Fantasy, Fiction
Novella: The Jade Setter of Janloon by Fonda Lee
The Green Bone Saga is one of my favorite series, immersive, compelling, and straight-up entertaining. The trilogy must have…
February 6, 2023-
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Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: 1899
It’s easy to see why Netflix’s 1899 was green-lit. A complex, period mystery box set on a ship, from…
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Comedy, TelevisionTV: The Sex Lives of College Girls (Seasons 1 & 2)
Having enjoyed previous Mindy Kaling projects, I, well, still wasn’t particularly interested in The Sex Lives of College Girls,…
February 6, 2023 -
Comics, Science Fiction, Television, ThrillerTV: Alice in Borderland (Season 1 & 2)
Whenever a series escalates into a truly obsessive binge for me, I start questioning whether it’s actually a great…
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Comedy, Drama, TelevisionTV: Dead to Me (Season 3)
Who needs protagonists with the moral high ground? Not Dead to Me, a winning dark comedy that turned its…
January 28, 2023 -
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Fantasy, Fiction, Science FictionNovel: Rabbits by Terry Miles
Terry Miles’ Rabbits (2021) is definitely my kind of book: a fast-paced, inventive adventure full of secret realities and…
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Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities
If there’s a defining drawback to Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, it may be the way it cherishes…
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Comedy, Fantasy, FilmFilm – Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons
A loopy, cartoonish trailer lured me to Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013), a comedic fantasy based…
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Comedy, TelevisionTV: Derry Girls (Season 3)
The concluding season of Derry Girls is a fucking delight. This will surprise nobody who enjoyed the earlier run,…
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Spies, TelevisionTV: Tehran (Season 2)
While Apple’s Israeli-produced, Iran-set thriller Tehran is by no means as impressive as its hit spy series Slow Horses,…
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Comedy, TelevisionTV: Mythic Quest (Season 3)
The third season of Mythic Quest remains an amusing, effortlessly watched entry in Apple’s catalogue, even if it doesn’t…
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Film, Science Fiction, ThrillerFilm: Don’t Worry Darling
Early on, it didn’t seem likely to me that Don’t Worry Darling (2022)—a major release that saw as much…
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Life, WritingPressing Reset in 2022
You wouldn’t know it from reading previous year-end whinges on this blog, but I love this time of year.…
December 31, 2022 -
Fiction, Spies, Television, ThrillerTV: Slow Horses (Season 2)
In year chock-full of wonderful shows, Apple’s Slow Horses, based on the intricate, funny spy novels of Mick Herron,…
December 31, 2022