Fifteen years ago, when director Guillermo del Toro was scheduled to drop by Criterion’s New York office for a project, a casual email from the social media team sparked
When DC Comics announced its new Absolute run—yet another alternate universe reboot—I was one of its loudest detractors. Sure, Absolute Wonder Woman’s design objectively goes hard, but
For decades, anime has routinely spun athleticism into artistic spectacle, be it ping pong duels, basketball games, or wacky, high-octane races that blur the line between vehicular sport and myth.
In a short period since partnering with Toho, GKids has established itself as the anime equivalent of the Criterion Collection. Through its theatrical rereleases of deep-cut cult-classic films from yesteryear,
Paul Thomas Anderson’s nearly three hour long Pynchon-adjacent revolutionary drama One Battle After Another is a hit. We here at Aftermath give it our stamp of approval and recommend
I’m not the first nerdy person to draw uncanny comparisons between Chainsaw Man and good word. Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga magnum opus doesn’t just echo scripture—it shreds
For all its melodramatic brilliance, the Yakuza/Like A Dragon series has long carried a recurring blemish—substories and mini-games that veer from campy charm into outright cringe, usually involving
Gaming, at its core, is just a series of puzzles: some meditative, some maddening. I'm Not A Robot splits the difference, turning the mundane act of proving your
As a fan of everything animation and an occasional doodler, I’ve seen my fair share of superb art, whether it’s the emotional climax of my favorite ship finally
Despite what some anime experts might lead people to believe, One Piece is as political as its ongoing manga and anime are long. So, it’s no surprise that the
Modern action cinema owes a lot to The Raid and John Wick as mythic revenge arcs littered with bone-crunchingly innovative action choreography that reshaped the genre. But somewhere along the
