In Ripley, Murder is Merely Prelude to the Suspenseful Cleanup
For a show that is 80% people climbing stairs and checking into hotel rooms, Ripley is the most engrossing new...
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Reviewing and Ranking Star Wars: Tales of the Empire
Like Tales of the Jedi before it, Star Wars: Tales of the Empire is a balancing act. Two stories have...
The Best and Worst of The X-Files Season 4
The fourth season of The X-Files is dour. Season 3 may have expanded the tonal palette of the show but...
The Final Season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch Wasn’t Completely Satisfying
I love the first two seasons of Star Wars: The Bad Batch. The show quickly became much more than just...
How Will 3 Body Problem Adapt The Next Two Books?
The following article contains spoilers for future seasons of 3 Body Problem. The Remembrance of Earth’s Past by Cixin Liu...
The Best and Worst of The X-Files Season 3
The third season of The X-Files is a remarkable season of television. Self-assured and of consistent high quality: unlike any...
Lovecraft Country: A Decent Anthology Show Ruined by a Terrible Serialised Plot
Lovecraft Country is the kind of show I usually love. The kind of show I usually champion. A weird genre...
The Best and Worst of The X-Files Season 2
In 2019 I wrote about the best and worst aspects and episodes of the first season of The X-Files, hoping...
How Will The Last of Us Part II Be Adapted For Television?
The following article contains spoilers for The Last of Us Part II and therefore spoilers for future seasons of the...
The First Attempt at a Fargo TV Series was a Failure
I remember first learning of a Fargo TV series from an issue of Empire, soon before the first season began...
