Jason Berman

Thanks to an endless stream of superhero movies, comic books are more intertwined with mainstream culture than ever before. But not every comic character wears spandex or has superpowers; there’s an entire market of smaller comics, apart from giants…

Game of Thrones returned Sunday night with a premiere that finally allowed fans to rest easy while watching the Starks. In the opener, titled “Dragonstone,” the Stark siblings were better situated than perhaps they have ever been. Arya continued her…

Exactly five years ago, one of the greatest trilogies in modern cinema came to a close. With The Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan completed a journey that began in 2005 with Batman Begins and hit its peak in 2008 with arguably the greatest comic…

Film trailers, especially for blockbusters, often include a caption that says something along the lines of “from the visionary director of [insert movie].” The problem with using that phrase so often is that it dilutes its meaning when actually…

The myth that fans do not show up for films primarily featuring action heroines is quickly being shown for what it is: false. If there was ever really a question whether a market existed for female-led action films, Wonder Woman answered it with a…

Here is something that shouldn’t be news to anyone: Donald Trump makes outrageous statements on Twitter. Why the president of the United States continues to press “tweet” is not entirely clear, but his posts are often so ridiculous, they are best…

Though this may still be painful to read, Game of Thrones will come to an end after season eight. Fortunately, fans of George R.R. Martin’s work need not worry that the prolific author’s presence will no longer be felt on television. In fact, Martin…

In a few short weeks, Wonder Woman will likely pass Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as the top-grossing film of the summer domestically — truly a remarkable feat for a standalone film set during World War I. The Gal Gadot-starring pic is already the…

This is not a drill: We are less than two weeks away from the season seven premiere of Game of Thrones. On July 16, HBO’s hit series will return, and fans will finally get to see what’s in store for all of their favorite characters. Though plot…