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Comedy, History, TelevisionTV: The Great (Seasons 1-2)
Hulu’s astonishingly good dark comedy The Great is about (er, sort of) the rise of Catherine the Great and…
March 7, 2022 -
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 -
Film, HistoryFilm: The Favourite
He may have shifted from Greek to English and from unknown actors to Hollywood stars, but perverse director Yorgos…
January 16, 2019 -
FilmFilm: Dark Places
An intriguing central mystery can’t quite elevate Dark Places (2015), a competetent Midwest-set chiller that’s diverting but unremarkable. Libby Day…
November 29, 2015 -
Film, Science FictionFilm – Mad Max: Fury Road
How to articulate my reaction to Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)? Well, on the one hand it’s profoundly stupid.…
June 29, 2015 -
Comics, FilmFilm – X-Men: Days of Future Past
The Xavier-Magneto bromance continues in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Bryan Singer’s second reboot in the franchise. The…
May 26, 2014 -
FilmFilm: X-Men: First Class
For the most part, X-Men: First Class (2011) leaves the original trilogy in the dust. I enjoyed it quite…
June 8, 2011