Science Fiction, Television
TV: Westworld (Seasons 1-3)
As a property, Westworld had enough things going against it for me – a reboot of an iffy 1970s…
January 23, 2022-
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Comics, FilmFilm: Thor: Ragnarok
In an uneven MCU franchise, Thor: Ragnarok (2017) arrives as the most clever and entertaining entry, thanks to a…
December 4, 2017 -
Comics, FilmFilm: Thor: The Dark World
Of all the Avengers franchise characters, Thor is probably the least interesting, but Thor: The Dark World (2013) is…
November 12, 2013 -
FilmFilm: Hitchcock
Like the highly similar HBO film The Girl — a project I’m finding it hard not to compare this…
April 17, 2013 -
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Film, Spies, Spy 100 ProjectSpy 100, #33: The Looking Glass War
In the introduction to John leCarré’s The Looking Glass War, the author recounts how it was written in the…
March 3, 2012 -
Comics, Fantasy, Film, Science FictionFilm: Thor
When I collected comics back in the 1980s, I was a huge Avengers fan, so I’ve been following the…
May 8, 2011