack, as one does. As I was doing that, I started thinking. There have been six movies in the Step Up franchise (yes, it is a franchise). …

2022. another trip round the sun. another attempt to make sense of the maelstrom that is my life. another endless series of trainwrecks with only brief commercial break-like moments of happiness. let’s talk about my 23rd trip round the sun. you know when people say “work out. it’ll help your…

In fiction (movies, tv, books, etc.), nicknames are a way to show familiarity between characters. You don’t call your close friends by their government names, after all. Nicknames are usually used by everybody, in a friend group, or family. But there’s a deeper level of this. This occurs when a…

Many a woman have come and gone in the life of Matthew Murdock. But few, if any, have been as permanent a fixture, or as multifaceted as the new co-Daredevil, Elektra Natchios. Elektra has been many things since she was introduced in Daredevil #168. Daughter of a Greek diplomat, freelance…

i’m something of a nocturnal animal. the daytime has never suited me, and i’ve always preferred to wreck my sleep cycle in order to get those sweet, sweet nighttime hours. but why? why do certain people (me included) prefer the cold glow of the moon? why are we attracted to…

Earlier this year, Prey was released. The fifth movie in the Predator franchise, it received near universal acclaim (93% on RT), and probably would have been a box office juggernaut if it was released in theaters. It is, by all accounts, a really good movie. But I think it’s also…

The life of a superhero is a dangerous one. Wearing colorful (or sometimes muted) costumes, jumping off buildings, risking your life daily for some ideal; be it truth, justice, or just helping out the friendly neighborhood. Work like this tends to attract enemies. Enemies who’ll look for any avenue to…

The Walt Disney company is known for many things, the biggest of which is probably its long and successful history of making animated movies. But there is a certain class of movies that don’t get talked about as much (except on highly specific Tumblr blogs and niche twitter accounts). So…

The BatFamily might be the most well-known example of the found family in all of fiction. Bruce Wayne, billionaire orphan, collecting strays to be his surrogate (and sometimes actual) children. But when the Family is brought up, most of the discussion centers around his sons. Grayson, Jason, Drake, and Damien…