If you are a fiend for physical media like we are, you may find yourself tracking the high-end restoration distributors […]
5 Thoughts On… The Lost City
1. Sandra Bullock could do this role in her sleep, but thankfully she’s dialed in. Loretta Sage, like […]
Curated Beef: April 2022
Curated Beef, April 2022 The movies are back, baybeee! This April features three projects that I’ve been awaiting forever. […]
5 Thoughts On… The Batman (2022)
I feel like I saw that first movie trailer for The Batman about a decade ago. It looked cool, […]
Curated Beef: March 2022
Curated Beef, March 2022 Welcome to March! In my southwestern Pennsylvania corner of the world, we’re a month or […]
“This will be a long night. Send out for some beer and sandwiches”: On Jules Maigret
Jules Maigret is surely the most famous literary detective who remains a relative unknown in the United States. He’s […]
Alleged Buff: K I M I
An old feature renewed with the new year. Please join me in welcoming Trent Crofts to the Empire as we […]
5 Thoughts on… Reacher
Amazon Prime’s newest television adaptation should be familiar to dads and other airport novel readers everywhere. Reacher (2022) adapts […]
Curated Beef: February 2022
Curated Beef: February 2022 I’m writing this while staring down an imminent ice storm, so our slab of curated […]
The butler did it? Mais non!: On Hercule Poirot
Agatha Christie is the master of detective fiction. More accurately, she is the master of all fiction: Christie’s books have […]
Curated Beef: January 2022
January 2022 Welcome to the first edition of Curated Beef, our monthly list of recommendations, passions, and whatever else […]
5 Thoughts on… The Matrix Resurrections
(Massive spoilers ahead. This is your only warning.) 1. A few choices confuse, but overall the story is as weird […]