We all witnessed a bit of history last night at the Oscars, with the chaos of the Best Picture announcement. The aftermath of any historical event provides us with the opportunity for education, to learn something that was not known before, so we may be better equipped for the...
Marvel comics has removed a book from circulation after a fan backlash against some Koranic messages in the artwork.
In two vignettes of X-Men Gold #1, Indonesian artist Ardian Syaf coloured several hidden references to passages of the Koran and to Muslim protests against the Christian governor of Jakarta.
The verses...
“Better than Martin Luther King’s I Dream of Jeannie speech”: the president (Alec Baldwin) is reflecting on the greatness of his first State of the Union from the comfort of his White House bedroom. “Who’s the most innocent guy in the whole wide world?” he says.
“I’m down here at...
The new Netflix adaptation has won fans for its future shocks, but like much dystopian sci-fi it struggles to get away from the shadow of Ridley Scott’s masterpiece
Imagine a Black Mirror future. San Francisco, say, in the 24th century: a depraved new world, but one stacked precariously on the...
