Jeffrey Overstreet

The Avengers (Whedon, 2012)

  Caution: The following review was written by a moviegoer who has been suffering from superhero-movie fatigue since X-Men 3 back in 2006. You have been warned. Don’t worry — I get it. My review of The Avengers won’t make a dollar’s difference in the box office results. The best stunt you’ll see now that […]

Brian Bennett

Watchmen and the Impossibility of Ethics

In a recent re-reading of the classic graphic novel Watchmen (a reading spurred by the not-too-distant theatrical release), it was noticed that despite being written nearly thirty years ago near the climax of the Cold War, Watchmen holds its force still.  The classic work written by Alan Moore with art by Dave Gibbons, recounts a […]