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Yesterday I wrote about the wonderfully intelligent, compelling comic-book series Ex Machina. Last month, series creators Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris unveiled the series’ final issue: number 50.  So what did I think of it? (I’ll try to be vague about the details, but

One of my favorite comic-book series of the last decade, Ex Machina, drew to a close last month.  Before reading the 50th and final issue, I decided to go back and re-read the entire run of this extraordinary series. Ex Machina tells the story of Mitchell Hundred.  In a world very m

Usually I dread the ads that we’re all forced to sit through in movie theaters these days when waiting for one’s chosen film to start.  But this one I could watch a hundred times: Conan’s new show premieres on TBS in November.  Can’t wait.

I was blown away by Ben Affleck’s directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, and so I was of course eager to see his second film: The Town.  While I don’t think it’s nearly as strong as Gone Baby Gone, The Town is as an engaging and confident sophomore effort from Mr. Affle

It’s hard for me to a recall another film that has so bravely allowed its lead character to come off as so completely unlikable.  In The Social Network‘s power-house of a first scene, Mark Zuckerberg (played by Jesse Eisenberg) is clearly presented to us as a Grade-A, pr

Last month I wrote about a number of great comic books that I’d read lately.  Here’s some more of the fun stuff I’ve been reading these past few weeks: The Marvel Art of Joe Quesada — I remember taking note of a young artist named Joe Quesada back when he was