Harry & Meghan: A Review
Episodes 1-3 I’m not so much a royal watcher as a lifelong student of media (and professor of media studies at Fordham University), so it…
Author: Paul Levinson
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Review of ‘The Peripheral’ 1.4-1.5
Who took Lev’s tea? The disappearance of his tea in episode 1.4 of The Peripheral on Amazon Prime Video was an another signalic moment, just…
Review of ‘The Peripheral’ 1.3
So, I entitled this review of The Peripheral 1.3 “John Snow,” even though it had an already excellent title, “Haptic Drift”. Here’s why: First, John…
The P&A
The road was beyond slippery. The anti-skids on the car went in and out of activating. The duel between chaos and control continued for a…
Review of ‘The Peripheral’ 1.1-1.2
I saw the first two episodes of The Peripheral on Amazon Prime Video last night. It’s an adaptation of the 2014 novel of the same…
Why Time Travel Is Enjoyable
Time travel is my favorite kind of science fiction, as a reader and a writer – precisely because it’s almost certainly impossible. Not like travel…
Review of ‘Blonde’: Only the Acting Was Excellent
Just watched Blonde on Netflix. I’m sorry to say I found only the acting was excellent. Let’s talk about that excellence first. Ana de Armas…
Slipping Time
I slipped on the wet pavement. I got to my feet and soon discovered it was five hours earlier. This was not the first time…
It’s Real Life
“That’s ‘Real Life,’ from the Beatles’ 1985 Come and Go LP, and I’m Pete Fornatale on WFUV’s July 4, 1996 weeklong celebration.” Pete sighed with…