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August mailbag
This month: Greta Gerwig's How I Met Your Dad, The Addams Family, and bad advice.
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writing
How I write (hopefully) effective dialogue
Here's some advice for you to take or leave.
Episodes 6.0
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It's that time again!
Rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown August 11 - 17 2025
This week: Eddington, Alien: Earth, and Strange New Worlds fanservice
horror
What Weapons is "about"
Zach Cregger's excellent and very funny new horror film hides a dark and lonely core.
Rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown August 4 - 10 2025
This week: Princess Mononoke! Weapons! A much larger number of lepers than usual for this feature.
TV
Did Hank Hill vote for Trump?
And before you answer, ask yourself one thing: Why do we care?
books
What if it's supposed to be bad?
Artists make choices. What if those choices are intentionally off-putting?
movies
Episodes Monday Rundown July 28 - August 3 2025
This week: The Naked Gun, a lovely new romance novel, and TWO Star Treks!
superhero movies
Somebody save me
Superman and Thunderbolts get back to superhero basics: saving people from certain death.
movies
Episodes Monday Rundown July 21 - 27 2025
This week: The terrific debut feature I Like Movies, The Batman, and Spock's wedding(??!)
TV
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds plays it safe. That’s a problem.
The only remaining Trek series features sparkling exteriors and a hollow core, writes Lily Osler.