BoJack Horseman and a Contemplative Consumption Diet
In a moment when easy consumerism reigns, jarring and difficult shows like BoJack Horseman are exactly what we need.

In a moment when easy consumerism reigns, jarring and difficult shows like BoJack Horseman are exactly what we need.

Kevin and Sarah pair their Watchlist review of Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru with their review of its 2022 remake Living, starring Bill Nighy

We’d all benefit from a large-scale adoption of the Deacon’s mindset in The Wire: not to be afraid to get up into others’ business.

Dooku’s story reminds us that seemingly innocuous moral compromises can lead to an unfortunate and tragic end.

HBO’s new fantasy series gives us a glimpse of a world without grace.

There’s something special in discovering there are still new stories to be told within Star Wars that are more than recycled nostalgia.

Kevin and Sarah review two movies that address power imbalances and the places where women are made unwelcome in film: She Said and Shirkers.

We’ve yet to see the event that transforms Andor from a poor survivalist into a spy willing to die (and kill) for the Rebellion.

In the age of the “gritty” anti-hero, rare is the genre story that begins with the assumption that evil is real and must be dealt with.

It’s easy to sneer at celebrity pastors who traded key moral convictions for political power, but it’s hard to watch those we love do the same.

The show’s creators eventually begin to portray The Office as purgatory rather than hell.

This isn’t your father’s Star Wars, and it’s not your six-year-old’s either.

These daughters beat themselves up, lost their self-assurance, and lacked a true sense of who they were, but their fathers guided them toward the truth.

In The Gilded Age, Marian’s choice to love like Christ means actively putting aside the Law that society has tried to inculcate in her.

Whether it be heartbreak, love triangles, or personal tragedy, Amazon’s series reminds us that hope can reach us in our hardships.

Sarah and Kevin, two unabashed Tolkien nerds, discuss the first two episodes of the new Lord of the Rings TV series, The Rings of Power.
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