Today is Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement. It closes out the High Holidays, the really important holidays for Jews (please not that Hanukkah is not in there). They begin with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. On that date tradition says that judgement on each person is written,…
This month, back in 1987, a TV show premiered called Dinosaucers. In what I can only guess is partially in celebration of this random anniversary, The plot is essentially Transformers, but with dinosaurs instead of robots. I was hard-core into this show as a kid and let me tell you,…
Back in the ancient era of the early 1990s television was a vastly different beast than it is today. Genres ran wild at the time, in a way that are old hat today. The police procedural + [insert genre trope of choice] was just starting to explode (see Brimstone, Cop…
Avatar: The Last Airbender ended just about a year ago. The 3rd part to the series finale ran on July 19th, 2008. There have been numerous pieces about the show and why it’s so amazing. It stands out for having one of the most satisfying finales of any show. And…
Today (8/6/18) there will be free screenings of this movie with no enforcement of ratings! Get your tweens and teens to see this Rated R movie. This Wednesday night. No ratings enforced. If you’ve been through 8th grade, eighth grade is for you. This is not just adult content. This is…
Among current comic titles there are a handful that are acknowledged as classics in the making. Y: The Last Man, Monstress, The Walking Dead, though this last one possibly by sheer exposure and reputation more than the quality of the current story. One title that almost always comes up is…
Sorry to Bother You is one of the strangest movies I’ve seen in a long time. And I expected it to be strange from the trailers. It’s also one of the most impressive. Visually the trailers seem to advertise a “black Michel Gondry” (and in fact, there’s one “blink and…
There is a loose conglomeration of Facebook groups, for and by Jews, that for varying degrees of community and discourse are known collectively as “Jewbook”. And last monday the community imploded on itself in an unprecedented wave of racist comments in response to an editorial by Nylah Burton, a JOC…
Happy 4th of July, and welcome to Summer Plus, the hottest season around. Let me walk you through a summer classic with a little twist. I love experimenting with crazy ice cream flavors. I have made things from sweet corn to malted-mint chocolate ice cream. I love the almost chewy…
**very mild spoilers to follow** After the end of Westworld’s first season I wasn’t sure exactly what the show was going to do. It’s a mystery based fiction, bouncing ideas around and seeing if the audience can discern which ones should be sticking. The end of season one essentially put…
Since his death last Friday, I have seen so many reactions to the loss of Anthony Bourdain. People and magazines have covered it from his impact on sharing food to his impact on sharing cultures. People have brought up his accomplishments, like an award from the Muslim Public Affairs Council to…
Is it possible to go home again? Are your favorite books of childhood actually as good as you remember? Or should they simply remain just that, memories, never to be revisited? I went back to my childhood touchstones to see. The results were varied and interesting. Chronicles of Narnia by CS…
