• Five Thing You (May Have) Missed on the Floor of NYCC

    There is a lot going on over the four days of New York Comic Con. It’s impossible to see everything there is to offer even with a four-day pass. With all the panels, artists, merchandise and more, there aren’t enough hours in the day. One fun element every year are the interactive exhibitions set up…

  • ‘Free Guy’ at NYCC: Ryan Reynolds Unveils New Video Game Comedy

    The fans at New York Comic Con love their movies and video games. When you pair those aspects with an international superstar best known for playing a sarcastic superhero, you end up with a panel filled to capacity. That was the formula when Free Guy was introduced on the main stage at the Javits Center…

  • Five Must Buy Items from NYCC

    The range of products available to buy at a convention as big as New York Comic Con is as varied as the population of people who attend. But while quite a few of the items, like t-shirts and comic books, can be commonly found outide of the show, some items stand out as more unique….

  • October Movie Preview: Popcorn and Pumpkins

    Every year when fall comes around, and Halloween is approaching, I have a certain image in my mind of how the October movie list should look. Horror flicks, fun animated spookiness or essentially the collected works of Tim Burton. Inevitably that doesn’t happen. But all things considered, this year’s October movies are a pretty festive bunch….

  • The Mind, Explained: The Tripping Brain

    The news and opinion website Vox (owned by digital media company Vox Media) partnered with Netflix in 2018 to release a weekly show called Explained, which was based on Vox’s series of YouTube videos. Those YouTube videos were short investigative essays (on average, under eight minutes long), but in their Netflix incarnation they grew to…

  • Bandbox Unboxed Vol. 3 – Ride

    Prepare your turntable to receive some heavy rotation bangers vinyl fans, ’cause there’s a new, deep dive record box in town, and you’re gonna want to get your mitts on the band-themed short stack of wax its delivering every month. It’s called Bandbox, and it’s unlike any other vinyl subscription service out there. Groove Is In…

  • Sticks & Stones: Murky Waters

    “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me,” the saying goes. There is some truth to that. However, it is also true that words do hurt, they sting, they let you know how people feel, and sometimes that is unpleasant. An inner world will easily crumble at the drop a…

  • September Movie Preview: Short but Spooky

    Apparently it’s a golden age for creepy clowns. The “clown prince of crime,” Joker, is released next month. This month, however, sees Pennywise pick on someone his own size. Well they’re adults at least. Also has there ever been a better head-to-head cinematic match-up than Downton Abbey and Rambo: Last Blood? Surely that says something…

  • What’s Coming and Going on Netflix September 2019

    Traditionally, September has always had its own Coming and Going. Yes: the coming of fall, and the going of summer. No point in getting mad at September: September doesn’t know any better, and it’ll never change its ways. So let us cheer you up by helping you think of September in a different way, by…

  • Hypothesis v. 2.0 – ‘Hell Night’ or ‘Halloween’ for Beginners

    I made a mistake. Mea culpa and all that, and I’m ready to own it. I forgot that the unfortunate impact of the “side” aspect of “side hustle” is that sometimes things bustle in and you get off track. This, dear friends, was never my intention, but the summer reached chaotic heights, and time just…

  • ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Takes Us on an Emotional Rollercoaster Ride with What Might Be Its Most Satisfying Episode Yet

    The Handmaid’s Tale Season 3, Episode 13: “Mayday” I’ll be honest—I didn’t really know what to expect from the season three finale of The Handmaid’s Tale. As great as the show has been throughout its run, the last two season endings have been a little less than satisfying. Twice now we’ve watched June scheme and…