In Homer’s famous poem The Odyssey, the hero Odysseus traveling home to his wife Penelope after many years away fighting the Trojan War, is frequently distracted and delayed by the people and creatures he encounters. During this journey, Odysseus was…
As a movie and television critic who scans industry publications for the latest news, I was quite surprised last November to read that the Apple TV series Your Friends and Neighbors, starring Jon Hamm (Mad Men, The Morning Show), had…
Offering further insight into the Batman universe, HBO’s The Penguin is a new series that dives into the anti-hero’s rise to power in the Gotham criminal underworld. In this episode of The Spectacle Podcast, hosts Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay…
I’m not much of a movie person. I haven’t seen a TV show since Disney decided its Mysterious Benedict Society was simply too good to get a season three; and the last film I saw was Fiddler on the Roof…
Better late than never? We are mesmerized watching a five-year-old Netflix morality series called Madam Secretary, which follows a secretary of state who is skillfully portrayed by Téa Leoni. Remember the rich lady searching for her son on dinosaur-infested Isla…
Season two of Amazon’s mega-funded The Rings of Power isn’t good. Season one wasn’t good, either, and despite having two years to correct the problems, the show continues to feel like the furthest thing from what J. R. R. Tolkien would…
