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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 6h

I unpack the #LanternsFinale and why even if it wasn't the #Lanterns show you hoped it would be, it was still a triumph for the #DCU and comic book adaptations. For better AND worse, I dig into what pleased me, disappointed me, and what really mattered. fandomrising.com/202...

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 03/10/2026

We've been going at Fandom Rising for nearly two months now, and the incredible team of journalists I'm lucky enough to work with over there have been writing some incredible, thoughtful stuff. And we've barely even gotten started. Join us! fandomrising.com/

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 03/10/2026

So, I really loved #Carrie, the new miniseries by Mike Flanagan. I'll have more to say about it on CBR and FR but two things I can say now. 1. File this series as yet another reason a certain director is wrong; Matthew Lillard is a treasure. 2. #BSG fans, keep your eyes peeled.

Carrie poster - a teen girl walks down a high school hallway with fire behind her.

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 03/10/2026

More of my conversation with #Pixar's Jason Katz, written up by my CBR colleague John Dodge! In this we talk about how #ToyStory5 subverted fans' expectations for the controversial Lily Pad character, and why that's the "secret sauce" of these movies. www.cbr.com/toy-stor...

Lily Pad from Toy Story 5 displaying Hi on her screen.

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 03/10/2026

Also at Fandom Rising, my fellow Pitt Panther Odana Chaney digs into the penultimate Season 4 episode of #TedLasso. She also wrote about the Discourse™ around the season last week, and you should check it out. fandomrising.com/202...

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 02/10/2026

My CBR colleague, Sean O'Connell, had a wide-ranging chat with the Russo Brothers about #AvengersDoomsday and #AvengersEndgameEncore. I got the chance to write a story about how the regular #AvengersEndgame also has clues about what's to come for the MCU! www.cbr.com/avengers...

RDJ as Doctor Doom from Avengers Doomsday

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 02/10/2026

Over at Fandom Rising, the great Salomé Gonstad offers up a spoiler-free review of #Digger that anyone considering seeing this movie should check out. At the very least, #TomCruise's and Alejandro González Iñárritu's film will get people talking. fandomrising.com/202...

Tom Cruise as Digger using a sink hose to wash a sickly white cat

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 02/10/2026

As part of #SCAD's 2026 animation festival, I got the chance to speak to the inimitable Jason Katz, story supervisor for #ToyStory5. As part of our discussion, we talked about the NEXT #ToyStory movie, and why it's not guaranteed. www.cbr.com/why-toy-...

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 29/09/2026

The season finale of #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds was a time-travel adventure, but #StrangeNewWorlds also set up a surprising storytelling choice from one of the most controversial #StarTrek films. Find out what I mean in this spoiler-y piece.

Scotty and Uhura face each other on the Enterprise Bridge from Star Trek V

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 28/09/2026

Check out the final breakout story from my exclusive interview with #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds actor Celia Rose Gooding, and what role the #StarTrek fans play in her research for the role and as the current "custodian" of Nyota Uhura's legacy. www.cbr.com/star-tre...

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 28/09/2026

Check out my review of the new film from David Ayer, #HeartOfTheBeast. This movie is a powerful and moving story, but not a feel-good "man and his dog" adventure. Find out what I mean in this spoiler-free review. www.cbr.com/heart-of...

Brad Pitt in green clothes facing Odin the German shephard in the woods in front of a tent.

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 28/09/2026

Check out my review of #ForgottenIsland, a fun animated family adventure that is a milestone for representation and a window into a fascinating cultural mythology. www.cbr.com/forgotte...

Raissa with vampire wings stands behind Jo, in overalls, crouching before Raww as a dog from Forgotten Island

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 28/09/2026

The penultimate episode of #Lanterns is less about the larger #DCU and more about its version of the iconic #GreenLantern character, Hal Jordan. It's one of the most powerful episodes of the series and sets up the finale impressively. #RenewLanterns fandomrising.com/202...

John Stwart on a desolate alien planet holding a skull from Lanterns

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 27/09/2026

The great William Shatner has some thoughts about a classic episode of #StarTrek that seems like one of the "silly" ones, and it was banned in the UK. But beyond featuring a historic moment, it's a great #scifi adventure. www.cbr.com/star-tre...

Spock and Kirk dressed in colorful togas and leafy crowns from Star Trek The Original Series

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 26/09/2026

More of my interview with #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds' Celia Rose Gooding. In this piece she talks about the inspiration she drew from #StarTrek legend Nichelle Nichols and how she brought that into her performance in #StrangeNewWorlds' Season 4 finale. www.cbr.com/star-tre...

CLose up of Nyota Uhura from Star Trek Strange New worlds

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 26/09/2026

The most recent episode of #DarkMatter was a one-off, and that's what made it amazing. I compare it to a similar episode of HBO's #TheLastOfUs because what some people think of as "filler episodes" are the best of what TV can do. www.cbr.com/apple-tv...

Jason hugging his mother in a cemetary from Dark Matter.jpg

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 25/09/2026

More of my interview with the incomparable Celia Rose Gooding, star of #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds. With #StrangeNewWorlds ending and the cyclical nature of #StarTrek, we discuss the legacy and possible future of her time with Lt. Uhura. www.cbr.com/star-tre...

