One Thing I Love About Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Much of Brand New Day feels like it was made specifically for lifelong fans of the comics, but it still works for those of us who weren’t. (No spoilers but caution advised)
Ghostwatch, or, The Pipes, the Pipes are Calling
The notorious BBC Halloween stunt about a family finding a strange man in their glory hole
Ruining the Mystique of the Coen Brothers
Reconsidering O Brother, Where Art Thou? as an actual adaptation of The Odyssey, instead of just making fun of the audacity of adapting The Odyssey
One Thing I Like About The Odyssey
The thing I like most about The Odyssey is what it shows us about interpretation, adaptation, and the whole idea of “a definitive version.” (Spoilers)
“Overpriced” Notebooks, “Hipster GameBoys,” and Your Abrasive Brand Ambassador
A repentent Gen X-er balances his sincere love of small businesses with a need to be cynical and suspicious of everything
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Once Upon a Black Rainbow
Two tunes celebrating St Vincent’s fairy tale take on repression and depression
Literacy 2026: Book 5: Strange Pictures
“The Japanese Mystery-Horror Sensation” about sinister messages hidden in drawings
Farm Girl Has Weird Dream
Internet fun with movies made even more boring
Ha-ha, gottem! (Round 12 of 13,768)
A friendly reminder to anyone who’s been left lost and wandering through the zeitgeist after winning the most recent culture war
Literacy 2026: Book 4: The Ending Writes Itself
The “meta thriller” debut novel from Evelyn Clarke about authors trapped on a secluded island competing to write the best ending
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Swiftly Flow the Days
Two tunes warning John Mayer’s urethra not to come creeping ’round my back stairs
My pens!
Speed-running through a new fixation on fountain pens, which are supposed to be all about slowing down