TV: Mrs. Davis
One has to admire the sheer chutzpah of Mrs. Davis, an unlikely contraption that one …
Film: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
By now, the MCU has lost most of its capacity for surprise, so the most …
TV: The Rig (Season 1)
Given the current glut of quality content in the world, one shouldn’t go out of …
Novella: The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older
While The Mimicking of Known Successes (2023) isn’t precise wheelhouse reading for me, it’s still …
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Film: How It Ends
Future media historians writing about film production from the COVID-19 pandemic will find a perfect …
Novel: Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Chuck Wendig tackles the apocalypse in Wanderers (2019), a massive, multifaceted page turner that mixes …
TV: The Peripheral (Season 1)
An odd takeaway from season one of The Peripheral: while recognizably based on a William …
Film: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Nobody was happier than I was when Marvel started to conquer Hollywood, but it’s been …
Novel: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
I missed the hullabaloo surrounding Susanna Clarke’s debut, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, which didn’t …
TV: Alice in Borderland (Season 1 & 2)
Whenever a series escalates into a truly obsessive binge for me, I start questioning whether …
Novel: Rabbits by Terry Miles
Terry Miles’ Rabbits (2021) is definitely my kind of book: a fast-paced, inventive adventure full …
TV: Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities
If there’s a defining drawback to Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, it may be …
Film: Don’t Worry Darling
Early on, it didn’t seem likely to me that Don’t Worry Darling (2022)—a major release …
TV: Shining Girls
Based on the novel by Lauren Beukes, Shining Girls is another accomplished effort from Apple, …