TV #37 of 2017: Game of Thrones, season 3 Another solid season of Game of Thrones, although this is definitely where the seams of adapting A Song of Ice and Fire into a network television show really start to appear. In the books, characters can sit out entire novels when nothing interesting is happening to …
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Movie Review: The Room (2003)
Movie #15 of 2017: The Room (2003) Honestly, what is there left to even say about this awful movie at this point? No matter what you’ve heard, I guarantee you, the reality is even worse than that. It’s such an entertaining trainwreck to watch, though. Fun personal fact: I watched this movie for the first …
TV Review: The Grinder, season 1
TV #36 of 2017: The Grinder, season 1 I have such a soft spot for this silly little show about an actor convinced he can practice law at his brother’s firm just because he used to play a lawyer on TV. It’s just so rich in character-driven humor and meta-commentary on TV show plots, and …
TV Review: Marvel’s Jessica Jones, season 1
TV #33 of 2017: Marvel’s Jessica Jones, season 1 My wife and I watched/rewatched this season respectively before binge-watching the new Defenders season with friends. It remains a really great examination of male privilege and rape culture, using the heightened storytelling language of superpowers to explore those issues. Like the best of the fantasy genre, …
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TV Review: Game of Thrones, season 2
TV #29 of 2017: Game of Thrones, season 2 As mentioned before, we are watching this show for my wife’s first time and my first time since catching it live as it first aired. It’s fun to rediscover the beginnings of everyone’s stories, especially the ones that have changed the most over the years. On …
TV Review: Party Down, season 1
TV #28 of 2017: Party Down, season 1 If you don’t enjoy The Office or Veep’s brand of awkward humor, then this is probably not the show for you either. But it’s a pretty hilarious sitcom about an LA catering crew largely made up of struggling actors, and there are so many famous guest stars …
TV Review: Game of Thrones, season 1
TV #27 of 2017: Game of Thrones, season 1 We’re watching this show for my wife’s first time and as my first rewatch after catching the seasons basically as they aired. (I believe I binged season 1 just before season 2 started, then watched live from then on. But I’ve never before gone back and …
Movie Review: Snakes on a Plane (2006)
Movie #13 of 2017: Snakes on a Plane (2006) It’s hard for me to be objective about this movie, or to say anything new about it. (The closest I’ll probably get on this viewing is to note that the Julianna Margulies character is about to go off to law school, and it’s pretty hilarious to …
Movie Review: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
Movie #11 of 2017: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) This movie is overshadowed in two directions: it doesn’t quite reach the storytelling heights of its predecessor Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) that revived the series, nor does it ever get as bonkers as Battle for the Planet of the …
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Movie Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Movie #10 of 2017: Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) I’ve seen every Planet of the Apes movie multiple times, and this one is definitely my favorite. It helps that it’s modeled closely on Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972), my favorite of the original series, but Rise definitely carves out …
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