I went and saw The Last Jedi again last night, and I liked the movie a whole lot more the second time than the first. I thought about why for most of the day before I sat down to write this, and did some reading about other people’s responses to the movie. My partner asked an…
I just got back from seeing Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Let’s get this out of the way right now: the movie is okay. Not great, not bad, okay. I would recommend that the Star Wars faithful see it, but I don’t think it’s worth the ticket price for the average movie goer. Adam Driver…
I am more Jewish than most people, but not Jewish enough to be considered Jewish by most Jews, if that makes any sense. In other words, I have some Jewish heritage, but I’m not, nor have I ever been, Jewish by religion. However, I have always been in and around American Jewish culture. Starting in…
I am still in my re-watch in anticipation of the new Star Wars movie. Instead of sticking to Episodes I-VII, I decided to re-watch Rogue One before Episode IV. I saw it last December when it was in theaters and hadn’t thought about it much since. My opinion of it hasn’t changed. The movie lands…
Snow is my favorite kind of weather. It doesn’t matter how inconvenient or dangerous it is, if there’s snow, I’m happy. Snow looks beautiful. I even like the sound of snow. Well, maybe not the sound of snow itself, but the way snow changes the sounds of other things. It softens everything which creates a…
I want to see if I can manage a post a day for the month of December. December seems like a good time to try it. The main reason it seems like a good time is I really like Christmas. I think I like Christmas as much as any non-Christian can. If I’m desperate, I…
Now hear me out. I know that divorce is a wrenching experience. But divorce is also the seventh anniversary of your wedding day after the ink dries on your papers. It’s the first awkward date when you’re trying to get back into the game. Divorce is not only the explosive fights and protracted custody battles. Eventually, the…
One of my friends told me about a habit he has when he starts to watch a new show. If the show is available in its entirety already, he watches the last episode of the series first, and then starts the show from the beginning. I find this to be an odd way to watch…
What would James Baldwin have written if he didn’t have to literally defend his humanity? How much time did one of the most brilliant writers of the 20th century spend talking to white people? How much time did he waste talking about white people? As I think about that, I realize that I don’t want…
I wrote just a few weeks ago about how Kale’s sudden ability to control her Berserker Super Saiyan form was symptomatic of DBS’ main problem, that transformations and power have become untethered from any grounding in the reality of the show’s universe. Power just happens, and the relationships between characters and their relative strength…