Future Uhura hugging Captain Pike in his quarters from Star Trek Strange New Worlds

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 25/09/2026

With the end of #StrangeNewWorlds approaching, I wrote about the future of #StarTrek, and how -- even with the WB merger -- the new reboot film is the most important movie in the studio's history. They can't afford to mess this one up.

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 25/09/2026

The finale of #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds was kind of a backdoor pilot for the #StrangeNewWorlds spinoff that would dovetail with #StarTrek: The Original Series. Which makes the fact that it's likely not happening even more disappointing. www.cbr.com/star-tre...

Captain Kirk on the Enterprise Bridge from Star Trek Strange New Worlds

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 24/09/2026

The finale of #StrangeNewWorlds is big for Scotty, and made me think about my favorite moment with the Enterprise's resident miracle-worker. It's in one of my favorite #StarTrek movies. Check out why at the link, and tell me YOUR favorite in the comments. www.cbr.com/star-tre...

Scotty braces himself against a wall from Star Trek Strange New Worlds

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 24/09/2026

It's the 60th anniversary of #StarTrek, but it's also the 30th anniversary of #StarTrekFirstContact! It's my favorite of the #StarTrekTNG films, and Jonathan Frakes did an amazing job directing. But the story was almost totally different at first. www.cbr.com/star-tre...

The USS Enterprise-E flying through the time wormhole over the planet Earth in Star Trek First Contact.

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 24/09/2026

The Season 4 finale of #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds is out, and now so is my spoiler-filled review of the entire season in which I talk about the show's #StarTrek legacy and point out my least favorite #StrangeNewWorlds episode so far. fandomrising.com/202...

Kirk Spock Chapel and Boyce sit at a table with drinks playing cards from Star Trek Strange New Worlds

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 24/09/2026

The first of my articles covering my interview with the great Celia Rose Gooding from #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds. In this one, we talk about the end of #StrangeNewWorlds and its place in the #StarTrek legacy. More to come on CBR! www.cbr.com/star-tre...

Nyota Uhura at her station from Star Trek Strange New Worlds

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 21/09/2026

I am a defender of #StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier, and I wrote about my favorite Captain Kirk line from the film and why it's a perfect distillation of who the #StarTrek captain really is.

Kirk almost embraces Spock on the bridge of a Klingon Bird of Prey from Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 21/09/2026

HBO's #Lanterns just keeps getting better and better. My review runs down why this episode is remarkable both for its larger connection to the #DCU, the #GreenLantern comics, and -- most importantly -- the emotional character nuance it does best. fandomrising.com/202...

John Stewart and Guy Gardner at Hal Jordan's funeral from Lanterns

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 20/09/2026

Continuing my ongoing celebration of the 60th anniversary of #StarTrek over at CBR, I wrote about Patrick Stewart's favorite #StarTrekTNG episode, and why it's a masterpiece. #TheNextGeneration www.cbr.com/star-tre...

Close up of Captain Picard in his chair on the bridge from Star Trek First Contact

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 20/09/2026

While more #TedLasso is better than none, #TedLassoSeason4 does lack that special magic of those first seasons of the show. I broke down why that might be in my latest for CBR. More at the link: www.cbr.com/apple-tv...

Coach Beard, Ted Lasso, and Alice Chilton standing in a row on the pitch from Ted Lasso Season 4

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 20/09/2026

The #Reacher spinoff series #Neagley is out on Prime Video, and the show took a piece of lore about the character from the #JackReacher novels and improved it. Check out my deep dive on the subject at the link! www.cbr.com/prime-vi...

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 18/09/2026

Ahead of the fifth and final season of #TheWitcher, I wrote about how one character is both a meta-response to the most critical fans and promises to change the show entirely. Check it out at the link below. www.cbr.com/the-witc...

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 18/09/2026

I wrote about how comments from the filmmakers suggest the new #StarTrek movie may not be the "fresh start" they promised. This is the other side of that coin. #Mayday is a must-watch for fans curious about how they might treat #Starfleet in the film. www.cbr.com/apple-tv...

Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh lying on the snow on the poster for Apple TV's Mayday.

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 18/09/2026

The second thing I've reviewed this week that I ultimately regretted watching. Convicted domestic abuser Jonathan Majors leads a shameful ensemble in the sorriest, most offensive excuse for a film I've ever had the misfortune to see. fandomrising.com/202...

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 17/09/2026

We've still got some time before #Severance Season 3 drops, but while rewatching it recently, I realized where it's going to when it returns. Because they set up what's going to happen next for Mark and Helly from the very first episodes of the series. www.cbr.com/severanc...

Close up of Mark S. and Helly R. in the Lumon offices with a marching band around them from Severance.

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 17/09/2026

Check out my review of the latest episode of #Lanterns. It disappointed me as a fan of #HalJordan and #JohnStewart, but that's exactly what it was supposed to do. #DCU fandomrising.com/202...

