Sep 13, 2022 What’s the deal with The Rings of Power’s opening credits? The series’ opening credits are a clever, and meaningful, Tolkien deep cut.
Sep 1, 2022 Review Roundup: Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Critics respond to the first two episodes of Amazon’s billion-dollar adaptation of Tolkien’s works.
Sep 1, 2022 September 2022’s Best Streaming Titles: Abbott Elementary, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Fight Club Elementary school comedy, a return to Middle-earth, a galaxy far, far away, Tyler Durden, and more.
Aug 29, 2022 Character Flaws and the “Final Frontier” How Star Trek dropped the ball by making its characters a little too perfect.
Aug 24, 2022 The Televangelists: Freaks and Geeks Offers a Thoughtful and Hilarious Look at High School Freaks and Geeks deserves all of the acclaim that it has received over the years, and for many reasons.
Aug 24, 2022 The Televangelists: An Apocalypse You Can Believe In Revolution is a well-made show but I found myself constantly taken out of the series’ post-apocalyptic setting.
Aug 24, 2022 The Televangelists: NBC’s Olympics Coverage Could Be so Much Better There comes a time when enough is enough, when the coverage ceases to be emotional and becomes manipulative.
Aug 24, 2022 The Televangelist: The Angelic Ambiguity of Haibane Renmei If you’ve grown tired of “typical” anime fare, then Haibane Renmei might just represent a breath of fresh air.
Aug 24, 2022 The Televangelists: Grimm Reveals That the Other Is Often Ourselves In a world populated with frightening monsters, Grimms like Burkhardt may be the most frightening monsters of all.
Aug 24, 2022 The Televangelist: The Man in the Booth Wants to Make You a Deal The Booth at the End uses a “less is more” approach and a healthy dollop of ambiguity to craft an intricate morality play.
Aug 17, 2022 How Star Trek Can Shape a Life We run a risk when we write off the TV shows we watch as merely trivial entertainment.
Aug 16, 2022 Revisiting M*A*S*H: Finding Faith, Humanity, and Humor at the 4077th M*A*S*H isn’t just a great comedy; it’s also a thoughtful and touching exploration of the human condition that features an extraordinary depiction of publicly living out one’s faith in a fallen world.
Aug 15, 2022 Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Rethinks Regret In the fourth season, the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. are forced to face one of their greatest foes yet: their own regrets.
Aug 15, 2022 Penn & Teller Reveal Secrets but Never Lose the Magic Knowing the secrets behind the magic in Penn & Teller’s show doesn’t lessen the magic and wonder they create.
Aug 15, 2022 Welcome to Earth: Seeing the World Through Will Smith’s Eyes Simply watching Welcome to Earth has changed me for the better, and given me a deeper appreciation for my place in creation.
Aug 9, 2022 Netflix and Corridor Crew Present Punch 4 Punch See what it takes to recreate one of the iconic stunts from Stranger Things’ fourth season.
Aug 1, 2022 August 2022’s Best Streaming Titles: Thief, Blazing Saddles, The Sandman, Star Trek James Caan, Mel Brooks goes West, the Lord of Dreams, a return to the Lower Decks, and more.
Jul 14, 2022 Watch: The First Trailer for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings Series Is a Stunner The series, which is set during the Second Age of Middle-earth, begins streaming on September 2.
Jul 1, 2022 July 2022’s Best Streaming Titles: Hot Fuzz, Mad Max, Big Trouble in Little China, Stranger Things, John Wick Edgar Wright’s buddy cops, George Miller mayhem, Jack Burton, continuing adventures in Hawkins, Keanu Reeves, and more.
Jun 1, 2022 June 2022’s Best Streaming Titles: Ms. Marvel, Alien, Doctor Who, Spiderhead Cosmic superheroines, xenomorphs, Time Lords, Chris Hemsworth, and more.