Ironheart (2025) Review
Ironheart (2025) rates 1 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. The series that closed Phase 5, three years after its protagonist was installed in a film that had other business. A character handed a show on the strength of…
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2020sLoki Season 2 (2023) Review
Loki Season 2 (2023) rates 7 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. It finishes an argument the first season opened instead of starting a new one, and it ends with a decision that cannot be taken back. Almost nothing…
2010sThe Dark Tower (2017) Review
The Dark Tower (2017) rates 3 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Eight novels written across thirty-four years were compressed into ninety-five minutes, which is the shortest running time any studio fantasy has attempted this century. Idris Elba and…
1960sGodfather of Harlem (2019-2025) Review
Godfather of Harlem (2019-2025) rates 8 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A mafia series where you can state the protagonist's motivation in one sentence, which almost none of them manage. Bumpy Johnson wants his neighborhood back, and the…
2010sBoardwalk Empire (2010-2014) Review
Boardwalk Empire (2010-2014) rates 9 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. The first three seasons are in my top ten of anything ever put on a screen. Then it degrades, badly. Watch to the end of season three and…
1970sThe Love Boat (1977-1987) Review
The Love Boat (1977-1987) rates 5 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Nine seasons of guest stars falling in love on the Pacific Princess. Artistically negligible, structurally brilliant, and it rebuilt an entire industry.
Character DevelopmentWilliam Shatner’s Birthday: March 22 and the Man Who Went Up
Picard got a holiday from a background prop. Kirk got nothing, so March 22 is the closest anchor available. The reason it is worth marking has little to do with Star Trek: at 90 Shatner became the oldest person to…
Character DevelopmentCaptain Picard Day: The Prop That Became a Real Holiday
Captain Picard Day exists because a set decorator hung a banner in the background of one scene. No dialogue explains it. Fans picked June 16 and made it real. That is the clearest example I know of a detail becoming…
HabitsTurn Off the TV, Get Off Your Ass, and Do Something: Getting Your Time Back From the Screens
Four hours of TV a day, no time for what matters. Richard Lowe's guide to crossing the line from consuming to contributing.
1970sSalem’s Lot (1979)
Tobe Hooper made one of the finest TV horror productions ever, with a silent Nosferatu-style vampire and unforgettable scares. Salem's Lot earns its 7.5 as one of the finest pieces of television horror ever made and proof that the right…
1990sRingu (1998)
Hideo Nakata directs the Japanese supernatural horror about a cursed videotape that kills viewers seven days after watching. Ringu is Hideo Nakata's 1998 Japanese supernatural horror film adapted from Koji Suzuki's 1991 novel, depicting a Tokyo television reporter investigating a…
2010sWon’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018)
Made viewers cry in theaters. The production combines archival footage from the program with new interviews and exploration of Rogers's larger cultural significance.