Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction
Novel: Rabbits by Terry Miles
Terry Miles’ Rabbits (2021) is definitely my kind of book: a fast-paced, inventive adventure full of secret realities and…
January 22, 2023-
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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…
January 16, 2023 -
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…
January 16, 2023 -
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, FilmFilm: Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022) is one of those rare films where…
December 26, 2022 -
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, TelevisionTV: The Good Fight (Season 6)
Can it be possible we’ve seen the last of Christine Baranski’s bravura turn as complex feminist lawyer Diane Lockhart?…
November 16, 2022 -
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, TelevisionTV: Atlanta (Season 4)
It’s sad to say goodbye to Atlanta, a brilliant show that changed television, but it’s also good to see…
November 13, 2022 -
Comedy, Comics, Fantasy, Film, Science FictionFilm: Thor: Love and Thunder
After bemoaning my frustrating inability to connect with massively popular properties like The Sandman, here comes Thor: Love and…
September 18, 2022 -
Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, TelevisionTV: What We Do in the Shadows (Season 4)
What We Do in the Shadows cooks along through its fourth season, and if the strains of premise fatigue…
September 18, 2022 -
Comics, Fantasy, Horror, TelevisionTV: The Sandman (Season 1)
Certain widely beloved properties and creators in the science fiction and fantasy genre have never entirely connected with me.…
September 16, 2022 -
Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, TelevisionTV: Evil (Seasons 2 & 3)
Evil didn’t start out my favorite Michelle and Robert King project, but its stock is rising. It’s developed into…
September 8, 2022 -
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, TelevisionTV: The Resort (Season 1)
In an incredible year of television, it’s impossible not to notice the pattern: the shows that speak to my…
September 3, 2022 -
Fantasy, Fiction, Science FictionNovel: The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
The previous novels in N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy played deft tricks with narrative, alternating viewpoints in clever, deceptive…
August 5, 2022 -
Comics, Fantasy, Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: Ms. Marvel (Season 1)
In the mid-2010s – “the Teens,” the “Tennies,” are we calling that decade anything yet? – I went through…
July 18, 2022 -
Animation, Fantasy, FilmFilm: Encanto
While it doesn’t have particularly good control of its messaging, Disney’s Encanto (2021) is a gorgeously animated film with…
June 27, 2022 -
Comics, Fantasy, Film, HorrorFilm: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
The only problem with Doctor Strange as a character is that, well, he just isn’t all that interesting. Fortunately,…
June 24, 2022