Marisa Carpico

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By day, Marisa Carpico stresses over America’s election system. By night, she becomes a pop culture obsessive. Whether it’s movies, TV or music, she watches and listens to it all so you don’t have to.

Ocean’s 8 Shines Bright Like a Diamond

Marisa Carpico - June 8, 2018

Let’s be honest, the all-female Ghosbusters reboot didn’t deserve the hate. It was a fun showcase for very enjoyable performers with a plot just...

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?: Cool to Be Kind

Marisa Carpico - June 7, 2018

For anyone who grew up watching Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, it seems impossible that there are children in the world who’ve never heard of Fred...

Review: Batman #48

Marisa Carpico - June 6, 2018

A little under a month from now, Batman and Catwoman are going to get married. Writer Tom King has been building toward this moment...

Upgrade: Sci-Fi John Wick, and That’s Not a Bad Thing

Marisa Carpico - June 4, 2018

Imagine a scenario in which HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey became a brain implant that could control your body. Terrifying right? That’s...

Summer 1993: A Love Letter to Childhood & the Parents Who Shape It

Marisa Carpico - May 25, 2018

I was only 4 years old in the summer of 1993, so I don’t really remember it. I have ideas what I might have...

Review: Detective Comics #981

Marisa Carpico - May 23, 2018

When writer James Tynion IV took over Detective Comics at the beginning of DC’s Rebirth, he said he wanted what happened in his stories...

On Chesil Beach: Another Oscar Nom for Saoirse Ronan?

Marisa Carpico - May 18, 2018

Saoirse Ronan is no stranger to Ian McEwan’s writing. She received her first Oscar nomination at just 13-years-old for her work in Joe Wright’s...

Review: The Royals: Prince Harry & Meghan Markle

Marisa Carpico - May 2, 2018

I remember where I was when Princess Diana died. My parents and I were on vacation in San Francisco and I’ll forever associate the...

Disobedience: The Passion of the Rachels

Marisa Carpico - April 26, 2018

Disobedience begins with an Orthodox Jewish rabbi giving a homily about choice. Just as the rabbi finishes speaking, he collapses and dies. When his...

Tribeca Review: Netizens

Marisa Carpico - April 23, 2018

Editor's Note: Netizens is, as of September 1, 2020, streaming on HBO MAX. Women on Twitter know that personal attacks from strangers are just the...

Review: Action Comics #1000

Marisa Carpico - April 19, 2018

I’ve always preferred Batman to Superman. In my youthful naïveté, I didn’t understand the appeal in Kal-el’s uncomplicated goodness and optimism. Perhaps Superman’s appeal...

Review: Analog #1

Marisa Carpico - April 4, 2018

Imagine a future where smartphones barely exist. Imagine a future where people don’t cultivate digital lives. Imagine a world where nobody fears being doxxed...

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