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“Batman v. Superman” isn’t a flop: A superhero movie that questions absolute power is tailor-made for 2016
Matthew Rozsa
With a record-breaking opening weekend, we shouldn't completely write off Zack Snyder's hero film as dumb spectacle
What if Batman wasn’t a jerk? The Dark Knight should be more like Yoda, less like Kylo Ren
Mark Peters
In "Batman v. Superman," he's darker than ever—but Batman doesn't have to be a psycho who won't grow up
Bridget Jones is not a millennial: The war over “millennials in the workplace” stories hits peak absurdity
Scott Timberg
There's nothing wrong with a generational assessment, but can we declare a moratorium on these stories now?
Critics thrash “Batman v. Superman”: “Not as bad as Bush v. Gore, but close”
Brendan Gauthier
A 32 percent on Rotten Tomatoes isn't bad relative to what critics have been saying about Zack Snyder's flop
Best ever superhero movie (in terms of fabrics): It’s god vs. psycho in Zack Snyder’s bombastic “Batman v Superman”
Andrew O'Hehir
Ben Affleck's psychotic Batman takes on Henry Cavill's cardboard Superman -- and Wonder Woman saves the day
7 celebrities who kill press tours: Henry Cavill’s “disaster” interviews could be worse
Nico Lang
The "Batman v. Superman" star's gaffes are mild compared to these masters of the form—even those now reformed
Brussels and American narcissism: Europe faces a huge test — it’s one we already failed
Andrew O'Hehir
Of course our response to the latest tragedy was panic, hysteria and Trumpism. But this really isn't about us
Donald Trump is The Joker: Forget Mussolini and Hitler, the GOP strongman is an authoritarian populist straight from Hollywood
Neal Gabler
Trump authoritarian populism is a natural fit for a reality TV era in which conservatives refuse all compromise
Cranks, zealots, extremists: How the paranoid style of Trump, Cruz and Palin took over the GOP and infected America
Lou Dubose
The overheated rhetoric and reckless posturing from the right is a return of a rancid thread of American politics
Hate-watching Duke vs. Yale: It’s “Batman vs. Superman” for a-holes — not the game America wants, but it’s the one we deserve
Willie Davis
Cheering for either elite school in the NCAA tournament is buying into pernicious lies about America and success
Ayn Rand’s warped superheroes: Of course Zack Snyder’s vision of “greatness” owes everything to “The Fountainhead”
Scott Eric Kaufman
Snyder working on an adaptation of Rand's novel makes perfect sense—just look at his body of work
Peyton Manning is no hero: Would his troubling past be ignored if he weren’t white?
Nico Lang
What's going on when an alleged sexual assault gets swept under the rug amid tributes to the football "hero"?
The 15 most racist Oscar films of all time: Here’s why #OscarsSoWhite is not a surprise
Ibram X. Kendi
#OscarsSoWhite isn't just about the absence of Black nominees—it's about the Academy's history of racist narratives
25 “facts” that really aren’t: You’ve heard them all your life and they just aren’t true
Larry Schwartz
Carrots improve your vision, bats are blind & there's a 5-second rule when food falls on the floor, right? Well, no
Facebook is not a charity: Mark Zuckerberg’s “Internet for all” push is big business, barely disguised
Scott Timberg
India's tech community is calling Zuckerberg's global initiative a predatory program—they might be right
The secret of “Deadpool’s” success — and why Hollywood is almost certainly learning all the wrong lessons
Nico Lang
Studios keep believing that box office success is just an algorithm to crack—but you can't fake what "Deadpool" has
The blood sport of Iowa: A squeaker victory, losers who “win” and the mainstream media’s bizarre caucus narrative
Andrew O'Hehir
How the warped narrative of winners, losers and "momentum" feeds our longing for drama -- and undermines democracy
Fight Trump fatigue with “Lazer Team,” a delicious ’80s-style alien-invasion spoof
Andrew O'Hehir
A quartet of losers, a hot chick and an alien Power Suit -- this crowd-funded action spoof is a midwinter surprise
“Writing about sex may have led me to writing about religion”: Tom Perrotta on theocracies, “The Leftovers” and why “The Scarlet Letter” is a coming-out story
Kate Tuttle
Salon talks to the "Leftovers" author about Nathaniel Hawthorne, writing for TV, sex, guilt and America
Keep your man-child antiheroes: The new crush-worthy guy is the quietly competent, grown-up man
Paula Young Lee
There's a bit of wishful thinking in these pop culture sensations, too—that white men can calmly fight a good fight
“Star Wars” doesn’t have a heroine problem: Arguing over whether Rey’s a “Mary Sue” is missing the point
Nico Lang
We wouldn't bat an eye at Rey's hyper-competency if she was a man. See: Nearly every iconic action hero ever
How “Star Wars” changed the world: “It feels real in a way the stuff on ‘Star Trek’ probably doesn’t”
Scott Timberg
Science fiction scholar Gerry Canavan on how "Star Wars" shaped the movies, sci-fi and how we imagine the future
Geek food for the geek soul: “As society gets increasingly secular, we need to fill the social void”
Scott Timberg
Salon speaks to the Kitchen Overlord about recipes inspired by "Dune," Tolkien and Dr. Who
Is America ready to use the term “fascist” in our political discourse? Rachel Maddow explores how Donald Trump has mainstreamed extremism
Sophia Tesfaye
America is slowly coming to grips with Trump's flirtation with fascism
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