Daniel Chin

DC’s bet on ‘The Penguin’ paid off. Will the studio place an even bigger bet by constructing two live-action Batman narratives at once?

Jomi and Steve are joined by Daniel Chin to dive into ‘Alien: Romulus’ and ‘Watchmen: Chapter I’

Following its acclaimed Sundance debut, ‘Dìdi’ is hitting movie theaters nationwide. Director Sean Wang explains how it captures coming of age, the Asian American experience, and the late-aughts internet.

The unlikely pair of heroes is being asked to lead the MCU going forward

House of the Dragon is back, and the Dance of the Dragons is underway. The Targaryen war of succession will come down to control—who can control their impulses, their sycophants, and, yes, their dragons. With each passing episode, The Ringer will examine how Westeros’s key players are aligning their pieces on the board. As the saying goes, chaos can be a ladder. Welcome to the House of the Dragon power rankings. The most hated man in Westeros just keeps winning. As hesitant as I am to bestow thi…

Through the first few episodes of X-Men ’97, the revival appeared to be a worthy successor to X-Men: The Animated Series, infusing nostalgia for the beloved Saturday morning cartoon into a fresh take on Marvel’s popular mutant heroes. Much like its predecessor, X-Men ’97 could provide emotional, character-driven stories with healthy portions of thrilling action sequences for a fun watch that could be experienced in under 30 minutes. And then the fifth episode aired. Episode 5, “Remember It,” beg…

In the Season 1 finale of Invincible, Omni-Man nearly kills Invincible at the end of a catastrophic conflict that’s televised across the world. His eyes bloodshot and filled with rage, Nolan Grayson is mere punches away from beating his own son to death in the snowy peaks of a remote mountain range. But Nolan stops and looks down at his bloodied hands in shame and confusion before flying off into the depths of space, leaving Mark behind. Eight episodes later, the Season 2 finale, which premiered…

The 76-episode run of X-Men: The Animated Series ends on a bittersweet note. In the 1997 series finale, “Graduation Day,” Professor Charles Xavier is nearly killed by Henry Gyrich. His only chance to be saved is distant alien technology, so he leaves Earth and his beloved X-Men to travel to the far reaches of space. The episode ends with a touching farewell between Xavier and his students (along with Xavier’s longtime frenemy Magneto), but it’s also an abrupt cliff-hanger conclusion to a story t…

The 21st-century New York Knicks have not exactly been a model for consistency in the NBA. Since a miraculous run in the 1999 playoffs brought them within just three wins of their first championship since 1973, the Knicks have made it past the first round only three times. Despite being one of the NBA’s highest-spending teams, in one of its most attractive markets, New York has missed the playoffs 16 times since 2001. During that time, the organization has cycled through 11 head coaches and eigh…

In 1975, author James Clavell published Shogun, a historical fiction novel set in feudal Japan. To say that the bestselling novel was a hit would be an understatement. In Learning From Shogun: Japanese History and Western Fantasy, a 1980 collection of essays examining the book’s educational significance, professor Henry Smith wrote: “In sheer quantity, Shogun has probably conveyed more information about Japan to more people than all the combined writings of scholars, journalists, and novelists s…