Movie Review From March 19, 2021: The phrase “Black Messiah” is used only once in Shaka King’s “Judas and the Black Messiah,” but its use...

Movie Review From February 12, 2021: There is a certain liberation to not having any standards, cataclysmic failure freeing you from all...

Movie Review From October 30, 2020: In 1968, ten thousand demonstrators gathered in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention...

TV Show Review From October 16, 2020: Netflix’s “The Haunting of Bly Manor” was cursed from its very conception. The show is the second...

TV Show Review From September 25, 2020: Ryan Murphy fascinates me. As someone who appreciates well-crafted narratives and gripping...

TV Show Review From September 11, 2020: Lost in the glow of “Better Call Saul” and “Breaking Bad,” AMC’s forgotten child, “The Terror,”...

Movie Review From January 31, 2020: A unique storytelling gimmick is a tricky thing for a film to rely on, as it can either enhance the...

Movie Review From November 8, 2019: There seem to be two schools of thought around addressing Hitler and Nazism in the media. You can use...

Movie Review From October 25, 2019: There is an important scene midway through the first “Zombieland” movie that I think sheds light on...

Movie Review From October 18, 2019: Good stories end. Bad stories wither away. It seems to be an almost universal experience in...

Movie Review From October 4, 2019: If you have never watched “Invader Zim,” then I am sorry to inform you that you have missed out and...

Movie Review From September 20, 2019: “Steven Universe” is a show with the premise of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and the execution of...

Book Review from September 6, 2019: “The Affair of the Mysterious Letter” is a very boring title for a mystery novel. It is up there with...