
TV: Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities
If there’s a defining drawback to Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, it may be the way it cherishes…
January 16, 2023If there’s a defining drawback to Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, it may be the way it cherishes…
January 16, 2023The long-delayed third season of Atlanta just ended, a good four years after the series’ renewal, and unsurprisingly it’s…
May 30, 2022When it comes to thrillers, it’s hard to imagine a more “peak nineties” film than The Game (1997), which…
September 6, 2021While their mastery of legal drama (The Good Wife, The Good Fight) is more adept than their grasp of…
January 24, 2021Hulu’s Monsterland is another welcome entry in the current resurgence of speculative anthology series, joining the likes of Philip…
October 11, 2020Vivarium (2019) isn’t a film that generates high expectations, but ultimately shapes up into something memorable, a tale of…
July 27, 2020Looking back on The Vast of Night (2019), one could reflect that it is both a modest, low-budget effort…
June 18, 2020The first season of Counterpart wowed me with its high-concept, genre-fusing premise and polished, immersive execution. It also raised…
February 22, 2020My latest Lightspeed media review went live this morning. The genre anthology series is making a comeback lately, and…
September 19, 2019How is it September already? Even as I’m rubbing the morning sleep-dirt out of my eyes, I’ve awoken to…
September 1, 2019Consider me among the many who were surprised and excited about the new Netflix series Love Death + Robots,…
April 1, 2019Part beaten-to-death Twilight Zone premise, part third-rate Hitchcock knockoff, The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970) is a quirky, colorful…
September 13, 2017The gut-punching bleakness of brilliant SF anthology series Black Mirror may leave some viewers seeking a lighter, breezier alternative.…
August 14, 2017Several months ago, it struck me that my knowledge of The Twilight Zone — which is surely one of…
June 18, 2017Is it possible for art to be highly derivative and still feel wholly original? Look no further, perhaps, than…
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