Comedy, Comics, Television
TV: 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
Drama, Film, MysteryFilm: Destroyer
If you haven’t heard the news, crime doesn’t pay. Okay, bit of a cheap shot there, but this is…
February 28, 2022
Science Fiction, Television, ThrillerTV: Orphan Black (Season 5)
I gradually grew disinterested by Orphan Black in its middle seasons. Even so, Tatiana Maslany and the crew had…
April 2, 2019
Film, Science Fiction, ThrillerFilm: What Happened to Monday
Netflix-original film What Happened to Monday (2017) scores more points for its deft deployment of Noomi Rapace in an…
October 9, 2017
Drama, Science Fiction, Television, ThrillerTV: Orphan Black (Season 4)
Somewhere along the way, Orphan Black went from a show I was genuinely enthusiastic about to one I merely…
September 23, 2017
Film, Science Fiction, TelevisionFilm(ish): Parallels
Don’t be fooled: Parallels (2015) isn’t a movie. It’s a repurposed, half-successful proof of concept for a TV series that didn’t…
December 12, 2015
Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: Orphan Black (Season 3)
In my last review of this series, I was concerned an over-reliance on structural complexity and shock value might…
August 19, 2015
Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: Orphan Black (Season 2)
Orphan Black was such a home run for me out of the gates that I should have expected a…
August 11, 2014
Mystery, Science Fiction, Television, ThrillerTV: Orphan Black (Season 1)
The first season of Orphan Black is must-see science fiction television, an intelligent and complex mix of suspense, drama,…
August 8, 2013