Posted on May 23, 2016

TV Review: Game of Thrones, 6.05, “The Door”

TV Review: Game of Thrones, 6.05, “The Door”

(Author’s note: The title reads “review.” This is obviously not a review of the episode, which by all measures I think is very strong up until its big, last-minute reveal. It is a breakdown of that last-minute reveal only, because the moment and the response to that moment have driven me to make my own … Continue reading

Review: The Nice Guys, 2016, dir. Shane Black

Review: The Nice Guys, 2016, dir. Shane Black

What a stinker I am, all not loving this new Shane Black film that everyone else is losing their minds over. If you go see The Nice Guys, adjust your expectations first. Black’s film speaks to genre nostalgia and period nostalgia, and it rides on two great performances by its leads; it’s the kind of movie that … Continue reading