We examine why blink-182's latest album CALIFORNIA lacks the lyrical maturity and experimental spirit of the band's often disliked 2011 album NEIGHBORHOODS.

Lemire and Ramos deliver a rather fast-paced and action-packed next-to-last chapter to their APOCALYPSE WARS arc in EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #11. And while they finally bring a much-loved mutant back into the spotlight, a lot of the storytelling flaws from previous issues have made their way into this latest entry.

I consider myself a feminist. And obviously, I strongly oppose violence against women and any fictional depiction belittling violence against women. Despite all of that, I just can't fully agree with Rose McGowan when it comes to her furious online criticism of the X-MEN: APOCALYPSE advertisement.

Leaving the cinema after watching X-MEN: APOCALYPSE, probably the first thing I thought to myself was: it’s gonna be really hard to be objective in my review for this film. Whether you’ll find yourself disappointed or blown away by the latest cinematic installment in the X-franchise depends heavily on your expectations going in. Therein lies the reason the film is leaving fans and critics so divided.

It’s chapter two of the UNCANNY X-MEN tie-in to the APOCALYPSE WARS event, and we’re slowly uncovering the truth about the marvelous, too-good-to-be-true return of Warren Worthington, a.k.a. Angel! Even though Bunn and Lashley deliver an issue that’s far from perfect and suffers from problems that are very common for Marvel’s latest X-Men material lately, UNCANNY X-MEN #7 is still worth taking a closer look at.

As a sequel to the critically acclaimed CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER, an introduction to new characters and new takes on all too well-known characters, as a film that stars almost the entirety of the Avengers cast, but also as a very personal movie about Steve Rogers, CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR certainly has a lot of expectations to live up to.

EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #9 is the untold tale of what happened to Colossus and his students after their leap 1000 years into the future. And while it's emphasis on the book's supporting characters comes off fresh and delighting, the story arc visibly suffers from how it's barely innovative.

Comic book fans and critics alike have once again found a movie they can collectively hate on with the release of Zack Snyder’s BATMAN V SUPERMAN – DAWN OF JUSTICE. Although at the same time, a remarkably big group of viewers starts begging the question: was it really that bad? I, for one, found the film to be, admittedly, not as strong as any of the entries in Nolan’s DARK KNIGHT trilogy, but far better than its predecessor, MAN OF STEEL.

In a final entry before the beginning of the APOCALYPSE WARS event, Cullen Bunn and Greg Land conclude their arc about the Dark Riders—and also shed an interesting new light on the character dynamics between the UNCANNY X-MEN. With Monet, Psylocke and Sabretooth trapped in Egypt and the Dark Riders coming for one of the last mutant healers left, Magneto will have to defend Triage on his own inside the ruins of his former mutant empire.

EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #8 marks the beginning of APOCALYPSE WARS, and Jeff Lemire and Humberto Ramos set up their protagonists against an old villain and a faraway future… learn more about the set-up for the APOCALYPSE WARS event inside!

Cullen Bunn and Greg Land are setting the tracks for the finale to their first story arc in UNCANNY X-MEN #4.