Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti star in Palm Springs, now streaming on Hulu. One of my guilty pleasures in this life is a little comedic rap group that goes by the name of The Lonely Island. Raunchy, foul-mouthed, immature, and…
Everybody loves a good mystery. There is something irresistibly tantalizing about the unknown that drives all discovery as well as an undeniable rush when the answers one is looking for are finally unearthed. Mysteries can also be frustrating, heartbreaking and…
“If life seems jolly rotten, there’s something you’ve forgotten; and that’s to laugh and smile and dance and sing!” Hi there, Keizertimes reader. How are you holding in there? I know it’s been a tough week and an even tougher year, 2020…
Daveed Diggs, as Marquis de Lafayette, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, as Alexander Hamilton, reunite on the battlefield in the filmed stage production of Hamilton. What is the purpose of a review? To temper or raise expectations? To introduce readers to the…
Lara McDonnell, Josh Gad and Ferdia Shaw stand dumbfounded in Disney+’s Artemis Fowl. Our reviewer says audiences may end up with similar looks after viewing. In 2001, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone launched a prolonged trend of movie studios adapting novels…
Cate Blanchett stars in the FX/Hulu drama leads the luminous female ensemble of Mrs. America. I sincerely believe that social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook are some of the most harmful inventions of the 21st Century. Sure, they…
Tom Lehrer once said that “political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.” Not only is this a sick Kissinger burn, but it also raises an excellent point: a key characteristic of satire is taking…
“Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!” Although legends of the bloodsucking, darkness-loving undead have existed since time immemorial everywhere from Ancient Greece to Mesopotamia, it was Bram Stoker who codified the myth of the…
Robbie Amell, left, and Owen Daniels in Upload, a new comedy set in a digital afterlife. For me, Wednesday means a couple of different things–one, that new comic books have hit the shelves, and two, that a new episode of Office…
If you have been lucky enough to read one of my reviews in this newspaper before, you might have noticed a trend: thus far I have only reviewed movies and television shows that are original creations of streaming platforms such…