The Battle of Winterfell Subverted Expectations. Here’s Why That Might Not be a Good Thing.
What does Game of Thrones, Avengers: Endgame and Star Wars: The Last Jedi have in common? All of them are important chapters of their respectful franchises, and all of them have important deaths (and important battles). Each of these dealt…
Why Grief is an Important Theme in Avengers: Endgame
I remember seeing Tony Stark adrift in space, his loneliness echoing through the confines of the Benatar. I looked to my friend on my right and said, “This feels like Marvel’s Interstellar.” When I first saw Interstellar in 2014, I…
Game of Thrones: ‘A Long Night’ Delivers a Tense (and Anticlimactic) Battle at Winterfell
'The Long Night' was dark and full of terrors. Jon and Dany's forces took on the might of the Night King in a terse, terrifying battle. They survived, barely, by the skin of their teeth, thanks to a timely assist…
Avengers: Endgame is a Soulful, Emotionally Resonant Conclusion to the MCU Franchise as We Know It
There are some movies that mark a cultural moment. The Titanic. Terminator 2. Jurrasic Park. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. And of course, Empire Strikes Back. Avengers: Endgame is, without a shadow of a doubt, one…
Why Avengers: Infinity War is Probably Better than Avengers: Endgame
Where were you when the Avengers died? It’s the kind of question that people in the Marvel Cinematic Universe might ask themselves, when referring to the events that occured in Infinity War. Of all the heroes who joined or fought…
How Captain America: Civil War Set the Stage for Avengers: Endgame
t’s no coincidence that when you think about the second Avengers movie, Captain America: Civil War pops up more often in the public consciousness than Avengers: Age of Ultron. It’s not just that Civil War gets so many things right,…
Game of Thrones: ‘A Knight of Seven Kingdoms’ Presents the Calm Before the Storm
"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" was, for the most part, a narrative exercise in cooking ups scenes that play out the 'calm before the storm' scenario in as many dressings as possible. If this were a McDonald's meal, then…
What Game of Thrones’ End Means for the Future of Storytelling
I still remember my Game of Thrones baptism as clear as day. Lord Eddard Stark, Hand of the Late King Robert Baratheon, gazed in horror at the crowd spread out before him. All hope of salvation had just evaporated. Arya…
Why We Need More Leaders Like Jacinda Ardern
There are things that I learned and absorbed early on in life. If I was asked to elaborate who taught me these things, and how, perhaps all I can give you is a blank stare, but these are lessons that…
Why Marvel’s Eleven Year Journey to Avengers Endgame is Worth the Hype
The Avengers redefined the movie business. Not just the superhero business, but the industry of making motion pictures as a whole. It made over 1.5 billion dollars in 154 days of release. In 2012, that’s bigger than everything else. It’s…
