Who is Don Draper…at home? In “Marriage of Figaro,” we find the first real experimentation of Mad Men‘s formula, specifically as it relates to two halves of Don’s life at constant conflict with one another. Pete Campbell returns from his…
Mad Men Men Pilot: ‘Smoke Gets in Your Eyes’ [Podcast]
The year is 1960. Sorry, 2022. Three men who are mad about Mad Men are smoking herbal cigarettes and getting a little chatty about one of the greatest television dramas of all time. We begin with the show’s pilot, of course, titled…
‘Wild Mountain Thyme’ review: Romance is lost amid inconsistent storytelling
Wild Mountain Thyme is a wildly imbalanced ride from start to finish. It begins with scenic views of Ireland: gorgeous green meadows settling into the foreground of a serene countryside. The calmness is quickly interrupted by a voiceover from Christopher…
Good Omens Review: David Tennant and Michael Sheen Are BFFs, Here to Save the World
In Amazon’s Good Omens, the concept of good and evil is flipped on its head. In fact, the original sin, when Eve bites into the apple in the Garden of Eden, might have actually been a good thing. Or so…
Bad Times at the El Royale Movie Review: Drew Goddard’s Neo-Noir Thriller is a Mostly Good Time
There are myriad things to which one could compare Drew Goddard’s Bad Times at the El Royale: a LEGO set, for all its pieces that are meant to come together in the end, a process that usually requires the assembler…
Beirut Movie Review: A Film Filled with Stereotypes
I was excited upon first hearing about this film. A film called Beirut! So it’ll be about Lebanese people during the height of their civil war? No. A film about Palestinian refugees, perhaps, living in Beirut? No. A film about…
The 5 Best Episodes of Mad Men
From the moment a blank silhouette first came tumbling down in a cityscape free-dive in an oft-imitated credits scene, Mad Men grabbed its viewers by the collar and guided them along what would become an eight-year journey freckled with a…