‘Star Trek: The Original Series’ Revisited: “The Corbomite Maneuver”
“The Corbomite Maneuver” is one of the more over-rated episodes of the original Star Trek. Director Joseph Sargent and writer Jerry Sohl have been much-praised …
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‘The Flight Attendant’ Season 2 Departs From Remorseless Television to Genre Entertainment
The first season of HBO Max’s The Flight Attendant was a harrowing, brutal exploration of trauma and addiction. Season two, in contrast, after two episodes, …
‘Barry’ Season 3 Review: Bill Hader Frames the Show’s Erosion of Hope With a Stark Aesthetic
Bill Hader’s bleak, critically acclaimed comedy Barry about a hitman who wants to be an actor wrapped up its second season four years ago in …
‘Star Trek: The Original Series’ Revisited: “Dagger of the Mind”
Star Trek just did the “widely admired Federation scientist goes rogue” plot in Episode 7 “What Are Little Girls Made Of.” The creators liked it …
‘Star Trek: The Original Series’ Revisited: “Miri”
“Miri” is a confusing amalgam of Cold War fears and youth culture pastiche which seems to have been hijacked in equal measure by half-baked concepts, …
‘Star Trek: The Original Series’ Revisited: “What Are Little Girls Made Of?”
“What Are Little Girls Made Of?” is a rejiggering of Heart of Darkness. The script, by noted science-fiction writer Robert Block, is not especially compelling, …
‘Star Trek: The Original Series’ Revisited: “Mudd’s Women”
Star Trek‘s “Mudd’s Women” is a battle of the sexes narrative which, like most battle of the sexes narratives from days past, has aged poorly. …
Review: ‘Moon Knight’ Succeeds With Dark and Gritty Storytelling, But Fails With Mental Health Representation
Oscar Isaac’s highly anticipated debut into the Marvel Cinematic Universe has arrived by way of a somewhat underwhelming premiere, but it lays the groundwork for …
Review: ‘Our Flag Means Death’ Season 1 Concludes With the Romance We’ve All Been Waiting For
The final two episodes of Our Flag Means Death arrived this morning on HBO Max, and I can’t think of a more satisfactory ending to …
‘Upload’ Season 2 Shows How Anticapitalism Without Antiracism Is Awkwardly Unreal
Amazon Prime’s Upload is a light romantic comedy set in a near-future capitalist tech dystopia. The show, which dropped its second season recently, is forthright …
‘Star Trek: The Original Series’ Revisited: “The Enemy Within”
Esteemed horror/science-fiction writer Richard Matheson penned this lumpy farrago of technobabble and psychobabble saved by William Shatner’s impersonation of not one but two enormous prime …