Marisa Carpico

604 POSTS3 COMMENTS

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.

Batman Annual #2: A Must-Read for Bat/Cat Fans

Marisa Carpico - November 30, 2017

I have frequently criticized writer Tom King's run on Batman. Sometimes his storytelling is a thrilling twist on the form and sometimes it's incoherent....

The Man Who Invented Christmas: Just Rewatch ‘A Christmas Carol’ Instead

Marisa Carpico - November 21, 2017

Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol is one of the best Christmas stories ever told. There have been so many adaptations–from muppets to the 1951, Scrooge,...

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Offers a Dark, Subversive Worldview

Marisa Carpico - November 9, 2017

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is as black a comedy as they come. Set exactly where its title indicates, it tells the story of...

The Square: Performance Art at the Movies

Marisa Carpico - October 26, 2017

Not everyone wants to be challenged at the movies. Just look at the "F" Cinemascore for Darren Aronoffsky's mother! earlier this year. As much...

Arrow Season 6 Premiere, “Fallout” – A Promising, if Uneven, Start

Marisa Carpico - October 13, 2017

Greetings, Arrow fans. I know what you're thinking. She's back! Well, sorry to disappoint, but that's not actually true. While I toyed with the...

The Departure: A Quiet Examination of Suicide and Choosing to Live

Marisa Carpico - October 13, 2017

Early in The Departure, the new documentary from director Lana Wilson, we see the ritual that gives the film its title. The film's subject,...

Human Flow: A Sobering, Comprehensive Look at the Global Refugee Crisis

Marisa Carpico - October 12, 2017

Early in Chinese director Ai Weiwei's new documentary on the world refugee crisis, Human Flow, Jordanian Princess Dana Firas says our humanity must guide...

Batman vs. Two-Face: Holy Sequelitis, Batman!

Marisa Carpico - October 10, 2017

While The Killing Joke was DC’s most talked-about animated film last year, Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders was its best. Conceived as a...

NYCC Panel Recap: Star Wars: From A Certain Point of View

Marisa Carpico - October 8, 2017

Star Wars: A Certain Point of View is a collection of short stories written by veterans and newbies to the world George Lucas created...

NYCC First Look: Marvel’s Runaways

Marisa Carpico - October 7, 2017

When the cast and crew of the upcoming Hulu and Marvel Television collaboration, Runaways, appeared on the NYCC stage last night, it seemed like...

Review: Batman #32

Marisa Carpico - October 4, 2017

Four months ago, Batman proposed to Catwoman. It was a shock, but not necessarily unexpected. Writer Tom King had strengthened their relationship since taking...