Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #6: His Dark Materials

Call Me Kat Review

Towards the end of the pilot in the new Fox show “Call Me Kat,” the title character turns to her mother and says that she’s 39 and single so her life “is going to be messy.” “Messy” is indeed the best–or at least the nicest word–to describe the garbled, poorly written new Fox sitcom about […]

Star Trek: Picard – The Impossible Box

After last week’s weighty (but fun) outing, Star Trek: Picard decided it was time to finally start pushing it’s relatively thin narrative forward at warp speed with the plot-packed “The Impossible Box.” After spending half the season talking about saving Soji and the extreme difficulty such a rescue attempt would present, that was shockingly simple, […]

Strange New World – New Life and New Civilizations Review

We’ve known since day one of Strange New Worlds that the story of Captain Christopher Pike was a tragedy. So, much of what he does within his personal life is shaped by that knowledge – from how he chooses to mentor his crew to his relationship with Marie. And while very few people know about […]