Best Documentaries of 2022
In the year’s best fiction film, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On describes a documentary to his grandmother: “It’s like a movie, but nobody...
The Best Lead Actors of 2022
I’ve got more women than men in this year’s list. That isn’t anything new — in some years, the men dominate the lead roles,...
The Best Supporting Actors of 2022
Not for the first time, I’m stuck for something to write as a prelude for this annual feature that I do, so I’m just...
The Best Movie Dialogue of 2022
I found more good material than usual for this annual feature that I do, and I’m posting this early to see if I get...
DFW Film Critics Choose Everything
I voted in the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association poll for the year's best achievements in cinema, and today their results bore out Everything...
House of the Dragon Recap, Episode 8: King Midas in Reverse
Prior to Game of Thrones’ debut, I remember selling it to a friend with a low threshold for swords and sorcery as “like The...
House of the Dragon Recap, Episode 6: Dishonesty
After we watched the sixth episode of House of the Dragon, my girlfriend dived into A Wiki of Ice and Fire. The way they’re...
House of the Dragon Recap, Episode 4
There’s a point in “King of the Narrow Sea,” the fourth episode of House of the Dragon, in which Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock) is confronted...
House of the Dragon Recap, Episode 3
“Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown,” said Henry IV in Part 2 of the Shakespeare play that bears his name, and while...
House of the Dragon Recap, Episode 2
Lots of spoilers lurk below. Be ye forewarned.
Of the many things HBO asks of House of the Dragon’s viewers — ignoring the awful wigs...