Because this review of The Great British Baking Show (its PBS title) turns into a statement about life ( Read more... )

I've never really thought about the odd convention that characters in comedies are often not supposed to laugh at each other's jokes, so I enjoyed this piece for drawing my attention to it ( Read more... )

Came to this via Linda Holmes on Twitter, as she's the one who used the phrase "splatter murder" quoted in the piece:
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/04/wicked-city-violence

Everything about this article makes me tired. "Oh, our show has graphic violence but ( Read more... )

I love everything about this piece, especially Linda Holmes' usual way of taking what many would dismiss as an offhand comment and responding to it thoughtfully ( Read more... )

Exhibit A, from her review of Trainwreck:
http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2015/07/17/423828933/i-really-like-you-amy-schumer-makes-a-fine-trainwreck

It gets tricky when they run into the one factor ( Read more... )

Another one of those things that I wrote (in August, apparently) and then didn't post because I'd already posted a lot that week, or something…I thought I'd written about my feelings about Rainbow Rowell's Landline, but couldn't find it in the "bookery" tag, so I searched my computer and pulled this up ( Read more... )

And this is why I love Linda Holmes ( Read more... )

"You want to eliminate risk? Think like Hollywood. Only see things about which you have "preawareness." Watch more of the things you already like. Watch the sequel. Watch the other sequel. Watch the rip-off. Be that kind of enthusiast. Be the kind of enthusiast that uses enthusiasm as a shield against the possibility of disappointment ( Read more... )

Once again, Linda Holmes writes a paragraph that might as well have been written for me ( Read more... )

Hey, Kid: Thoughts For The Young Oddballs We Need So Badlyhttp://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2013/07/19/203565597/hey-kid-thoughts-for-the-young-oddballs-we-need-so-badlyRead more... )