The most impressive thing about writer-director David Koepp’s “You Should Have Left” (which is based on the novel by Daniel Kehlmann) is that it is not content with simply offering up an exploration of whether Kevin Bacon’s Theo Conroy’s dark… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Charlie Says”
There can be no doubt that Charles Manson was a charismatic figure and that there is, quite clearly, a (morbid) fascination that still exists today around the crimes his “family” committed in the late ’60s. It is easy to sit… Read More ›
Director Mandie Fletcher on “Patrick,” Pugs, and… Peter Davison?
Up this week on the podcast we have an interview with Mandie Fletcher, whose latest effort, “Patrick,” is currently in theaters and on demand. Fletcher has directed such television shows as “Black-Adder II,” “Black Adder the Third,” “Only Fools and… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Adult Life Skills”
In 2016, writer/director Rachel Tunnard’s “Adult Life Skills” won the Nora Ephron Prize at the Tribeca Film Festival. Now, in 2019, the film finally is being released in theaters and on demand here in the United States (it is a… Read More ›
“Doctor Who” is the Best Way to End NYCC
One of the things I love about “Doctor Who” fandom is that it feels so inclusive. This is not a group of people who will lambast you for not knowing the third supporting actor in the fourth episode of Jon… Read More ›
New York Comic-Con: Peter Capaldi’s “Doctor Who” Victory Lap
New York – My relationship with Peter Capaldi’s Doctor started when I attended the New York press event for the 2014 world tour as his tenure on the show was just beginning. Last year I was there for Capaldi, Pearl… Read More ›
New York Comic Con 2016 – My Closing Thoughts
I love New York Comic Con. There, I said it. It is loud and it is crowded and it doesn’t have the same cache as it’s San Diego big brother, but it puts a lot of people who love the… Read More ›
Binge-watching "Doctor Who" with my Daughter
After finishing “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “Star Trek: Voyager” my daughter pondered what series she should tackle next. “Enterprise?” “Deep Space 9?” The original series? She went with none of these, opting for the reborn “Doctor Who” instead…. Read More ›
Quick Thoughts on the Second Season of "Broadchurch"
I always worry about the second season of a television series, especially when the first seems like a closed book. There are a multitude of potential pitfalls that series regularly find when reopening a story or telling a new one… Read More ›