At Nee's urging, I've been watching Black Mirror and about 25 mins ago as of drafting this, I'd just finished the episode involving the couple and the technology that enables them to sift through and recall memories as though they were files on a hard drive, reminiscent of crowleycrow's short story, "Snow," which I suggested Nee read almost as soon as I ( Read more... )

I recently fell into a BoJack Horseman, a 30-minute Netflix comedy-drama (dramedy? tragicomedy?) about washed-up late-1980s sitcom star who is also a horse. Anthropomorphic animals live alongside humans, and I figured it was animated and 30 mins and I needed something fun to help the brain heal in the aftermath of The Battle at Hardhome Bar Exam. ( Read more... )

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-- When Women Become Men at Wellesley - Ruth Padawer, New York Times Magazine, Oct. 15, 2014 ( Read more... )

Showtime's Youtube Channel had the second season premiere episode of Homeland up and I just finished watching it and I continue to be blown away by that show.

One, it manages an interesting balance between the glacial pace of a show like The Wire and the frenetic, perpetual nail-biter that is Breaking Bad, especially in an episode that features ( Read more... )

Hell on Wheels, I want so badly to love you and look at you as an able replacement for my Deadwood fix, but you're not making it easy for me. How on earth can you show me a journalist, reporting on western expansion no less and the clashes with the native population that that would entail, who doesn't know what the word 'sullied' means? Seriously ( Read more... )

Not watching the Emmys tonight because 1) this year, I'm less interested in the spectacle and more interested in the results, which'll be waiting for me at the office tomorrow morning, 2) I let my hair down last night and have to pay for it with homework that did not complete itself in the interim, 3) my gym routine resumes Monday morning, and 4) I ( Read more... )

Just finished Season 2 of In Treatment. I'll be in the corner with the Prozac and the post-novel ennui.

Last night's Breaking Bad? Now, THAT's what I'm talking about! I feel like Katt Williams in his Pimp Chronicles, Vol. 1 - "This shit right here? This shit right here? This shit right here?!" That first Skylar-Walt scene where Skylar acts like a writer-producer and Walt like a diva actor was priceless. That's the Breaking Bad I know and love. Comedy ( Read more... )

All caught up on Breaking Bad, but the show is starting to lose a bit of its wholesale unpredictability, at least in this episode. Granted, it's still a stellar piece of television and the Jesse and Marie storylines are heartbreaking glimpses into the effects Walt and his actions have had on the people around him. I think having Hank's storyline ( Read more... )