Finally understanding my problems with Fantasy
A few years ago, I was sitting on a train talking to the second-most-interesting person I’ve ever met: a guy who had some genuinely compelling story about...
An Old Tale from Way Back When (That I’ll Sing Again and Again)
In the second meeting between Paul Mezcal’s William Shakespeare and Jessie Buckley’s Agnes Soon-To-Be-Shakespeare-I-Guess depicted in Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet,...
The Oscars and I Shouldn't Share a Platform
So the biggest story in Entertainment today is the announcement that starting in 2029, in its 101st year, the Oscars will not just be available on streaming...
When Your Fun Murder Mystery Gets God In It
Some of my reviews assume you’ve seen the movie and talk openly about the whole dang thing. This one does not. I don’t like how much time I spend thinking...
How should I feel being daine's #82 fan?
Getting the woke shit out of the way: Spotify bad, but I’ve been paying for other people's subscriptions for years through a family plan, and most will not...
The Friends We Make Just for a Day
A month and a half ago, I spent a day with a woman I had never seen before and will almost certainly never see again. It was a great day – among the best of...