This has been a year full of strange TV, and with trippy shows like Legion, American Gods, and Twin Peaks dominating much of the cultural discussion, one of the very strangest series on TV (streaming, actually) continues to go almost…
Movie Review: The Journey Ditches Ideology in Favor of Sentimentality
The Journey isn’t a “bad” film. Neither is it particularly good. The film tells the kinda-sorta true story of avowed-political-enemies-turned-best-of-friends Ian Paisley (Timothy Spall) and Martin McGuinness (Colm Meaney) and serves as a showcase for its two leads. Spall in…
For Your Consideration: The Carmichael Show
It isn’t shocking that The Carmichael Show falls by the wayside in the “TV-of-2017” conversation. It’s a multi-cam sitcom in which a family sits around and argues about things. Not exactly American Gods or Stranger Things, or even Silicon Valley.…
The Book of Henry is Both a Great and Terrible Movie
Minor spoilers for The Book of Henry ahead. But, really, do you care? You do not. Here’s the thing about discovering that you’ll be reviewing The Book of Henry days after its theatrical release: there’s not much to say about it…
Review: Netflix’s Oh, Hello on Broadway
Would you like to be annoyed by two giddy comedians for the better part of two hours? Boy, do I ever have a treat for you – it’s Oh, Hello on Broadway on Netflix! I have never particularly liked Gil…
The Film Canon: Spider-Man 2 (2004)
What a world of difference there is between the superhero blockbuster of today and the superhero blockbuster of 2004. What a vast, vast world of difference. Consider some of the best superhero films of recent memory – Logan, Guardians of…
Movie Review: Shimmer Lake
I wrote my first screenplay a few years back, having just discovered and fallen in love with filmmakers the likes of Quentin Tarantino and the Coen Brothers. The script was called “The Assistant” and told the story of the henchman…
