July - 2019

Joe Pace

Favorite Fictional Characters, #377: Jake Epping

Point One: Stephen King is often dismissed as a mediocre wordsmithing machine, cranking out modest midlevel fare, a sort of literary Bon...

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Favorite Fictional Characters, #376: R2D2

By way of context, it's important to note that I was two when Star Wars was released in 1977. The first movie I really recall seeing at a...

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Favorite Fictional Characters, #375: Kevin Pearson

This is Us is schmaltzy. It's treacly. It's saccharine mixed with honey poured over platitudes. It's a soap opera, an afterschool special...

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Favorite Non-Fiction Books, #102: The Woman Behind the New Deal, the Life of Frances Perkins

When the ravages of the Great Depression swept Franklin Delano Roosevelt into the White House in the election of 1932, it was not...

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Favorite Fictional Charatcers, #374: Eleanor Shellstrop

First things first: Kristen Bell's leading lady on The Good Place is a terrible human being. She's greedy, lazy, selfish, boozy,...

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Favorite Fictional Characters, #373: Unus the Untouchable

Top-shelf supervillains like Loki, Thanos, and Magneto are awesome, but a lot of the fun in comics comes from the deep roster of...

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Favorite Fictional Characters, #372: Commander Kelly Grayson

I've said it before: The Orville is the best Star Trek we've seen since the heyday of The Next Generation. Seth MacFarlane's passion...

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