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  • Glass Onion and the Post-Whodunnit Detective Story
    Thursday, December 1, 2022

    Glass Onion and the Post-Whodunnit Detective Story

    Movies

    Glass Onion is fantastic, a thoroughly contemporary satirical comedy that also feels like a comfortable, old-fashioned murder mystery

  • Black Adam, or, Welcome To The Rock
    Tuesday, November 29, 2022

    Black Adam, or, Welcome To The Rock

    Movies

    Black Adam seems like what you would get if you made a movie out of The Rock

  • Four Things I Like About Midnight Mass
    Monday, October 17, 2022

    Four Things I Like About Midnight Mass

    One Thing I Like, Television

    Mike Flanagan’s horror series for Netflix are so thoughtful and ambitious that even the ones that don’t work for me are still fascinating. Spoilers for the entire series.

  • Friday, October 14, 2022

    Literacy 2022: Book 12: Raising Steam

    Books, Literacy 2022

    The last “grown-up” Discworld novel affectionately leaves its characters with comfortable lives in a world that’s changing for the better

  • One Thing I Love About the She-Hulk Finale
    Friday, October 14, 2022

    One Thing I Love About the She-Hulk Finale

    Marvel, One Thing I Like, Television

    She-Hulk literally delivers its mission statement directly to the camera, but still manages to leave all of its implications for the audience to figure out. Lots of spoilers for the series.

  • One Thing I Like About Werewolf By Night
    Sunday, October 9, 2022

    One Thing I Like About Werewolf By Night

    Marvel, Movies, One Thing I Like

    Werewolf By Night wasn’t quite as bold as I’d been hoping for, but it pushed the limits of what you can do within the MCU

  • I, Too, Am An Adult With Very Strong Opinions About Mario Mario
    Thursday, October 6, 2022

    I, Too, Am An Adult With Very Strong Opinions About Mario Mario

    Movies, Videogames

    Lazy dunking on casting Chris Pratt has revealed something I never fully appreciated about the franchise

  • Tuesday, October 4, 2022

    Haven’t Got Time for Immortality

    Storytelling, Videogames

    Immortality is both a masterwork and a frustrating example of the limitations of interactive storytelling. Spoilers within.

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