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Recap: Invincible (S2, Ep4) — Mark and Nolan Fight Their Toughest Battle in a Brutal Mid-Season Finale

Where do we really come from? Invincible has been asking this question since its beginning. At first, Earth’s superpowered defender Nolan Grayson (J.K. Simmons) told his family he came from […]

  • Sam Layton
  • December 29, 2023
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: Invincible (S2, Ep3) — Mark Attempts to Balance His Lives in Dark, Shocking Episode

    We all knew it was coming eventually: for three episodes, Earth’s former super-defender Nolan Grayson (J.K. Simmons) has been looming over the planet—and his friends and family—without so much as […]

  • Sam Layton
  • November 26, 2023
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: Invincible (S2, Ep2) — Messy but Enjoyable Episode Does Too Much at Once

    Invincible‘s storytelling can be weird. On one hand, the pieces it lays out in each episode tend to combine in the end to form a fantastic and fully realized conclusion. […]

  • Sam Layton
  • November 17, 2023
    • Film & TV , Review , Television

    Recap: Invincible (S2, Ep1) — Long Awaited Superhero Animation Returns in Bloody, Exciting Fashion

    The landscape of superhero shows has become very different in the time between Invincible‘s first and second seasons. In early 2021, WandaVision was a hit, Loki and Hawkeye arrived later […]

  • Sam Layton
  • November 17, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Turning Red Supervising Animator (and One-Time Chicagoan) on Creating the Film’s Look, Channeling His Inner Awkward Teen, and Catching Movies at Music Box Theatre

    Pixar’s Turning Red is another groundbreaking stunner that combines elements of both Eastern and Western animation style to tell the story of Mei Lee (voiced by Rosalie Chiang), a confident […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 17, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: In Pixar’s Turning Red, a Teenager Learns to Harness—and Appreciate—the Beast Within

    When you’re a 13-year-old girl, there’s nothing quite as dramatic—or traumatic—as being a 13-year-old girl. Hormones are raging, bodies are changing, there’s so much you don’t know about who you […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • March 13, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon Is a Magical, Thrilling Fable Bursting with Impressive Visuals

    Raya and the last dragon

    Sometimes, a film being magical and beautiful goes a long way with me. But when it decides to throw in a great deal of thrilling action, really fun voice talents […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 2, 2021
    • Beyond , Soapbox

    The Unbearable Whiteness of Hollywood: Thoughts on Asian American Representation in Pop Culture

    One of the first times I remember seeing myself represented in an American film was in the early 2000s remake of Charlie’s Angels. Lucy Liu’s character Alex Munday was an […]

  • Pearl Shin
  • June 20, 2019
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