SNAPSHOTScott Calvin is on the brink of his 65th birthday and realizing that he can’t be Santa forever. He’s starting to lose a step in his Santa duties, and more importantly, he’s got a family who could benefit from a life in the normal world, especially two sons, one that Continue Reading
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Wrapping things up: Thoughts on Only Murders in the Building (S2, E7-10)
With the word “murders” in the title, it’s fair to expect that Only Murders in the Building will spend a reasonable amount of its narrative getting its Agatha Christie in the 21st century on. And it does, in ways that enthrall and delight and in ways which have more than Continue Reading
New Star Wars trailers there are: The Mandalorian (S3) and final Andor trailer
I’m fairly certain there will never not be a time when a new Star Wars trailer, whether it’s for a movie or a TV/streaming show, doesn’t fill me with all kinds of anticipatory thrill. Ever since I saw A Hew Hope, then just good old Star Wars in a small Continue Reading
The next big thing arrives: Thoughts on She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (S1, E 1-4)
Superheroes are, by and large, fairly serious individuals. Fair enough – duty and service, saving the world on a regular basis and a complete dearth of work/life balance would make if difficult for anyone to be too jocular or giddily upbeat, and as for kidding or joking round, especially in Continue Reading
The first flames flicker: Thoughts on House of the Dragon (S1, E1-3)
House of the Dragon, the newly minted prequel to the watercooler-redefining Games of Thrones, is a show that has a considerable amount going for it, replete as it is with political intrigue, the unsentimental viciousness of life at the upper echelons of society, stunningly intriguing characters and a slowly unspooling Continue Reading
The journey begins: Thoughts on Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (S1, E1-2)
We live in a fast age. Want same day delivery? You got it! A plane that zips you from A to B in a hour or so? Of course! Food ordered and handed to you in mere minutes? Well, why the hell not? It’s all very convenient and who among Continue Reading
The greatest adventures are the ones that bring us home: Thoughts on Lost Ollie
Can you hear that? The sound you hear so thunderously and warmheartedly is the massive heart beating at the core of Lost Ollie, a limited four-part series based on the 2016 novel Ollie’s Odyssey by William Joyce, which rips your soul from your body over and over before putting it Continue Reading
Money, money, money: Thoughts on Loot (S1)
It needs to be said right at the start of this review of the entire first season of Loot that Maya Rudolph can do no wrong. To be fair, that inarguably true and definitive statement was likely settled as gospel a good many years before this, but as you watch Loot, currently streaming on Continue Reading
A small surplus of streaming options: Abbott Elementary S2, Wednesday + Pantheon
One of the many good things about the current streaming boom, with its attendant ballooning in content options, is the sheer choice available to us. It’s almost mind boggling how diverse and multitudinous the viewing options are, evidenced by this post which includes a very cleverly-written traditional-style sitcom, a fantastically Continue Reading
Same nerds, new drama: Thoughts on Never Have I Ever (season 3)
You have likely often heard middle-aged people, or those simply disappointed about the state of their lives, sigh and utter the immortal words “High school really is the best time of your life”. For the jocks and popular kids maybe but for those of us bullied to within an inch Continue Reading