The Race For The 93rd Best Picture Oscar: The Nomination Stage
Of course to win the race for the Best Picture Oscar one must get nominated, so here are my top 25 contenders for the big award’s nomination
Category: TV and Movies
Game of Thrones: The Awesomization of Sam Tarly
Samwell Tarly is an intelligent, kind, but cowardly and physically inept young man…until his TV Game of Thrones awesomization
Aesthetics Revisited: A Lutheran, Catholic School, and Brideshead
I invite you to be enthralled with Brideshead Revisited, which makes a television masterpiece of a literary masterpiece
Beaks & Ballots: The Penguin, Politics, and Populism
Gotham was never the same after The Penguin gained an interest in politics. Neither was politics, for that matter.
It’s Time to Play the Music, Light the Lights, Flag The Muppet Show Content
You have probably heard that a handful of The Muppet Show episodes have been given a disclaimer at the beginning of the show.
Game of Thrones: Bad Romance
Game of Thrones has lots of coitus and very little of what leads into it, except when it’s rapey, in which case we see it in exacting detail
Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel and the Internet Injustice Machine
The Netflix series Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel is their latest quarantine hit. I can recommend it, with some caveats.
American Pickers, Picking and Grinning
American Pickers is of particular in my household, a working-class family with parents/contemporaries who lived through the Great Depression.
Game of Thrones Rewatch: She Schtups to Conquer
Let’s drop the “Daenerys Targaryen is SUCH a Mary Sue because too many men desired her.” That is misogyny wrapped up in an Internet meme.
Game of Thrones Rewatch: Redemption Song
I decided to look at the concept of fictional redemption arcs in Game of Thrones. In the GoT TV show, there are three main redemptive arcs.
Arya Sue: Is Game of Thrones’ Youngest Stark a Mary Sue?
I agree, book Arya is not a Mary Sue (yet). But Game Of Thrones Show Arya? That is not such an easy call for me to make.
Game of Thrones: Little People, Big World
Quit ignoring The Scope Problem or we’ll end up with more Game of Thrones that start off amazing and end with a disappointed “meh”.
Game of Thrones: Murder Your Darlings
George RR Martin kills off his characters right. Those deaths mattered. The TV version of Game of Thrones? Not so much…
Game of Thrones: The Cool is Not Enough
There were several fascinating arcs of both plot and character the writers of Game of Thrones sacrificed at the altar of The Rule of Cool.
Roman Reigns: Wrestling’s Top Star Finally Lives Up To The Hype
Some may ask “Who on God’s green and beautiful Earth is Roman Reigns and why did he have a better 2020 than most of us?”
Wonder Woman 1984: A Great Throwback in More Ways Than One
Wonder Woman 1984 benefits from this creative freedom to follow what worked (Wonder Woman) rather than what didn’t (the broader DCEU).
Winter is Here
Game of Thrones IS the quintessential program for 2020. No toilet paper at all. Only the burning rage of a million irritated a-holes
Mandalorian II: The Mandalorianing (Spoilers)
Eventually, The Mandalorian may get to a bigger conflict and heavier stakes, but it’s taking its time, earning those increased stakes.
2020 In Film: The Virus Complicates Cinema
Now as 2020 starts to churn towards the end, it’s time for another report card for the film industry.
Stop Ruining Christmas
Because part of becoming a modern adult is learning to hate everything that might have made you happy as a kid.
