Piranesi March 1, 2023I’ve truly gotten out of the habit of reading. And on some level this makes me sad. It’s...
Black Box October 25, 2022I feel like there are at least 400 movies entitled Black Box. Turns out there aren’t quite that...
TV Catch-Up: 2020-2021 July 7, 2022I can’t possibly review every show I watch. I have a job. And a little bit of self...
Control: Ultimate Edition May 17, 2022I cannot honestly call myself a “gamer.” But after playing Control, I think I might become one. This...
Soulmates: Season 1 April 6, 2022For a review of Soulmates, I might as well send you over to my The One review. It’s...
Little Fires Everywhere February 23, 2022I’m wondering: did we need this? This family melodrama that feels like premium television in the vein of...
Promising Young Woman December 2, 2021I think I may be a broken film watcher. While most people would watch Promising Young Woman and...
Alone: Season 7 September 21, 2021I’m not really a watch-people-eat-gross-shit-in-the-wilderness kind of television viewer. So it’s not a surprise that I overlooked the...
The Hunt September 20, 2021There was a time when “message” movies were subtle. Social commentary was subtext. Or whatever that word is...
Schitt$ Creek: Seasons 1 – 6 September 9, 2021So, we really like this show, do we? There wasn’t a week that went by that I wasn’t...
Synchronic June 26, 2021There are films that clearly spawned from a two-sentence pitch after which the creators looked at each other...
Tenet May 24, 2021There are so many things about Tenet that have Mr. Hipster written all over them. With eight films,...
Loudermilk: Seasons 1 – 3 May 16, 2021I’m trying to decide what the audience is for super-low-concept shows like Loudermilk. Which, ironically, aired on the...
The Boys: Seasons 1 & 2 April 2, 2021I’d stayed away from The Boys for a minute because I understood it to be a dark, violent,...
Heavyweight March 23, 2021There’s nothing people love more than a redemption story. And that’s mostly what Heavyweight is about. Small tales...
The Sister March 7, 2021Someone sat there in a creative brainstorming session and was like, “I know, man. Let’s just call it...
Industry: Season 1 February 26, 2021I watched Ms. Hipster work in finance for years. They even filmed scenes in Wall Street: Money Never...
The Flight Attendant: Season 1 February 16, 2021This show feels very much like a bunch of late 2010s trendy genres all mashed up into one...