Bring back the mushroom zombies
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Editor’s note: Spoilers ahead. As much as it pains me to write this, Season 2 of The Last of Us left me cold. Cold like a mushroom person in...
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Dune: Prophecy trafficks in uninspired inevitability
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s getting hard to justify the buzz around certain “prestige” series — in no small part because, somehow, despite having an endless supply of money and intellectual property, so...
The Penguin is a crime drama masterpiece that transcends its comic-book origins
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s been said by at least one critic at The Guardian that Colin Farrell should win “all the awards” for his remarkable performance as Oswald (a.k.a. “Oz,” a.k.a. “The...
Plumbers’ cracks (in democracy)
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s a paradox to be deciphered by future historians, but for as much as we live in a time of tremendous technologically-driven capability, it is just as much an...
A Christmas Story Christmas is more a rumination on mortality than a holiday romp
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff A Christmas Story is, to a certain population, among the quintessential ruminations on the seasonal experience — at least from the perspective of a couple of smart-aleck kids, one...
The Dunning-Kruger hero
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Alexis De Tocqueville, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln get most of the credit for the notion that, “In a democracy, the people get the government they deserve.” French diplomat...
