TV: Stumptown (Season 1)
ABC’s Stumptown, one of the few shows I follow weekly in this era of season-long binging, recently concluded its terrific freshman year. While it jetted through an 18-episode run with …
Film: Spider-Man: Far From Home
Considering the apparent “finality” of Avengers: Endgame, it’s easy to forget that the closing film of the MCU’s third phase is actually Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019). It’s an enjoyable, …
Comics Roundup 2019
The glut of superhero content in movies and TV has diminished my bandwidth for comic books lately, but I still dip my toes in now and then. My most recent …
Film: They Came Together
The formulaic Hollywood rom-com gets a satirical skewering in They Came Together (2014), an uneven but generally funny affair leveraging an impressive cast of Burning Love, Parks and Recreation, and …
Film: The Avengers
While I enjoyed the run-up of Marvel solo movies, for me the characters involved — especially Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor — were Avengers first and individual heroes second. …