It would be easy for the elements of 'Amiss' to slip into a derivative crime drama, but instead the film crafts a mystery where overlapping narratives deepen character and widen the scope of an intimate story. This is a very assured piece of filmmaking from a pair of first-time feature directors without the eagerness or mimicry common to other debut films.
Read More »‘Edge of Tomorrow’ makes repetition entertaining
If nothing else, 'Edge of Tomorrow' allows Tom Cruise detractors the chance to watch the actor die over and over.
Read More »‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ brings together the beginning and the end
'X-Men: Days of Future Past' is incredibly entertaining, fun, and jam-packed with so much mutant goodness that it could work as the film franchise's lone end of world storyline. It won't, but it could.
Read More »‘Godzilla’ shows that monsters are better than people
Whereas most 'Godzilla' movies have favored distant shots of mass destruction, this time we're on the street watching from the ground-up as titans stomp down bridges and collapse buildings like crumbling paper.
Read More »Master of the universe: Neil deGrasse Tyson’s importance to popular culture
In a culture where celebrities like Jenny McCarthy and Bill O’Reilly can openly expound anti-science rhetoric to loyal, daily audiences, Neil deGrasse Tyson is a prophet for reality. In many ways, his importance is in stopping us as a society and a culture from getting progressively dumber.
Read More »‘The Elder Scrolls Online’ is a world worth getting lost in | review part 2
It’s debatable whether any MMORPG can ever offer absolute freedom, but 'The Elder Scrolls Online' does its best to accomplish this without tearing away the exact elements which define it as an MMORPG.
Read More »‘The Elder Scrolls Online’ impresses so far with its depth, detail and beauty | review part 1
Thus far Elder Scrolls Online has impressed with its staggering level of refinement both large and small. It may be early in the game, but I can’t envision this becoming the gear chase that many of its contemporaries do. At least not while there’s still so much to develop about what’s in my character rather than what‘s on it.
Read More »‘Noah’ can’t wash away its sins
Noah is a big risk by a brilliant director which leaves a lot to complain about and not enough good to wash its sins away.
Read More »The winners of Pop Mythology’s 1st annual Mythies Awards
Last week we opened the polls for our very first, very own awards ceremony, the Mythies, celebrating the best in genre movies and fringe movie categories. Well, our readers have spoken and the results are in.
Read More »Pop Mythology’s 1st annual Mythies Awards — cast your votes!
With the Oscars fast approaching, we at Pop Mythology decided that we’d like to recognize some of 2013’s cinematic highlights in our own unique way, highlighting films and performances which the Academy is likely to ignore: the geek films, the superhero films, the end of the world films, and the cheap films.
Read More »‘The Monuments Men’ paints a shallow picture
Sadly, despite its good intentions, if The Monuments Men is remembered at all, it will be as a minor work.
Read More »Help the battle against cancer by playing ‘Play to Cure: Genes in Space’
While I am not a scientist, there is finally a way for me, and thousands or millions of other non-scientists, to help in the fight against cancer. All we have to do is play a video game.
Read More »18 TV shows that will teach you how to write
Read all the how-to books you want, but the best way to learn fiction writing is by studying the masters. Whether you’re writing novels or screenplays, there’s a lot to learn from the modern masters of TV writing. Here are eighteen of the best TV shows to study, listed with the characteristic that stands out the strongest in their writing.
Read More »Lorde and the power and contradictions of pop media
The success of Lorde’s music acknowledges that we all, as members of society, are influenced by popular media. We may want to reject it, but in our very rejection we validate its power.
Read More »I, paladin: How ‘World of Warcraft’ saved my life
World of Warcraft completely took away an entire year of my life. But it gave the rest of it back to me.
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