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“The City on the Edge of Forever.” “The Best of Both Worlds.” “Far Beyond the Stars.” Star Trek has produced many of the all-time greatest episodes of television, finding new ways to approach its central concept of spacefaring humans in an optimistic future. But Star Trek also consists of nearly

A lot can change in five years. Only half a decade ago, Todd Phillips’ ambitious and daring attempt to reboot the DC character Joker into a Travis Bickle antihero wasn’t only a hit with moviegoers, but a phenomenon. That film opened to $96 million in its first weekend and legged

Horror movies are back. Actually they never left. Yet after a few underperformed in the springtime, pundits with apparently a short-term memory about the genre perceived that its popularity was on the decline. Turns out, reports of its demise were greatly exaggerated—like always. One of the most basic and satisfying

This Penguin review contains spoilers. “We’re in it now, Vic!” Oz Cobb shouts to his sidekick Victor at the end of The Penguin‘s third episode, “Bliss.” The line provides symmetry to the opening of the episode, in which we meet Victor Agular’s family, just hours before they all die in

Are they killing cinema? That’s what new recruit Dag (Lolly Adefope) wants to know on her first day on the set of superhero movie Tecto, a mid-range cog in Maximum Studios’ vast multi-phase machine. Is this a dream factory, or is it an abattoir?  It’s both, says The Franchise, so mind you