by Alan Kistler | Jun 4, 2017 | Comics, Op-Ed
Wonder Woman has shown a new path for the DCEU (DC Extended Universe, referring to the movies). And the DC CW shows have been gaining many fans. But whereas the TV shows have been doing an increasingly good job with representation, the movies could still use a push....
by Alan Kistler | May 14, 2017 | Op-Ed
Few characters have the staying power of London’s Great Detective. Since his introduction in 1887, Sherlock Holmes has moved far beyond the original short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that were printed in The Strand magazine, and has teamed up with other...
by Alan Kistler | Apr 25, 2017 | Film, Op-Ed
The Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman comes out on June 2. It will be Wonder Woman’s first feature film. It will be the first live-action movie to use a female superhero as the headliner star. So why, less than six weeks away from its release, is there not more...
by Alan Kistler | Apr 1, 2017 | Film, Op-Ed
Back to the Future is one of my favorite all-time movies. Over thirty years since it came out in theaters in the summer of 1985, it remains a popular film that some regard as a classic and a few even regard as “perfect.” It’s hard to classify,...
by Alan Kistler | Mar 17, 2017 | Games, Op-Ed
SPOILERS. Wow, there will obviously be game spoilers in this op-ed piece. Of course there will be. Did you see the headline? I actually pointed out that the subject of this piece is the game’s final ending choice. It’s right there. If you complain about...
by Alan Kistler | Mar 9, 2017 | Film, Op-Ed
Movie theaters are being decorated by posters for Transformers: The Last Knight, the next chapter in Michael Bay’s Transformers saga which comes out in June. This story promises to span history itself, with a look back at the living robots being tied to World...
