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Doctor Who “Hide” – Review

An episode with crap jumpers, a big spooky house, tech of the 70s, and “I am speaking to the lost soul…” Yep, it is one of those horror-ish episodes with supernatural elements, and it just happens to have one of my least…

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Film) Review

Marvel’s Phase 4 is officially upon us and in full swing with the recent releases of WandaVision, Black Widow, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and now Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Though Shang-Chi, the newest member of the MCU,…

The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain Film Review

Creating any film about police brutality will require a delicate touch. When handled well, these films can elicit powerful emotions of righteous anger, heartbreaking despair, and the spark of hope. When handled poorly, a film can be exploitative, cruel, and can cause…

Doctor Who “Cold War” – Review

“Steam in the subway, earth is a afire.” If no one else is going to sing Duran Duran with David Warner in Russian while trapped at the bottom of the ocean with one of Elon Musk’s cousins, I will! This is genuinely…

Blood Brothers: Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali – Film Review

For those like myself who have as much of an interest in pop culture celebrity as they do political history, there are few figures more fascinating than those like Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X. The former was a boisterous heavyweight boxing champion…

Lucifer Season 6 – Television Review

The Following Article has spoilers for Lucifer up to Season 5. Read on at your own Risk. The history of the Warner Bros. television show Lucifer has been a rocky one. There has been a lot, from a mediocrely received first season, an abrupt…

Netflix’s Kate (Film) Review

Once upon a time, I humorlessly told a friend that Netflix gives B-movie scripts an A-movie budget. Kate, directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, is yet another example of this penchant from the streaming studio. Mary Elizabeth delivers an intense and entertaining performance, proving her…

Doctor Who “The Rings Of Akhaten” – Review

One of only two Clara-heavy episodes in this series (or this half of the series) that includes mythology, is a bit mad in places, and yet I enjoy it. Am I ill? No, but it is all correct that Clara, the woman…

My Name is Pauli Murray (Film) Review

A confidant of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The inspiration to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. A colleague of another Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. This is the legacy of Pauli Murray, the non-binary Black lawyer, and author that is the subject…

Doctor Who “The Bells of Saint John” – Review

“Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St Clement’s;” I almost liked this one, said the guy watching “The Bells of Saint John.” Right, so after a lot of piddling about and doing a bit of a dance with the merry old…