Oh Rhaenyra, you’re in danger, girl. And not just from the newly risen Aegon and Sunfyre, who are now almost certainly on their way to take back what is theirs. You can’t trust Daemon – although, can you really blame him for wanting to protect his daughter (who he couldn’t have cared less about a […]
Author: Jean Henegan
The Vampire Lestat Post-Mortem
The interesting trick of Anne Rice’s “The Vampire Lestat” novel is that, after an incredibly successful novel telling the story of Louis, Lestat, Claudia, Armand, and Daniel Malloy from the perspective of Louis (and, in the TV series, Armand as well), we get to see the thoughts of the brash, angry, and so selfish Lestat. […]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – The Griffin Incident Review
Now that’s more like it. What an episode. Easily one of the best in the entire series up to this point. As those who watched AppleTV+’s hit Widow’s Bay this spring know, it’s not easy to craft an effective horror episode. You have to balance legitimate scares – having creepy ghouls walking in the background […]
House of the Dragon – Faceless Men Review
Thank god. Finally. Ser Cristen Cole is no more. And what a mundane end to such an odious man. For a character who began as a potential love interest for both Rhaenyra and Alicent – both of whom ultimately rejected him because, let’s face it, he’s not a catch – to meet his demise on […]
Strange New Worlds – Valles Marineris Review
I’ve never been a huge fan of time travel Star Trek stories. Sure, you occasionally get a truly great one like “City on the Edge of Forever” in The Original Series, but more often than not, they end up like this one. A device to twist a historical moment in time into something that our […]
Strange New Worlds Season Four Review
After I finished watching the fourth season premiere of Strange New Worlds, I will admit that I got nervous. This is how they’re opening the penultimate season of the show? And after a third season that was more miss than hit, it didn’t bode well for what was to come. After all, we still had […]
House of the Dragon – Unbowed and Unbent Review
House of the Dragon has run up against an interesting issue in its third season – it’s running out of major plot points with which to drive the story forward while also refusing to take this time to flesh out its supporting cast in meaningful ways. The cast of House of the Dragon isn’t as […]
Lucky Review
I’ll admit that I had a hard time really getting into Lucky, the new thriller from AppleTV+ that is based on the novel of the same name. There’s a lot of action – car chases, foot races, hiding behind large vehicles whilst someone stalks around with a gun. And there’s a decent enough story being […]
Ride or Die Review
There’s nothing all that original about Ride or Die, the new comedic thriller from Prime Video. When watching it, you’ll see nearly all of the twists coming. You likely won’t find it all that funny (sorry to the writers but “harried and manic” isn’t really a viable comedic styling). And the general conceit – two […]
House of the Dragon – Tumbleton Review
Well, it appears that the Targaryens aren’t the only sadistic, power-hungry forces in Westeros. Ormund Hightower is pretty darn horrific in his own right. Although, anyone familiar with the goings on in Westeros likely wasn’t shocked to see that Alicent’s cousin, and guardian of her youngest son, Daeron, has his own designs on the Iron […]










