Category: Movies

  • Can True Star Trek Return?

    A while back, I wrote an article complaining about everything modern Star Trek gets wrong. In that article, I lamented that the Star Trek shows of old have been left behind in favor of mindless space action. All the intellect, optimism, and charm of the older shows have been completely forgotten. Today, I’m going to…

  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: Stepping Into Darkness

    My list of criticisms regarding this franchise are long. From the author (that’s most of them, to be honest) to the characters and certain story decisions, on and on it goes. Sometimes it’s so long that I find myself forgetting why this series became so popular in the first place. As well as why I…

  • Dolores Umbridge: The Pros and Cons of Introducing An Easily Hated Character

    Yes, I have been watching Harry Potter movies again. Yes, you can expect another review very soon. Yes, that has everything to do with this article. Dolores Umbridge is one of the most infamous fictional characters of recent years. No Harry Potter character and few characters in all of fiction have inspired as much pure,…

  • I Finally Watched Game of Thrones (Season 3)

    The show has covered the first two books now. Let’s see how it handles A Storm of Swords! Just ignore the fact that they won’t cover how that book ends until the start of season 4. Which is… kind of awkward. But they make it work. The War of Five Kings rages on. Stannis Baratheon…

  • Bo Burnham’s New Special, Inside, Is a Must-Watch

    It’s hard to talk about a comedy special. Mostly because of how subjective comedy is. Most of the time, a review of a comedy special boils down to: was it funny? Yes or no. Not exactly something you can really write a compelling article about. But the thing about comedy: it kind of just… stopped…