Tag: CULTURE

Under the cloak of a Mississippi night, Florence Jackson makes an admission to her eldest son. “I dreamt about you, too,” she says during a serene midpoint in Mudbound. Ronsel (Jason Mitchell) has safely returned from the Second World War, serving in George S. Patton’s 761st “Black Panthers” tank battalion. While he was gone, Florence—played […]

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The planet Kamino has always been one of my favorite Star Wars settings: moody, original, and striking. Now, as rain lashes down, the droids try to tear it apart. A perennially overcast ocean world pockmarked with high-tech research platforms, Kamino is the home of the Clone Troopers serving the Galactic Republic during the war. I'm […]

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Here's the truth: Comic book publishing—yes, just the business of selling printed comics—is a billion-dollar industry. This month, 1,194 new comic books and 391 new graphic novels and collections will hit shelves. That's a lot of titles for a single month, and those aren't uncommon numbers. Comics are everywhere; even your grandma knows who Thanos […]

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Much like Uncle Jay's belt after the last slice of Thanksgiving pie, the November news cycle groaned under the weight of one meaty story after another. In the last week of the month alone, the Senate marched toward advancing the GOP's tax bill, the Dow topped 24,000, Bitcoin leaped above $11,000, President Trump retweeted anti-Muslim […]

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