Best Of5/14/20May 1412Best Of5/14/20Best OfThe 25 best horror movies since 2000Nathan Rabin, Nick Wanserski, Benjamin Mercer, and 10 more2.3KAsk horror-movie buffs to name their favorite decade for the genre, and you’ll likely receive a variety of answers.…
Inventory5/7/20May 71Inventory5/7/20InventoryKilling above your weight class: 25 unexpected assassinsNick Wanserski, Scott Von Doviak, Drew Toal, and 9 more517The mightier the villain does not always mean the mightier the hero. Here are 26 fictional characters who met their…
TV Reviews4/26/19Apr 26 20191TV Reviews4/26/19A-TV ReviewsIn a thrilling season finale, The Orville shows how much worse it can get when you try to avoid mistakesNick Wanserski168This is a purely anecdotal feeling on my part, completely uninformed by any actual data or research; but I feel…
TV Reviews4/19/19Apr 19 2019SaveTV Reviews4/19/19B-TV ReviewsAn erratic The Orville proves poor decisions aren't just for the youngNick Wanserski215If you read Savage Love or any other progressive, sex-positive advice column, you’ll occasionally come across…
TV Reviews4/12/19Apr 12 2019SaveTV Reviews4/12/19ATV ReviewsA smart and kinetic The Orville makes the case for independenceNick Wanserski120I was a little surprised when tonight’s episode began. It took some real chutzpah for The Orville to return to a…
TV Reviews3/22/19Mar 22 20191TV Reviews3/22/19C+TV ReviewsGordon looks to the past to find love in a middling The OrvilleNick Wanserski177I probably wouldn’t have been so quick to use a Futurama Space Pope reference if I knew how frequently the show…
TV Reviews3/8/19Mar 8 2019SaveTV Reviews3/8/19BTV ReviewsBad blood threatens peace on The OrvilleNick Wanserski125Well, it appears an unexpected invasion of homicidal robots went and put the fear of Avis in everyone and…
TV Reviews3/1/19Mar 1 20193TV Reviews3/1/19ATV ReviewsThe Orville goes big and goes homeNick Wanserski287 I’ll admit to feeling a little uneasy last week that The Orville would back out of its genocidal robot army…
TV Reviews2/22/19Feb 22 20193TV Reviews2/22/19B+TV ReviewsThe Orville takes Isaac home in a fantastic episodeNick Wanserski234By my own biases, I’m predisposed toward reviewing a television show more favorably if it features a cavern of…
TV Reviews2/15/19Feb 15 2019SaveTV Reviews2/15/19BTV ReviewsA new romance fights an old prejudice on The OrvilleNick Wanserski165“I wonder how long we’re going to put up with them?” Ed muses to Kelly towards the end of tonight’s episode,…
TV Reviews2/1/19Feb 1 2019SaveTV Reviews2/1/19BTV ReviewsDefying the Space Pope, Dr. Claire dates a robot on The OrvilleNick Wanserski125In Minneapolis, we, like a significant portion of the Midwest, are finally clawing out of the wretched,…
TV Reviews1/25/19Jan 25 2019SaveTV Reviews1/25/19C+TV ReviewsThe Orville says superstition ain't the way (no, no, no)Nick Wanserski166
TV Reviews1/18/19Jan 18 20191TV Reviews1/18/19B+TV ReviewsEd is forced to confront the sins of his past on The OrvilleNick Wanserski138It was the moment she said she was cold. I don’t know if it’s that Lt. Janel Tyler (Michaela McManus) just felt more…
TV Reviews1/11/19Jan 11 2019SaveTV Reviews1/11/19CTV ReviewsA crew member departs on an otherwise middling The OrvilleNick Wanserski182About halfway through tonight’s episode, “Home”, Alara Kitan, chief security officer for the Orville, is sitting on…
TV Reviews1/4/19Jan 4 20191TV Reviews1/4/19BTV ReviewsThe Orville explores 3-dimensional porn addiction, exploding planetsNick Wanserski114Bortus is into some kinky shit. That’s not the actual takeaway from tonight’s episode, which confronts how poor…
TV Reviews12/31/18Dec 31 20181TV Reviews12/31/18B+TV ReviewsThe Orville begins its second season with a strong, low-stakes, character-focused episodeNick Wanserski146“Ja’loja,” tonight’s premiere for the second season of The Orville, was a low-key outing completely lacking in…
TV Reviews11/23/18Nov 23 2018SaveTV Reviews11/23/18BTV ReviewsFor its final episode, The Romanoffs lets its hair down and has a little funNick Wanserski17Here we are at the finale of Matthew Weiner’s elaborate, decadent, and befuddling experiment in tangentially Russian…
TV Reviews11/16/18Nov 16 2018SaveTV Reviews11/16/18B+TV ReviewsA brutal Romanoffs presents its sharpest and saddest story yetNick Wanserski12“End of the Line” is a tense, engaging episode of The Romanoffs that is also the first to realize the potential of…
TV Reviews11/9/18Nov 9 2018SaveTV Reviews11/9/18B-TV ReviewsThe Romanoffs explores the liability of a royal bloodlineNick Wanserski8In the six episodes leading up to this one, each story has treated the titular Romanoff bloodline like a vestigial…
TV Reviews11/2/18Nov 2 2018SaveTV Reviews11/2/18BTV ReviewsA simple story told well makes for the strongest The Romanoffs yetNick Wanserski13“Bright and High Circle” presents a standard plot setup. Katherine (Diane Lane), a professor of Russian Literature…