Hal Jordan looking sad in close up from Lanterns

John Stewart looking sad in close up from Lanterns

Hal Jordan holding up a drawing of Zoey Macon from Lanterns

John Stewart in a destroyed Street from Lanterns

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 17/09/2026

I am not all that fond of Taylor Sheridan's work, particularly his "rich cowboy" shows. That said, there is one series he co-created I think is pretty spectacular. (And not just because it's full of shots of America's most beautiful city. #Pittsburgh) www.cbr.com/taylor-s...

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 16/09/2026

As we continue to celebrate the 60th anniversary of #StarTrek, I wrote about a quote from Dr. McCoy in one of my favorite movies that explains why the greatest minds in #scifi would choose to follow Captain Kirk after the franchise's most painful 'death.' www.cbr.com/star-tre...

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 16/09/2026

It's not usually good news when a TV series adapted from a novel leaves that book behind. But #DarkMatter on #AppleTV is the exception, and I wrote about why it was both the show's only choice for Season 2 and a brilliant move. www.cbr.com/apple-tv...

Jason Dessen handcuffed to a table in an interrogation room from Dark Matter

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 16/09/2026

Ahead of the debut of #TheRookie Season 9, I wrote about how it represents a chance for the show to alter course with respect to the villains it introduces each season by going back to the basic formula that made this series such a hit. www.cbr.com/the-rook...

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 14/09/2026

While this not the kind of show I normally cover, I reviewed #OJUnseen because the #OJSimpson trial happened the year I began writing professionally, covering both news and entertainment. And this really SHOULDN'T be "entertainment." More at the link. fandomrising.com/202...

A woman laughing by a white bronco as OJ Simpsons stands next to her from OJ Unseen

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 13/09/2026

I confess, that I am always rooting for #StarTrek, but the latest reports about the new #Paramount film in this universe promising a "fresh start" aren't as "fresh" as the filmmakers may think. www.cbr.com/star-tre...

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 13/09/2026

It's the 60th anniversary of #StarTrek, but also the 30th anniversary of #StarTrekFirstContact, which I am going to be celebrating over at CBR with a series of essays. This first one explains why the Borg were the perfect villains for #FirstContact. www.cbr.com/star-tre...

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 13/09/2026

See my previous post for an in-depth look at the last #Lanterns episode, which goes into the partnership between #HalJordan and #JohnStewart and how the iconic #GreenLantern oath ties into it. Also, check out my weekly episode reviews at the link below! fandomrising.com/tag...

Hal Jordan looking dismayed with John Stewart in the background at his house from Lanterns

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 13/09/2026

So far, #Lanterns is my favorite TV series of the year, and in this essay I talk about how the show's most powerful use of the iconic #GreenLantern oath is when we DON'T hear it. I dig into the amazing dynamic between these #DCU characters. www.cbr.com/hbo-lant...

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Hal Jordan recharging the ring with the green lantern with his arm in a sling seated in a lawn chair in a parking lot from Lanterns

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 03/09/2026

And now for something completely different: Despite all the different definitions of #antihero, I explain why Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder in #Justified is one of Prestige TV's best in a classical sense. Check it out below: www.cbr.com/fx-justi...

Boyd Crowder holding up two pistols in the bar from Justified.

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 03/09/2026

The (Trekkie) People v. Sybok, Joshua M. Patton for the defense, your honor. My latest #StarTrek essay is part of my multi-year series defending #StarTrekV #TheFinalFrontier, specifically the big villain "twist" in that movie. Check it out at the link: www.cbr.com/star-tre...

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 03/09/2026

I dig into that wild last episode of #Laterns, and how all of the changes made to #JohnStewart and #DCComics canon are for the better. Check it out at the link below! www.cbr.com/hbo-lant...

A hand offering John Stewart the power ring from Lanterns

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 03/09/2026

While this is not normally what I'm out here to do, I got an official "scoop" in an interview I did with a #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds guest star, and it has to do with a sequel to #WhatWeDoInTheShadows ten years in the making. Check it out, gang! www.cbr.com/rhys-dar...

The group of werewolves outside at night from What We Do In the Shadows movie film

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 13/08/2026

The animated #BatmanCapedCrusader just improved upon on an iconic pair of scenes from Christopher Nolan's #BatmanBegins. I explain at the link. www.cbr.com/batman-c...

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 13/08/2026

The great #WonderMan is one of the most inventive and impressive #MCU series in years, and #Disney canceling it will go down as one of their biggest streaming fumbles. www.cbr.com/mcu-wond...

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 13/08/2026

The hiatus between #Reacher Seasons 3 and 4 is the longest one since the show debuted in 2022. If you want to catch up what you need to remember, I got you covered. Also, scroll down the timeline to find my review of S4! www.cbr.com/reacher-...

Jack Reacher hanging under a bridge from Reacher on Prime Video

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Joshua M. Patton🖤💛🖖 @joshuampatton.com · 13/08/2026

While it's not my personal favorite #StarTrek movie, there are many reasons to consider Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan the most important movie in the 60-year history of Gene Roddenberry's universe. Check it out and share your reasons the comments! www.cbr.com/reason-w...

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