Cinematic genre fiction, dark mythmaking, and narrative experiments from the creator of the "Shadowdance" dark action fantasy saga—stories of power, consequence, and justice for the bad guys.
Writer Mark Wooden reviews geek culture! Find some new favs from movies, comic books, and other media from all corners of the world.
Ana de Armas entered the world of John Wick not with a bang, but a whimper at the box office. Let’s look at why that is, what could have been, and where the John Wick franchise goes from here.
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” dropped last weekend and… I have issues.
Fam, you know I love me some action movies. But we gottta talk about these long-ass runtimes!
I feel like there’s another thirty minutes of movie here that fills in plot holes, but it got cut for brevity’s sake. Or they just didn’t write it, but I’m optimistic and rooting for the creative team. A shame, too, because it’s a solid concept with reasonable execution otherwise. I mean, the world of the movie […]
had more thoughts on The Godfather, Part III, and The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone. Like to hear them hear them go. Not safe for work, BTW.
For the fiftieth anniversary of The Godfather, I’m gonna defend what some would call the indefensible: Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Part III, and The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone. Both movies have their flaws, but I’ll argue how those flaws are hidden assets and that the movies have earned […]
The Batman! Now y’all know I’m a big Batman fan. If ya didn’t know, now ya do. Rather than give multiple versions of my thoughts, Imma start a new segment of my Thoughts From the Shed podcast. I’m calling it “My Thoughts!” Let’s start with The Batman!
Netflix dropped the opening credits sequence for their live-action Cowboy Bebop. I would have written about it sooner but I’ve been too busy picking my jaw up off the floor. Let’s talk about why.
I had the pleasure and the honor of an interview with a friend of mine, Jason Zuk the Social Psychic on his podcast. We discussed Chadwick Boseman and his legacy as both an actor and a humanitarian. We also discussed the impact of Boseman’s breakout film, Marvel’s Black Panther, and what it meant to the […]
Author Mark Wooden now writes for the website Comic Book Resources in their movie and TV features department. Here are links to his articles.
