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When I got to preview Starsand Island back in February, while I thought it was a pretty good little farm sim, something about it wasn’t completely grabbing me. Usually, when I feel this way, a change of platform is often the solution—particularly when it’s the Nintendo Switch. Like I said in my old The Elder…

Bart Simpson’s Edinburgh competition doc is executive produced by filmmaker and Kurtzman colleague Terry Gilliam

Written and directedy with disorientating flair by Scottish director Paul Wright (Arcadia), this BBC-produced film explores the personal and social reasons behind suicidal behaviour through the experience of Dylan (a phenomenal George MacKay). It’s not a sensational, generalised depiction of mental health, but instead a splintered, chaotic endeavor to visually render one person’s complex perspective. 

The X-Men are one of the single most iconic superhero teams in the history of comic books. The superhero group has been in everything, from films to video games to television, and their  domination of pop culture continues with the second season of “X-Men ‘97”

Let’s take Darcy Van Poelgeest and Ian Bertram as just one instance totally plucked from thin air. If you were only looking for great comics, the pair’s Little Birdand Precious Metal are personal faves, these genre-defining wonders of weird, revelatory storytelling. But across these projects, we’ve also seen the pair grow and develop, creating a…

Marvel may have delivered a huge quantity of TV shows in the past few years on Disney+, but DC Comics has been quietly delivering quality, from “Watchmen” and “Peacemaker” to HBO’s “The Penguin,” which turned the classic Batman villain into a mob world antihero — and took home nine Emmys for it. 

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Plot: Alan Moore Script: Leah Moore & John Reppion Pencils: Shane Oakley Inks: George FreemanColors: Wildstorm FX Letters: Todd KleinPublisher: Rebellion Publication Date: July 2026 (latest printing)

Before debating on the yays and nays of Awarapan 2, an undeniable fact has to be acknowledged: Awarapan is a case study. A box-office bomb on release a year short of two decades ago, the film ended up last in a three-way clash at the box office in end-June 2007, lagging behind even Himesh Reshammiya’s…