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Civil War

April 17, 2024

If you’re familiar with Alex Garland, this movie is exactly what you think it will be: a fixation on what happens when our political discourse…

I Cheerfully Refuse

April 10, 2024

This contained story uses dystopia as the background engine for the premise and focuses on the characters. It is equal parts poetic and gritty. Some…

3 Body Problem

April 3, 2024

It's high science fiction, but also a detective story and culture critique, but not in a weird way! In a "slow-burning War of the Worlds"…

The Other Valley

April 3, 2024

As a reader, I've realized I like to be hooked by an author's premise, and I really enjoyed this premise. Even though time travel exists,…

The Gentlemen (series)

March 27, 2024

Sometimes you are who you are, and sometimes you just like fancy-dressed London types doing crime and banter in a stylized way. A slower-paced jaunt…

Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

March 27, 2024

This is probably one of my favorite nonfiction reads of the last few years. It sounds very dense and tough, but it is not. It…

The Mysterious Case of the Alpertone Angels

March 20, 2024

The really clever part of this book is that it's a mixed media book - it's all told through emails, text messages, interview transcripts, newspaper…

Shōgun

March 13, 2024

Rarely have I had a TV show not only meet my already high expectations but exceed them. It is great television with great character work,…

Survivor (Season 46)

March 6, 2024

This season has a good cast and maybe one of the worst first-episode flameouts I've ever seen in my whole life watching this show.

The Zone of Interest

March 6, 2024

An experiential movie based on real people and real events. It's one of those movies where you're going to like the intellectual exercise of it,…