Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Television
TV: The Big Door Prize (Season 1)
Panning for gold in the streams of streaming, one could be forgiven for overlooking The Big Door Prize, given…
May 21, 2023
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, TelevisionTV: John from Cincinnati
Like most of the universe, I missed the train on John from Cincinnati, a one-season failure from co-creators Kem…
February 25, 2023
Comedy, Comics, TelevisionTV: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (Season 1)
On the one hand, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law playfully confronts the irradiated green elephant in the MCU’s room: its…
October 14, 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
FictionCollection: Middle Men by Jim Gavin
I loved Jim Gavin’s collection Middle Men, which isn’t surprising, although it is surprising how intense the conceptual continuity…
March 20, 2022
Comedy, Drama, Mystery, TelevisionTV: Search Party (Seasons 1-4)
Sometimes what starts as a glorious binge ends as the dutiful act of a completist. Such was my journey…
May 31, 2021
Fiction, TelevisionNovel: Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
Interior Chinatown (2020) is Charles Yu’s fourth novel, but it took seeing his name in the credits of Lodge…
May 16, 2021
Fantasy, FilmFilm: Under the Silver Lake
I can’t say I whole-heartedly loved Under the Silver Lake (2018), but for me it was the perfect film…
August 17, 2020
Fantasy, Television, WritingLightspeed Review: Lodge 49
Not many shows have captured my heart quite so thoroughly as Lodge 49, a smart, funny, thought-provoking series that…
April 23, 2020
Fantasy, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Television, WritingNew Review in the April 2020 Lightspeed
The latest issue of Lightspeed launched today, and it features another contribution from me: a new media review about AMC’s beautiful,…
April 1, 2020