Captain’s Log #11: The holodeck, Data, and the expanse of Q
by Emily Maesar, Associate Editor, TVJawn
There’s no real way to talk about Star Trek, as a franchise, without talking about technology.
Even 10 years later, BURNING LOVE is still a pitch-perfect rendition of reality dating shows
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
Burning Love was a dead-on parody of reality dating shows in the vein of The Bachelor, The Bachelorette and Rock of Love, for good measure.
The first season of ANDOR ends with sky and stone, plus a brick to the face of fascism
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
Well there it is, the best season of live action Star Wars so far.
In its final two episodes of the season, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE forges its own way forward within Anne Rice’s world
by Emily Maesar, Associate Editor, TVJawn
It’s been a week since I watched the finale, as we’re talking, and I sometimes will stop whatever I’m doing to just hoot and holler about the way that Rolin Jones and company finished out the season.
As we head to the finale, is ANDOR tied on the end of a string?
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
This cat and mouse skirmish is a perfect microcosm of Luthen’s fight against the Empire—if they want to catch him, they will need a better mousetrap.
The ever-falling dominoes of the last Hollywood strike: the 2007-2008 Writers’ Strike 15 years later
by Emily Maesar, Associate Editor, TVJawn
The Writers’ Strike of 2007-2008 forever changed the landscape of “the industry,” such as it was—particularly in the realm of television.
Episodes 4 and 5 of INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE bring us Claudia, Louis’s editorializing, and Lestat’s rage
by Emily Maesar, Associate Editor, TVJawn
Claudia’s introduction is a magical, madness shared by us all.
Episode 10 of ANDOR is a manifesto, not a statement
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
The tenth episode of Andor brings the themes of the season even more into focus as our main characters try to break out of their cages from the last two episodes.
Captain’s Log #10: “He must be hungry,” Star Trek and the limits of utopian storytelling
by Emily Maesar, Associate Editor, TVJawn
The major themes I want to talk about from season five, though, are the limits of medicine, the idea of gender and sexuality, and the willingness to commit war crimes and genocide—all in the progressive, utopian 24th century
Movie: The Series – A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
by Tina Kakadelis, Staff Writer
A League of Their Own (2022) took the original film’s feelings of warmth and inclusivity, and ran with them to a brand-new level.
Episodes 8 and 9 of ANDOR put characters into all manner of cages
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
The end game of this season isn’t clear just yet, but we continue to see the ripple effects of the Aldhani heist.
Episode 7 of ANDOR sees the political plot thickening
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
Star Wars politics has never been as thrilling on screen as it was in the seventh episode of Andor.
The third episode of INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE takes us through the odyssey of recollection
by Emily Maesar, Associate Editor, TVJawn
Boy, howdy, have the Interview with the Vampire video comparisons to both the book and the 1994 movie absolutely god tier.
Earnest television is at its finest in the RINGS OF POWER finale
by Megan Bailey, Staff Writer
This week’s episode is a doozy, and I mean emotionally.
A thrilling heist and reversals in perspective on ANDOR episode 6
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
The heist itself is a thrilling sequence, and one of the best extended action sequences I can remember on any series.
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE stuns with a brilliant second episode
by Emily Maesar, Associate Editor, TVJawn
It’s also important that Interview with a Vampire is unapologetically queer, not afraid to say the specific labels, and that it’s already been renewed for a second season.
In its penultimate episode of the season, RINGS OF POWER delivers consequences to its battles
by Megan Bailey, Staff Writer
This week’s episode is a doozy, and I mean emotionally.
“The Axe Forgets” but blades are sharpened on ANDOR
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
While there are no major plot moves in this episode, I love how Andor is fleshing out its world and especially the characters within.
We’ve all been given a Dark Gift in the new INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE series
by Emily Maesar, Associate Editor, TVJawn
An interview with the Associate Editor.
Even working together, men and elves can’t stop the rise of evil in this week’s RINGS OF POWER
by Megan Bailey, Staff Writer
If anyone thought Rings of Power was a boring show, this episode will prove them wrong.