Andor: Make It Stop

“Am I your daughter now?”

What a beautiful, sad and unexpected episode. Well, not entirely unexpected, but this is not how I pictured things would play out.

Doctor Who: The Story and the Engine

"The Doctor! We need him now! It needs feeding!"

Doctor Who goes somewhere we've never been before, gives us a breathtaking study on the power of stories, community, heartbreak, the feeling of abandonment, and the grace of forgiveness. And I don't know if I'm qualified to talk about any of it.

But let's give it a shot.

Final Destination 5

"I don't make the rules. I just clean up after the game is over."

As I mentioned last time, horror franchises often descend into parody. But sometimes, if you’re lucky, the franchise will right itself. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, the franchise will return to what made it good in the first place.

We got lucky here.

This review contains heavy spoilers!

Dexter Original Sin: The Big Bad Body Problem

“I wish there was a Rand McNally for body disposal.”

What a shocking twist. I was floored.

Mini Comic Reviews: May, 2025

This month I'll be looking at the New 52 Wonder Woman, Absolute Flash, Grant Morrison’s The Mystery Play, the Glory reboot from 2012, and latest series of X-Men.

Mort by Terry Pratchett (Discworld 4)

I? KILL? said Death, obviously offended. CERTAINLY NOT. PEOPLE GET KILLED, BUT THAT'S THEIR BUSINESS. I JUST TAKE OVER FROM THEN ON. AFTER ALL, IT'D BE A BLOODY STUPID WORLD IF PEOPLE GOT KILLED WITHOUT DYING, WOULDN'T IT?

Book four of the Discworld series is about Death (the character), while also going into a bit of detail about death (the experience). While not as deep as some of his later works, it still has some interesting philosophical points to make while also being funny as Discworld always is.

Marry Me

You know, they say, if you want something different, you have to do something different.

Movie description: “Music superstars Kat Valdez and Bastian are getting married before a global audience of fans. But when Kat learns, seconds before her vows, that Bastian has been unfaithful, she instead decides to marry Charlie, a stranger in the crowd.”

Andor: Welcome to the Rebellion

“I’m choosing the Rebellion.”

This episode doesn’t waste a lot of time. It does build and it does it well, but the point was to officially start the Rebellion. And canonically it has always begun with Mon Mothma making a speech.

Dexter Original Sin: The Joy of Killing

Once, twice, three times a serial killer. I'll admit I'm getting sucked in, almost in spite of myself. It's fun watching baby Dexter emerge. Like going back to season one.

This Week: Revisiting the Arrowverse

Billie Doux: While I am still watching the nearly grown eaglet chicks at Big Bear, my cat Kara has (with my help) just discovered Cat TV on YouTube. She seems to find the fish boring, but the squirrels too exciting. Every time they run off the screen, Kara bobs behind the television, trying to see where they went. Birdies seem to be a nice compromise, although she keeps batting at the screen.

Andor: Who Are You?

“We are the Ghor. The Galaxy is watching.”

From the first seconds of this episode I could tell we were in for something different. I just never expected this –

The Final Destination

"You come hoping to see a crash?"
"No, I would like to see them complete– Of course it's to see a crash."

There comes a point in every horror franchise where it becomes a parody of itself. It stops being scary and leans into the utterly ridiculous. And sometimes these entries are okay or even fun. Jason X is a patently absurd movie and premise, but it’s also the Friday the 13th movie I rewatch the most.