Joss Whedon

Toxic Wells of Inspiration

It's been 150 years and still The American Civil War is a hot button issue

2025 Films

The Zombie Apocalypse Makes Parents of Us All - 28 Years Later

More than two decades later and it's still pretty gnarly...

Television

You Can't Take the Skies From Me: Revisiting Joss Whedon's Firefly

20 years ago, it was the great cancellation trauma of the early 00s. Today, accountability culture has (rightly) eclipsed its creator into disgrace. What should be its legacy?

Malazan

Gardens of the Moon Chapters 1-10 - The Sandee Boyz

Our march into the Malazan Book of the Fallen begins...

Television

The Worlds of Joss Whedon - Foundational Texts

What do we do when our heroes let us down?

Martin Scorsese

Circling Around Themes

With a long enough filmography, recurring fascinations emerge...

Blank Check

I caught up on Blank Check!

2.5 years and 400 films later...

Los Angeles

On Los Angeles...

We'll be back to regularly scheduled programing on Friday, but first...

Television

Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* and the Waning of American Cultural Hegemony

Does the world still want what America is peddling?

Television

The Intersection of Art & Commerce - Hacks Season 4

HBO Max's hit comedy explores a timeworn theme...

Episode Reviews

June Check-in

A grab bag to kick off the month and see how things are going...

Episode Reviews

"The Reality War" - Doctor Who s15e08 Review

It's been an absolute joy... but... reality has a way of mucking with that.

Television

[Adjective]-able Characters - The Last of Us Season 2

Ellie's vengeance trip to Seattle is a gruesome, blood-soaked road to hell. And it's only half the story...

Television

LOST - Foundational Texts

I'll always go back...

Episode Reviews

"Wish World" - Doctor Who s15e07 Review

The Rani's big bold play starts at midnight...

2025 Films

Live Together, Die Alone - Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

For Ethan Hunt, it takes a village.

Movies

Sometimes Audiences Know

The fascinating flop that was Joker Folie a Deux

Episode Reviews

"The Interstellar Song Contest" - Doctor Who s15e06 Review

The parade of classic series returnees continues...

Television

Small Actions Become a Cascading Avalanche: Star Wars's Cassian Andor Prequel Trilogy

The Empire's greatest strength is a weakness the Rebellion exploits

Television

Have Stories Gotten Too Long?

Or is it just our insatiable appetite telling us we're perpetually hungry?

Episode Reviews

"The Story & the Engine" - Doctor Who s15e05 Review

Gods, Monsters, & a Giant Spider? Must be Saturday...

Pendragon

The Pendragon Series by D.J. MacHale - Foundational Texts

Sometimes, you should never meet your heroes

Superheroes

Thunderbolts*: Marvel's Old Habits Try To Build Something New - Review

With the final film of Phase Five, Marvel is doing the Herculean effort of dragging the MCU back onto the tracks

Episode Reviews

"Lucky Day" - Doctor Who s15e04 Review

RTD's war on the culture war continues...

Criterion Challenge

The May 2025 Check-in

A month is gone, a month is here. What is/was in store?