The Batman’s Privilege Problem
Can stories about a rich white man who works with the police ever imagine justice?
Batman
Review: The Batman (2022)
For all of its strengths, The Batman seems disinterested in the Batman.
Faithfully Magazine: What Can Superheroes Teach Us About Biblical Justice?
For Faithfully Magazine, I wrote about the possibility of Biblical Justice — a justice that welcomes others and restores the weak and downtrodden — in superhero movies. “[Superman: The Movie] captures so much of what we love about superhero movies: the fantasy that some inexplicable power will rescue us from certain calamity, that miracles arrive …
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Review: The Gloriously Violent Uplift of Birds of Prey
Few titles set expectations for the movie that follows better than the full title of the new DCEU movie, Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn). It\’s an excessive title, one that puts the ridiculous made-up word \”Fantabulous\” next to the incredibly important word \”Emancipation.\” It\’s a title that gestures at a …
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Bloody Disgusting: “The Horror Highlights of Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey”
My full review of Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emanicipation of One Harley Quinn) will be coming soon. But in the meantime, check out this piece that I wrote for Bloody Disgusting.Each of the characters in the movie has found themselves in some pretty horrific situations. I got to trot out my nerd knowledge …
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Tor.com: \”Not My Batman\” Is No Way to Go Through Life
I hate gatekeeping.I mean, I get it. I\’m a straight white quiet nerdy guy born in the late 70s. I devoured Star Wars extended universe stuff, I played all the cool NES games when they were new, and I knew about Groot since before all he could say was \”I am Groot.\”The culture that defined …
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Tor.com: \”Not My Batman\” Is No Way to Go Through Life
I hate gatekeeping.I mean, I get it. I\’m a straight white quiet nerdy guy born in the late 70s. I devoured Star Wars extended universe stuff, I played all the cool NES games when they were new, and I knew about Groot since before all he could say was \”I am Groot.\”The culture that defined …
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Think Christian: “O Superhero Death, Where Is Your Sting?”
This might be the piece I’ve had the most fun writing, probably because it’s about something I know well that’s been part of the mainstream conversation: superhero deaths.Comic book readers are well aware that dead superheroes always come back. In fact, one of my earliest comic book memories was reading a letter in a 1986/87 …
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