Comics, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Television
TV: 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-
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Drama, TelevisionRewatching The Wire
It’s been twenty years since The Wire debuted, and while its legacy may be eclipsed by more popular shows…
June 18, 2022 -
Fantasy, Horror, Television, ThrillerTV: Cracow Monsters (Season 1)
I wouldn’t say I whole-heartedly enjoyed Netflix’s Cracow Monsters, a supernatural horror series from Poland, but it’s one of…
April 24, 2022 -
Non-Fiction, TelevisionNon-Fiction: I Like to Watch by Emily Nussbaum
Good television criticism makes me want to up my game; the best television criticism makes me want to hang…
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Comics, FilmFilm: X-Men: Dark Phoenix
It’s perhaps indicative of how low my emotional investment is in the X-Men franchise that I started X-Men: Dark…
March 10, 2021 -
Fantasy, Science Fiction, TelevisionThe Great Buffy-Angel Rewatch
Recently — well, over the course of several months — I engaged in an epic, threaded rewatch of Joss…
October 17, 2018 -
Fantasy, Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: iZombie (Season 3)
There’s something comforting about the throwback rhythms of iZombie, a show that lives quite pleasantly in the transitional zone…
September 24, 2017 -
TelevisionTV: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Season 1)
It took some convincing for me to watch the CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, but after plying me with hilarious YouTube…
November 7, 2016 -
Non-Fiction, TelevisionNon-Fiction: The Revolution Was Televised by Alan Sepinwall
I remember reading Alan Sepinwall’s NYPD Blue episode-by-episode reviews back when the Internet was young. He’s since gone on…
March 25, 2014 -
Comics, Fantasy, Fiction, Science FictionNovel: Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson
One of the best graphic novels I’ve read since getting back into comics was Cairo, a Middle Eastern fantasy…
July 12, 2013 -
Comedy, Film, HorrorFilm: Jennifer’s Body
And now to the tonal disaster that is Jennifer’s Body (2009), a coming-of-age horror kludge that’s part dark comedy,…
May 18, 2011 -
Comics, TelevisionFray, X-Men, Dollhouse
After years away from the format, I feel like an inexpert judge of comic books, but lately I’ve been…
November 12, 2009 -
Science Fiction, TelevisionFurther Thoughts on Dollhouse
It looks like Dollhouse has been renewed for a second, 13-episode season. Some will disagree with me, but I…
May 17, 2009 -
Fantasy, Film, HorrorFilm: Night Watch
Night Watch (2004), a dark urban fantasy from Russia, has been half on my radar for a while now,…
May 10, 2009