Pop Culture Episode Analysis She-Hulk: Ribbit and Rip It She-Hulk's penultimate ep gives a great reintroduction to Matt Murdock even as the quality of the show itself continues to struggle.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Interview With the Vampire: In Throes of Increasing Wonder Interview With the Vampire's first episode is strong on story but weak on history.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis She-Hulk: The Retreat She-Hulk's seventh episode is great until it goes off the rails with an ending that brings the entire series into question.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis She-Hulk: Just Jen She-Hulk's sixth episode shows more of its sitcom strengths but still has a way to go.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis She-Hulk: Mean, Green, and Straight Poured Into These Jeans She-Hulk's fifth episode had good bona fides but sadly did not live up to its potential.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis She-Hulk: Is This Not Real Magic? She-Hulk's fourth episode brings sweet sitcom fun (and we talk about that episode three backlash).
Pop Culture Episode Analysis She-Hulk: The People vs Emil Blonsky She-Hulk's third episode had one thing that really worked and two that weren't quite up to snuff.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis She-Hulk: Superhuman Law She-Hulk's second episode continues the fun even if it doesn't delve too much into details.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis She-Hulk: A Normal Amount of Rage She-Hulk: Attorney at Law's first episode sets a high bar for quality (no pun intended).
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Ms Marvel: No Normal How does the final episode of Ms Marvel stack up against its comics counterpart? (Hint: pretty good, actually!)
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Ms Marvel: Time and Again Ms Marvel's penultimate episode stuns as it brings history to life, while hinting that there's much more story to come.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Ms Marvel: Seeing Red Ms Marvel's fourth episode has interesting set pieces but doesn't quite stick the landing.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Ms Marvel: Destined Ms Marvel's third episode brings great dancing and some interesting character choices.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Ms Marvel: Crushed Ms Marvel's second episode shows off its love for the comics while continuing to tell a great story.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Ms Marvel: Generation Why Did Ms Marvel Generation Why meet the challenge of translating Kamala from the comics to the MCU?
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Moon Knight: Gods and Monsters Moon Knight's first season concludes with a strong episode that leaves the audience asking questions about what comes next.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Moon Knight: Asylum Moon Knight's fifth episode deftly introduces dissociative identity disorder and an openly Jewish character to the MCU. Find out how well they handled it.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Moon Knight: The Tomb Moon Knight's fourth episode deepens our understanding of the characters while using clever tricks to make hard to film scenes happen.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Moon Knight: The Friendly Type Moon Knight's third episode continues the show's high quality and highlights the deft skills of director Mohamed Diab.
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Moon Knight: Summon the Suit Moon Knight's second episode features strong acting but weaker writing. (Also speculation about future plot details.)
Pop Culture Episode Analysis Moon Knight: The Goldfish Problem Moon Knight's first episode comes out of the gate strong. Read about how the acting, directing, and editing deftly sell the story of this new member of the MCU.
Pop Culture How Steven Spielberg Whitewashed West Side Story by Misunderstanding Musicals A lack of understanding of how musicals work results in a West Side Story which centers the white characters more than the original does.
Pop Culture The Mitchells vs the Machines: A Good Movie, But is it Oscar Worthy? The Mitchells vs the Machines raises the bar for quality animation but how does its story (and queer representation) stack up against fellow Oscar nominee Encanto?
Pop Culture Why Tick, Tick... Boom! Matters And Why Lin-Manuel Miranda and Andrew Garfield Deserve Oscars Why Tick, Tick... Boom! matters to Broadway history as well as the unique perspectives that Lin-Manuel Miranda and Andrew Garfield brought to the creation of the movie.
Pop Culture Marvel's Eternals: Why Wasn't This A Better Movie? Eternals had so much going in its favor. Why wasn't it able to stick the dismount and be a movie as great as it had the potential to be?
