When I first encountered the story of A Man Called Otto, Tom Hanks’ newest movie, it was in book form. One of the members of my book club picked it as her selection for the group to read (the version we read was actually translated from the original Swedish novel,
There’s been a special tradition missing from my holiday season schedule the last couple of years: going to the theater to watch a new Star Wars movie. I’d gotten used to the release of a new Star Wars movie every year around Christmastime, and for whatever reason, I felt the
1. Dune: Part 2 There’s no competition for my most anticipated movie of 2023: it’s Dune: Part 2, the follow-up to Denis Villeneuve’s masterpiece 2021 adaptation of the first part of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi classic. I’ve managed to remain (mostly) unspoiled about the events that take place in the latter
When I was putting together my “best of the year” list for 2022, I had to chuckle because at least half of the items that ended up being my favorites were either A) not even on my radar at the start of the year or B) a movie or TV
Although I can recognize the classic Addams Family theme song the second I hear those iconic finger snaps, I don’t have a lot of other familiarity with the franchise, beyond knowing a few character names from pop culture references. Initially, Netflix’s new spinoff series about Addams Family daughter Wednesday wasn’t
I was a bit surprised when I first heard that Lucasfilm would be releasing a big-budget miniseries sequel to the 1980s fantasy adventure film Willow. While ’80s nostalgia is definitely having a moment (thanks to hits like Stranger Things), I don’t feel Willow had the same cultural staying power as
Confession time: November was a wild month. My husband and I moved into a new house, and I seem to have caught just about every virus floating around the past couple weeks. I had grand plans to write lots of blogs about all the new stuff coming out and to
The first Enola Holmes movie — featuring the younger sister of famous literary detective Sherlock Holmes — premiered in the midst of the nightmare of a year that was 2020, in a world still upended by the COVID pandemic when theatrical film releases were few and far between. Enola Holmes
The first season of House of the Dragon ended on a maddening cliffhanger this past Sunday, with a devastating tragedy that will surely send shockwaves across the land of Westeros and plunge the realm into an infamous civil war known in George R.R. Martin’s writings as the “Dance of the
Before I sat down to watch the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s hour-long Werewolf by Night special on Disney+, I knew absolutely nothing about it. However, it didn’t take me long to realize that I really liked what I was seeing. The special combines the MCU with a classic monster movie/horror vibe,
Sometimes a TV show will grab me right away, hooking me from the very first episode. After episode 1 of the Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon, I was all in. I fell in love with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds immediately. Other times, it will take me
Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been a wild ride so far. It has featured some of my favorite storytelling that has ever taken place in the MCU (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, WandaVision, and Spider-Man: No Way Home, to name a few examples) and
