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Category: Reviews
The Journey to the West: Familiarity in Foreign Lands
The Journey to the West (henceforth abbreviated JW) is among the most well-known works of Chinese literature. It is also … More
Rice Boy Is Very Cool And Weird And You Should Probably Read It
The realm of indie comics is a strange one, and one that brings forth all manner of odd creations. The … More
The Old Guard is Absolutely Ridiculous, and I Love It Anyway
To be clear, Netflix original The Old Guard is a ridiculous movie that has no reason to exist, but I … More
In Season 2, Slow Horses Goes Full Bond — For Better and Worse
As clandestine meeting places go, a laundromat was an unexpected choice. Yet that’s exactly where the Apple TV+ series Slow … More
A Review of RF Kuang’s “Babel”
This week on the entertainment column I thought I’d take a moment to review RF Kuang’s Babel — a tour … More
Amazon’s Peripheral Fills the Altered Carbon Shaped Hole in My Heart
When I first heard that Mark Zuckerberg planned to throw his company headlong into building the metaverse, I was in … More
THE SHLONG WEANER INTERVIEW
Folksy outlaws. Transgressive Punks. Eclectic satanists. Words fail to capture the composition of one of the most interesting bands at … More
Nona the Ninth is the Book of the Year
“Let’s listen to the magical inside-out animal-shield man. He obviously has some good ideas.” It’s been a good year for … More
Suicide Squad is the Worst Movie of All Time. And I Love it.
With a 26% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the 2016 film, Suicide Squad is infamously so bad that its sequel is … More