The Age Of The Antihero Will Never End
Spoilers for Steven Universe and The Shield. I saw a meme recently that put Rose…
Celebrating the Living: Mike Genovese
I said yesterday that you could do a single episode of Star Trek and coast…
Attention Must Be Paid: Grace Lee Whitney
Grace Lee Whitney’s son, Jonathan Dweck, wants her to be remembered as a survivor of…
Disney Byways: Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse
It’s not that the Tarzan makeover of the treehouse is bad, exactly, though I think…
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY Is Mostly, But Not Always, Yar
I have a friend whose mother didn’t want him exposed to American culture. (He’s half-Japanese;…
Yoda and the Art of Making the Unreal Real
An umpteenth viewing of Return of the Jedi on May the Fourth inspired a number…
Stuff My Kids Watch: LUNA PETUNIA, Yet Another Magical Girl
Honestly, one of the reasons I’m writing about this show is that my son’s best…
To Dust We Return: Persia on THE GRAPES OF WRATH in a Pandemic
From the perspective of 2020, it’s hard to believe how quickly John Steinbeck’s novel The…
Year of the Month: The Transcendent Kitsch of THE THIEF OF BAGDAD
It should be no secret by now that I’m a great lover of kitsch, of…
Double Feature: The Office VS Brooklyn 99
Normally, these double features aren’t literally putting the two stories into competition, just comparing and…