(IT’S ALMOST CHRISTMAS TIME! And, in honor of those of us that watch this movie every year–and in honor of this still amazing film–let’s talk about why it’s such a classic.) Originally Published: November 19th, 2018 The Nightmare Before Christmas Is The Perfect Counterculture Christmas Movie Walk into any store that sells tees for the…
The Nightmare Before Christmas Is The Perfect Counterculture Christmas Movie Walk into any store that sells tees for the young and the nerdy, and you are bound to see the skeleton mascot of The Nightmare Before Christmas. Jack Skellington has claimed a permanent place in pop culture and is perhaps one of the most well-known…
In one place, they came: The scientists and the warlords and the magical girls and the gods and the superheroes. The horror monsters and aliens mingled with super soldiers and robots and contestants of a fighting tournament while perhaps walking alongside princesses and neutral super beings. It sounds like fantasy, and, in a way, you…
Oculus Rift and Project Morpheus: two virtual reality experiments currently being tested by Oculus VR and Sony. Both pieces of technology boast that, for the first time, users can play their favorite games and watch their favorite movies as if they were there. The headsets look like something out of science fiction, except they’re not. …
Coming off of their pop culture-filled run of Young Avengers—a comic almost annoyingly hyperaware of its societal relevancy and rather fond of fourth-wall smashing—Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie have begun a series that’s just as flashy but hopefully less stuck playing its youth card all the time. After months of hype and one positive preview…
