The history of white settlers’ explorations of the environs surrounding what would become Apex is a history of whites poking their noses into places where the local Native Americans knew better...
Austin Kingsley and Mitzi Klingfeld aren’t the only grownup gumshoes looking into mysteries and criminal misdeeds in Apex City. Reid Warne knows how to navigate a forensic scene, managing to ...
Movie critique: A different view - Port Townsend Leader I’ve been reviewing films professionally since 2017, and this marks my very first negative reader response to one of my reviews. I cou...
Hello from the first of the four nights of the Port Townsend Film Festival, which I am covering for the Port Townsend Leader newspaper.
Kirk Boxleitner | Twitter, Instagram | Linktree And as I continue to cast a broad net for writing assignments, this old dog is finally learning some new tricks, which is why I now have a Linkt...
In Conversation with Kirk Boxleitner : I only just now realized that I never shared when Sheila Bender interviewed me about writing arts reviews for the Port Townsend Leader on KPTZ 91.9 FM, a ...
Honor Among Thieves Honors D&D's Messy Tolkien Influence : How can you tell “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” is inspired by the true spirit of “Dungeons & Dragons,” and isn’t...
Two Episodes Prove Night Court Was Always Decades Ahead of Its Time : Even before Peacock renewed “Night Court,” the sunny, slapstick sitcom wasn’t as safe as some might remember, as I wr...
How Poker Face's Season Finale Offers 'The Illusion of Change' : Since “Poker Face” got renewed for a second season on Peacock, Comic Book Resources allowed me to break down what got change...
Picard's Captain Shaw Isn't the New Jellico - He's Star Trek's Frank Grimes : Captain Liam Shaw, played by Todd Stashwick (or “Grimey,” as he likes to be called), is both “Picard” Seaso...
How Quantumania's Scott Lang Proves the Appeal of an Adult Peter Parker : Thank Comic Book Resources for allowing me to analyze how Scott Lang in “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” proves ...
NBC's New Night Court Is Desperately Missing These Original Series Characters : While NBC’s Night Court has always run on one-off gags, it also has a rich existing history of characters to dr...
How Netflix's Wednesday Fulfills the Unrealized Dreams of MTV's Daria : In many ways, MTV’s Daria Morgendorffer and Netflix’s Wednesday Addams are the same acid-tongued high-IQ teen girl, s...
How Melissa Rauch's Judge Abby Stone Made 2023's Night Court Her Own : For those of us old enough to remember the original Night Court, Comic Book Resources allowed me to take stock of the char...
How Poker Face's Use of Sound Enhances the Viewing Experience : It’s the best new murder-mystery show in years, and while plenty of the strengths of “Poker Face” on Peacock are obvious, s...
Transformers: Optimus Prime's Death Ended Peak '80s Kids' Culture : kbox-in-the-box : > The 1980s were actually two eras: Peak ‘80s, and the subsequent > transition into the ...
Transformers: Optimus Prime's Death Ended Peak '80s Kids' Culture : The 1980s were actually two eras: Peak ‘80s, and the subsequent transition into the 1990s. As I write for Comic Book Resour...
Glass Onion Is The Canterbury Tales for the COVID Era : Other reviews of Glass Onion: Is Ed Norton’s character Elon Musk? My analysis for Comic Book Resources: Greetings, cowards. We’ll b...
How Bill & Ted Face the Music Delivered an Impossibly Satisfying Conclusion : Those of us who grew up with Bill and Ted could relate to wondering why we hadn’t saved the world yet, but as I w...
How the Quantum Leap Reboot Transforms the 'Stealth Anthology' : As Comic Book Resources allows me to point out in this article, the new Quantum Leap shares its spotlight with the team behind i...