As a writer, I’ll be the first to say it - writers are kind of boring. Especially when someone is trying to feature us on television. What viewer really wants to see someone agonizing over their...
The truth is, I wasn’t ready to like Down Cemetery Road. That’s because I am always wary of lightning when it attempts to strike twice. We already have a hit and a treasure in Slow Horses, which...
“Bravely seek out joy, even when it’s hard.” This is one of the many great lines from the second season of Netflix’s Nobody Wants This, and I’ve been sitting with it for a few days. I think...
This spooky season, I am genuinely sick of serial killers and assorted deviants. I want to care about their victims, and not their twisted inner worlds. But the makers of Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer...
Time is strange - startlingly real to the human body, and not real at all if you’re trying to reconcile the theory of relativity with quantum mechanics. Twenty five years have passed since Mark...
Netflix’s Unknown Number documentary recently introduced millions of viewers to a mom who catfished and harassed her own daughter, Lauryn, with text messages that varied from sexual harassment to...
I must begin this column by pointing out that I like superheroes. Their story arcs give me that soaring feeling, and I like the overarching American narrative embedded in our most popular superhero...
A lot of people don’t realize that I am a fan of country music. Maybe it’s the whole Ukrainian thing. Although being originally from a country that has dealt with as much shit as Ukraine has, I...
Netflix’s Untamed has just been renewed for a second season, which is terrific news for those of us who obsess over the beauty of the American West. When it came out, I was surprised to read some...
This week, it was announced that Neil Druckmann will be stepping away from HBO’s The Last of Us series to focus on his work for Naughty Dog. Some background in case you are not aware: Druckmann and...
