No one does crime procedurals like the British (especially the BBC). Flawed, tormented detectives, obsessed, depressed, even delusional. Netflix is now streaming River one of the strangest detective series I’ve screened in recent years. Starring Swedish actor Stellan SkÃ¥rskgard (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Good Will Hunting, The Avengers) as …
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Trump Tweetstorm – A Daily Conversation with @realdonaldtrump: June 7, 2018
A conversation with President Donald J. Trump. Cool. Well, it’s sort of a conversation. With the President of the United States. Cool. I will daily be posting the previous day’s Trump Tweets with commentary, response, speculation, and truthiness (and fact-checking when appropriate). For me it’s therapy (much needed!) For you, an …
Read More »Robert F. Kennedy: Remembering the Morning of June 6, 1968:
“Some men see the world as it is and ask why; others see the world as it might be and ask why not.” June 6, 1968. The memory is still vivid. I am standing in the incongruously sunny kitchen of my parents’ house getting ready for school. The radio was …
Read More »LuciFans Team up to Tell FOX: ‘Lucifer Needs a Season Four!’
Lucifer fans rally to protect the FOX series for a fourth season! A chat with the fans and showrunner Joe Henderson about the future of Lucifer.
Read More »Incognito: Coming to Terms with Androgenetic Alopecia
I have alopecia. There. I've said it. I wear a wig. Until today, I've never admitted it to anyone outside my immediate family. Today's the day.
Read More »Roy Moore, John Conyers, Charlie Rose and #metoo
As I sit here this morning sipping my coffee, I am heartbroken and sick as allegation after allegation surfaces in the wake of #metoo. Triggered by the disgusting allegations against Harvey Weinstein, the floodgates are open and no one is spared. Not on the right, not on the left. Women, …
Read More »‘The X-Files: Cold Cases’ on Audible — An Interview with Executive Producer Dirk Maggs
Do you miss The X-Files? Audible has the answer The X-Files: Cold Cases, a full-cast audio dramatization starring David Duchovny (Fox Mulder), Gillian Anderson (Dr. Dana Scully) and the entire X-Files cast. The story is based on Joe Harris’s graphic novels and adapted by Dirk Maggs (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to …
Read More »Comic-Con Interview: Arvind Ethan David on ‘Darkness Visibile,’ ‘Dirk Gently’ and More
Arvind Ethan David (The Infidel) is executive producer of the Netflix/BBC America hit series Dirk Gently Holistic Detective Agency, which is in its second season. But he was also at San Diego Comic-Con promoting his latest project Darkness Visible, a collaboration with comic book creator/novelist Mike Carey (Lucifer). I met …
Read More »SDCC Essentials: Tips for Staying Cool and Charged Up
Coming to Comic-Con for the first time? A few tips to keep you cool and charged up.
Read More »San Diego Comic-Con, Here I Come!
Tommorrow’s the day. Chicago to San Diego to cover Comic Con International (AKA San Diego Comic-Con, SDCC) for Blogcritics. This is my fifth year going into the fray of crowds, cosplayers and general chaos that is the behemoth, ultimate fandom conclave of Comic-Con. I can’t cover it all, and as …
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