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TV Review: ""Interview with the Vampire: What Can the Damned Really Say to the Damned" (S2, Ep. 1)
Re-Reading "The Great Hunt": "Chapter 4: Summoned" and "Chapter 5: The Shadow in Shienar"
Tolkien Tuesday: Reconsidering "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
A Fan's Ranking of the "Planet of the Apes" Franchise
Sinful Sunday: Embracing the Power and Bitchiness of Jafar in "Aladdin"
Fiction: "At the End of the World"
Film Review: The Wonder and the Terror of "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes"
TV Review: "Sugar" and the Perils of the Plot Twist
In Praise of Bernard Hill and King Théoden
Film Review: "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" and "The Fall Guy
Film Review: "The Idea of You"
Fantasy and Sci-Fi Classics: "The White Dragon"
TV Review: In "Shōgun" the Past is a Foreign and Tragically Romantic Country
Tolkien Tuesday: Reading "The Lord of the Rings": "Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit"
Film Review: "Challengers" Is an Erotic Celebration of Embodied Cinema
Sinful Sunday: Embracing Queer Masochism with Xerxes and the Persians of "300"
Book Review: "Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America"
Film Review: "Rebel Moon--Part 2: The Scargiver" is a Misfire in Every Way
TV Review: "Baby Reindeer" is a Haunting Mix of Tragedy and Comedy
Re-Reading "The Eye of the World": "Chapter 46: Fal Dara" "Chapter 47: More Tales of the Wheel"
Tolkien Tuesday: Reading "The Lord of the Rings": "The Black Gate is Closed"
Film Review: "Civil War" is a Provocative and Deeply Frustrating Film
Sinful Sunday: Savoring the Tragic Queer Villains of "Mary & George"
The Beauty and the Ugliness of Rural America
Denis Villeneuve's "Dune" is Great as a Film But Less Successful as an Adaptation
TV Review: "The Regime" is a Hot Mess Without a Lot to Say
Tolkien Tuesday: Reading "The Lord of the Rings": "The Passage of the Marshes"
Film Review Double Feature: "Wicked Little Letters," "Monkey Man," and the Resistance of the Abject
Sinful Sunday: Savoring the Queer Enigma of "Ripley"
Book Review: "Becoming Madam Secretary" and the Power of Politics
Book Review: "The Serpent and the Wings of Night"
TV Review: "Mary & George" Writes Queer Desire Back into History
Tolkien Tuesday: What Tolkien Taught Me About Writing
Sinful Sunday: Enjoying the Undead Life with Tom Cruise's Lestat in "Interview with the Vampire"
The Unending Exhaustion of Twitter Discourse
Fantasy and Sci-Fi Classics: "Dragonquest"
TV Review: The Sublime Absurdity of "Girls5Eva"
Reading "The Lord of the Rings": "The Taming of Sméagol"
Film Review: "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" is Simple, Pulpy Fun
Sinful Sunday: The Tragic Spectacle of Truman Capote in "Feud: Capote vs. The Swans"
Book Review: "The Making of a King: King Charles III and the Modern Monarchy"
TV Review: "Palm Royale" is the Queerest Thing I've Seen This Year
Re-Reading "The Eye of the World": "Chapter 37: The Long Chase" and "Chapter 38: Rescue"
Reading "The Lord of the Rings:" "The Palantír"
Sinful Sunday: Being Gay and Doing Crime with the Lesbians of "Bound"
Book Review: "The Phoenix Crown"
Fantasy and Sci-Fi Classics: "Dragonflight"
TV Review: "Feud: Capote vs. The Swans"
Re-Reading "The Eye of the World": "Chapter 35: Caemlyn" and "Chapter 36: Web of the Pattern"
The Danger of Canonizing Tolkien
Film Review: "Love Lies Bleeding" is a Pulpy Feast of Female Gazes and Unruly Bodies
Sinful Sunday: Barbara Stanwyck and the Steely Butch of "Walk on the Wild Side"
Book Review: "10 Things That Never Happened" is a Mixed Bag of a Queer Rom-Com
Book Series Review: "The Final Architecture" is a Triumphant Space Opera
TV Review: "Shōgun" and the Pleasures of Historical Epic Television
Re-Reading "The Eye of the World": "Chapter 33: The Dark Waits" and "Chapter 34: The Last Village
Revisiting the Magic of "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power"
Ryan Gosling and the Enduring Appeal of the Movie Star
Sinful Sunday: The Deadly Queer Murderers of "Deathtrap"
Film Review: "Dune: Part Two" and the Double Bind of Epic Heroism
Cameron Tucker and the Complexities of Rural Queerness
Reading "The Lord of the Rings:" "The Voice of Saruman"
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Margot Robbie
Sinful Sunday: In Praise of Beverly Leslie
How to Be a More Ethical (and Honest) Book Reviewer
Book Review: "The Hurricane Wars"
TV Review: The Fourth "All Creatures Great and Small" is Balm for the Soul
Tolkien Tuesday: A Hobbit in Appalachia
Film Review: "Drive-Away Dolls" is Just Good Enough
Sinful Sunday: Barbara Covett and the Bitter Queerness of "Notes on a Scandal"
Film Review: "Anyone But You" Shows How to do a Rom-Com Right
Book Review: "Warrior of the Wind"
TV Review: In Praise of "Julia"
Reading "The Lord of the Rings:" "Flotsam and Jetsam"
Film Review: "Madame Web" and the Decline of the Supervillain
Sinful Sundays: Tom Ripley and the Charisma of Queerness in "The Talented Mr. Ripley"
Book Review: "The Queer Film Guide" and the Enduring Power of Queer Cinema
Book Review: "Lilith" and the Power of the Sacred Feminine
The Monstrous Melodrama of "You"
Reading "The Lord of the Rings:" "The Road to Isengard"
Film Review: "Out of Darkness" and the Primal Fear of Being Human
Sinful Sundays: Catherine Tramell and the Deadly Queer Women of "Basic Instinct"
Film Review: "Lisa Frankenstein" is a Glorious and Enjoyable Mess
TV Review: "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" and the Simple Magic of Being Good Enough
Film Review: "Anatomy of a Fall" and the Limits of Knowledge
Reading “The Lord of the Rings”: "Helm's Deep"
Film Review: "Mean Girls" and the Triumph of Reneé Rapp
TV Review: The Strange Optimism and Stubborn Feminism of "Fargo" Season Five
Reading “The Lord of the Rings”: "The King of the Golden Hall"
Film Reviews: The Absurd Vulgarity and Unrelenting Patriarchy of "Poor Things"
Re-Reading "The Eye of the World": "Chapter 20: Dust on the Wind"
Book Review: "Husband Material" Reveals the Unfortunate Limits of Happy Ever After
Book Review: "So This is Ever After" and the Simple Joys of a Fairy Tale Romance
Film Review: "Killers of the Flower Moon" and the Banality of Evil
Reading “The Lord of the Rings”: "The White Rider"
Film Review: "Rebel Moon: A Child of Fire"
Re-Reading "The Eye of the World": "Chapter 18: The Caemlyn Road" and "Chapter 19: Shadows Waiting"
Film Review: "The Book of Clarence"
Book Review: "All the Hidden Paths"
Reading “The Lord of the Rings”: "Treebeard"
Book Review: "Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It"
Film Review: "The Color Purple" (2023)
Reading “The Lord of the Rings”: "The Uruk-hai"
In Defense of the Gay Sex Scene
Book Review: "House of Odysseus"