It’s now September, and, with a second season officially in the works, impossible to deny Netflix’s Stranger Things the title of summer’s buzz-worthiest show. In eight episodes, the Duffer Brothers manage to synthesize everything great about ’80s pop entertainment—Stephen King, Steven Spielberg, Marvel, D&D, and synthesizers—without once resorting to empty pastiche. It’s nostalgia with a soul, rare enough […]
The Russo brothers, most recently of Captain America: The Winter Soldier fame, have been confirmed as directors of the two Avengers movies that will follow Joss Whedon’s Age of Ultron. Given that Winter Soldier is the absolute best Marvel movie to date (amirite?), it looks like the MCU is in good hands for the next several jillion years. Meanwhile, […]
We’ve already told you what graphic novels to read if you love sci-fi, but there’s plenty out there for fantasy fans too. True, there are strong elements of fantasy in most comics, whether the stories are about superheroes or spaceships, but when it comes to fantasy as a genre, Superman and Iron Man aren’t exactly what we’re […]