Time travel is always a complicated proposition. It’s easy to imagine the chaos that would result if someone was able to just flit back into the past and change things, or soar into the future and return with stock tips or laser weapons. That’s why most time travel stories focus on the challenges—should you kill […]
“I’ll give you a winter prediction: It’s going to be cold, it’s going to be grey, and it’s going to last you the rest of your life.” – Phil Connors (Bill Murray), Groundhog Day One of the greatest science fiction films of all time (and one of the most widely seen), 1993’s Groundhog Day is […]
We’ve already pored over the Eisner nominees for new series and graphic novels; now, let’s take a look at the contenders for the year’s top honors in manga. Choosing the nominees for the Eisners is a tough gig. I know from experience—I was an Eisner judge myself a couple of years ago, and saw firsthand how […]
There’s nothing worse than going to a movie with a group of friends, only to come out of it and have the Debbie Downer of the group lecture the rest of you on why the book was better. The easy solution? Be that Debbie Downer. I mean, you might as well—its as close as you […]
Russian Doll, the new Netflix series starring and co-written by Natasha Lyonne, is a pretty remarkable achievement: a weird, funny, and tragic blend of drama and science fiction not incidentally written and directed entirely by women, that manages to be original even as it nods to a long list of influences. [Spoiler alert! Though we […]
