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Bugs Don’t Need No Radiation

Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn.Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.Lady and the Tramp. They were all legendary couples of the Silver Screen in the 1950s, but the greatest cinematic pairing of the decade was Insects and Radiation, two great tastes that mutate together. If the movies were to be […]

Just One More Thing… Or Two or Three: Some Thoughts on The Residence, Elsbeth, and Poker Face

Sometimes you just want to watch a quirky investigator irritate people—especially wealthy and powerful people—into revealing they’ve committed crimes. Especially murder. I’ve been enjoying some new and new-ish mysteries lately, Poker Face, Elsbeth and The Residence. All three feature women investigating murders. All are series produced after Rian […]

Playing Broken Telephone With Dracula

My experience is that the result of trying to replicate or revisit something you felt nostalgic about often ranges from puzzling to truly regrettable. Unless you know exactly what about it made you feel the way you want to feel again it’s likely it will be missing that […]