Better Call Saul
Better Call Saul is a masterfully executed tale of social order, crime, and ennui. If you haven’t seen it yet, you’re doing yourself a disservice. While the series stands on its own and does not necessarily need to be compared to Breaking Bad (nor does one need to have watched Breaking Bad to enjoy it, though it’s certainly another […]
In Brief — Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Glass Onion is a fun movie, but the mystery began to seem less and less clever the farther I walked home from the theater. Benoit Blanc is an incredibly charismatic character (I could probably watch Daniel Craig do that for hours), and Edward Norton is a great cast, but Janelle Monáe’s character easily stole the […]
Star Trek: Picard S01–02
Picard is an exciting yet ultimately disappointing show. After watching the core trilogy of shows from the 90’s (The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager) and Star Trek movies 1–10, it was extremely refreshing to see a fully modern Star Trek show. The difference is night and day: Picard takes itself quite seriously, and presents […]
Star Trek 7–10 (TNG films)
After finishing the great trilogy of Star Trek TV series—The Next Generation (TNG), Deep Space Nine, and Voyager—I set out on watching all mainline Star Trek films (i.e., the first ten, which excludes J.J. Abrams’ prequel reboot series) prior to beginning Picard, as that is the first property to continue forward in the Star Trek […]
Barry S03
Barry is among the best shows on American TV right now, which is a very short list. Season one was amazing, two somehow topped that, and the third is now easily the best. It is not the funniest season—though it is still incredibly funny—and it is certainly not the lightest, but it is extremely gripping. […]
Stranger Things S04
The fourth season of Stranger Things was mostly quite fun and entertaining, but this season was soured for me by some messy mechanics, particularly in the finale. The highs were well done, though more in a slop TV sort of way than in a smart way (a departure from the show’s extremely tight first season), […]