Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused always had a major effect on me as a young film viewer. Not just because it was emotionally honest and hilariously funny but because at the end of the film the main protagonist Mitch (Wiley Wiggins) goes into his room at the end of one very long day, puts on […] More
The CBS TV show Moonlight premiered in 2007, set in Los Angeles and starring Alex O’Loughlin as private investigator Mick St. John and Sophia Myles as reporter Beth Turner. From the first episode, it’s clear there’s a level of attraction between Mick and Beth, but there are complications. One, Mick is a vampire; two, Mick and […] More
“We know that a dream can be real, but whoever thought that reality could be a dream? We exist, of course, but how, in what way? As we believe, as flesh-and-blood human beings, or are we simply parts of someone’s feverish, complicated nightmare? Think about it, and then ask yourself, do you live here, in […] More
Rod Serling managed to tap into the essence of human nature and boil it down so simply that decades and decades after his work was released, new generations are still learning from him the psychological construction of the human spirit and will to survive. And he’s relayed that message, time and time again, without pulling […] More
The kind of long narrative of serialized TV can be wonderfully immersive, but here at 25YL we also recognize the value of a great standalone episode. Join us as we explore horror and sci-fi anthologies old and new, along with some other standout episodes of shows you love. This week, Will Johnson discusses another episode […] More
The kind of long narrative of serialized TV can be wonderfully immersive, but here at 25YL we also recognize the value of a great standalone episode. Join us as we explore horror and sci-fi anthologies old and new, along with some other standout episodes of shows you love. This week, Will Johnson examines another episode […] More
The Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 finale really wanted to be epic but was ultimately something of a mixed bag. On the one hand, it did all the things it set out to do; it checked all the boxes on its to-do list—but did it do it in a satisfying way? The final showdown between […] More
Last week’s episode “The Red Angel” ended with Captain Leland of Section 31 apparently attacked and injected with something by Control—31’s central computer core infected with an advanced future artificial intelligence—and Commander Michael Burnham discovering that the Red Angel is, in fact, her mother, whom she has believed dead for the past 20 years. Star […] More
This week’s episode of Star Trek: Discovery—”The Red Angel”—was a doozy. It was heavy on revelations, including two different reveals of the identity of the Red Angel and Section 31’s role in creating it, and Michael Burnham learning the truth of her parents’ deaths and that they worked for Section 31. The episode opens with Airiam’s funeral. […] More
“Project Daedalus”: A shocking, gripping—and quite frankly, rather infuriating—emotional gut-punch of an episode. Star Trek: Discovery has been firing on all nacelles this year, raising the bar with every episode, and this week was no exception. Read on to find out why I found it so good and yet so maddening, but beware: Major Spoiler Ahead. Still […] More
WOW. Okay, I know it’s bad form to lay my cards down before the hand even gets started, whether it’s in poker or a review. But what the heck? WOW. A friend described this episode as “the Trekkest Trek there’s ever been,” and he’s not far wrong. As Stefon would say, “This episode has everything!” “If […] More
After weeks of teasing, the promised occurrence has finally happened: Spock comes to Star Trek: Discovery. But is this the Spock we expected? What we get is a Spock (Ethan Peck) whose mind is broken, seemingly mumbling gibberish and unaware of the world around him. “Light and Shadows”—the seventh episode of Season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery, […] More
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