I haven’t seen any establishment articles written on it yet, but I believe the era known as Peak TV ended in 2019. …

I didn’t see the first Venom. “Turd rolling down the street.” I’m not paying someone for that.

12 year olds will love this movie, as intended. The audience was all parents with kids and they seemed enthralled.

This is a dumb, violent, PG-13 flick that makes really good use of…

I’ll still be around on Medium, but I’m going to start re-posting new drafts of my short stories on my Substack here.

The MCU is a feat to behold. It’s reached the point where it’s formulaic, but the formula is so perfect so you don’t really care. They are a genre all their own, much like martial arts films or westerns. And they keep bringing in new things, adding freshness onto the…

This was better than the other two Suicide Squad movies, but we all know that’s not saying much. James Gunn doesn’t quite capture the light-hearted soul he did with the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie, but he does elevate the material from crap to decent enough.

It’s a shame…

I’m a big fan of David Lowery, and I’ve recently realized I don’t know exactly why. I still haven’t seen Ain’t Them Bodies Saints. I thought Pete’s Dragon was all right for what it was, though I’ve heard other people refer to it as “abysmal”. I appreciated what he tried…

The best films are ones that surprise you with their brilliance. Pig is special. It features an old lion returning to form and a wicked new talent born into the public consciousness. I will remember where I was and how I felt upon seeing this for the first time.

Go…

I didn’t really know who Anthony Bourdain was till he died. I was aware of him, but never watched anything he’d done save his cameo in The Big Short. After he passed I spent that summer watching Parts Unknown and really enjoyed it.

Bourdain was good at what he did…