Despite Everything, America is Still America (My Perspective as a Bangladeshi-American Immigrant)
I think it was sometime around 2006 or 2007—I can’t recall the exact year. I remember picking up a Superman comic from my school’s bookstore, a single issue titled “What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way?” published…
X-Men ’97 Season One Review: One of the Best Marvel Projects in the Last Ten Years
In a world oversaturated with comic book adaptations and reboots, it's easy to approach a project like X-Men '97 with a healthy dose of skepticism. After all, the original X-Men: The Animated Series, which ran from 1992 to 1997, left…
Fx’s Shogun is the Best Historical Fiction Show in Years, Matching (and Perhaps Eclipsing) Game of Thrones
FX's Shogun (2024) is a masterpiece of epic storytelling. It is a sumptuous, immersive 10-episode limited series that breathes new life into James Clavell's beloved 1975 novel. Set in feudal Japan at the turn of the 17th century, Shogun weaves…
Fargo Delivers a Compelling Fifth Season, Driven by a Standout Lead Performance
With its fifth season, FX's crime anthology Fargo makes a captivating return to the twisted roots of the Coen Brothers' iconic 1996 film. Set in the snowy wilds of Minnesota, this latest entry retains the blend of quirky humor and…
Dune: Part Two – A Massive, Visually Transcendent Sci-Fi Achievement
Anticipation has been sky-high for Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Two since the acclaimed 2021 first installment left audiences stunned by its otherworldly spectacle but hungry for the whole story. With the release of Part Two, the celebrated director delivered an…
True Detective: Night Country – A Flawed But Intriguing Return to Form
Ten years after its groundbreaking first season set a new bar for prestige crime anthologies, True Detective is back with Night Country, the fourth installment helmed by acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Issa López. While not reaching the masterful heights of that…
The MCU and WWE in 2024: Why It’s Difficult to Maintain the Highs of Great Storytelling
Remember that high of watching Avengers: Endgame in theaters in 2019? It's hard to believe that was 5 years ago! Probably as hard as it would be for someone in 2019 to believe the Marvel Cinematic Universe would slowly erode…
Napoleon is a Flawed Historical Epic that Offers a Contrarian but Uninteresting Take on the French Emperor
With Napoleon, director Ridley Scott once again returns to the spectacle and intrigue of period war epics that have defined much of his illustrious career. And in taking on the towering legend of Napoleon Bonaparte, Scott bites off what may…
“Unveiling the Tragedy: Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Exposes the Chilling Intersection of Greed and Genocide in 1920s Oklahoma
Martin Scorsese’s epic historical saga Killers of the Flower Moon chronicles a chilling actual conspiracy of murder and dispossession targeting the oil-wealthy Osage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma. When oil is discovered beneath the windswept plains where the U.S. government had…
Gen V: The Boys Spin-off Hits Gold with Entertaining First Season
With its first season, Prime Video’s Gen V ingeniously spins off from the hit series The Boys into an exhilarating new chapter set in the same gritty universe. Centered around Godolkin University, a prestigious school run by the notorious Vought…
