Marvel movies are, by and large, not romances. And that’s okay. When I go to the theater to see a superhero movie, I don’t need to see anyone falling in love. If a romance can be played well within the confines of a rich and compelling superhero story, I’m not going to complain—I’m a sucker…
Reel Geek Girl: X-Men: Apocalypse Doesn’t Know What to Do With Women
X-Men: Apocalypse Directed by Brian Singer Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Alex Shipp, 20th Century Fox PG-13 147 minutes May 2016 Full Disclosure: I really didn’t like X-Men: Days of Future Past. At all. So I was not eager to see X-Men: Apocalypse. But when the editor asks, the writer does. I came out of…
Oh the Places We’ll Go: Books About Time Travel
This past week I discovered there was not one, not two, but three upcoming time travel television shows. NBC, ABC, and Fox have all green-lit shows the center around time travel—although all three come at it from a different angle. Fox’s Making History looks like a comedy, where three friends, from two centuries try to…