because I am sick in the head I keep a yearly map of the places I eat around la. this was 2025. can you tell which side of town I live on lol

how my holiday break is going:

it finally happened: I’ve watched INHERENT VICE enough times that I can follow the plot start to finish without breaking a sweat. concerning

marty supreme (he's really good at slicing oranges)

I don't think the ending of marty supreme is meant to imply redemption or even lasting and positive personal change

what do you MEAN the full ann lee soundtrack isn’t streaming til january

heated rivalry gets the highest of critical compliments from yours truly: all my issues with it boil down to "there should've been more"

crazy that this book is low key mandatory background reading for MARTY SUPREME

I do not want to know what home renovation horrors led both halves of the bronstein marriage to make movies about leaky holes in ceilings this year

all the books I read this year! favorites in bold

if you are bored by pluribus and my curmudgeonly queen carol sturka that's a skill issue*!!! *reasonable minds may disagree but I tried to work through that disagreement in writing variety.com/2025/tv/colu...

if you are bored by pluribus and my curmudgeonly queen carol sturka that's a skill issue*!!! *reasonable minds may disagree but I tried to work through that disagreement in writing variety.com/2025/tv/colu...

they're gonna have to rename the streisand effect after this bari weiss cecot fiasco is over

london blog 2: electric boogaloo aherman2006.substack.com/p/what-i-ate...

london blog 2: electric boogaloo aherman2006.substack.com/p/what-i-ate...

heated rivalry will ask its co lead to speak a foreign language but not perform more than 10 consecutive seconds of the character doing his supposed job

wrote up the two ball-out meals of my london trip: aherman2006.substack.com/p/what-i-ate...

wrote up the two ball-out meals of my london trip: aherman2006.substack.com/p/what-i-ate...

we're all a little burnt out on rich mommy thrillers post-ALL HER FAULT blowing up, and diane kruger showcase LITTLE DISASTERS doesn't help itself by abandoning the antivaxxer vs. nhs theme that could help the show stand out from the pack: variety.com/2025/tv/revi...

list day!!!! it’s list day!!!! variety.com/lists/best-t...

list day!!!! it’s list day!!!! variety.com/lists/best-t...

well.....I blogged it variety.com/2025/tv/colu...

blogged about hosting our first thanksgiving:

I think I’ve cleaned my kitchen 14 times today

for the final season I am embracing my truth as a STRANGER THINGS grump. join me!! variety.com/2025/tv/revi...

for the final season I am embracing my truth as a STRANGER THINGS grump. join me!! variety.com/2025/tv/revi...

both rabid israeli nationalists and hardline anti-zionists seem to agree that the west bank settlement project is inextricable from the country "simply...existing." horseshoe theory is real!!

HAMNET...I am calling for a total and complete shutdown of needle dropping on the nature of daylight until we can figure out what's going on

seeking recs for london *in december* — sightseeing, shopping, wintertime activities, things of that nature (and food ofc)

I now understand where timmy's "one of the greats" speech came from — he was basically quoting the script of MARTY SUPREME verbatim

the amazon limited series MALICE is a bizarrely half-assed take on the tom ripley archetype, starring david duchovny as the target of an evil manny's revenge scheme: variety.com/2025/tv/revi...

on paper, THE BEAST IN ME is a hybrid of THE JINX and THE JOURNALIST AND THE MURDERER with claire danes and matthew rhys in the titular roles. unfortunately the actual show isn't as good as that logline: variety.com/2025/tv/revi...

renewing this in the first place was a really wild choice! variety.com/2025/tv/news...

PLURIBUS needs rhea seehorn and rhea seehorn deserves PLURIBUS variety.com/2025/tv/acto...

PLURIBUS needs rhea seehorn and rhea seehorn deserves PLURIBUS variety.com/2025/tv/acto...

just discovered a fascinating corollary to "this person's parents have their own wikipedia page": "this person's *childhood home* has its own wikipedia page"

not only is ALL HER FAULT, a rich mom kidnapping thriller that marks sarah snook's big return to tv, no SUCCESSION — it's also no BIG LITTLE LIES, and a middling entry in the industrial complex that show inspired variety.com/2025/tv/revi...

add me to the chorus of critics telling you ALL'S FAIR is offensively half-baked girlboss nonsense!! variety.com/2025/tv/revi...

finally watched A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE...what happened to the other 2/3 of the movie?!?!

talked to sterlin harjo about THE LOWDOWN, ethan hawke and what america has to learn from tulsa. good show!! variety.com/2025/tv/news...

add me to the chorus of critics telling you ALL'S FAIR is offensively half-baked girlboss nonsense!! variety.com/2025/tv/revi...

I LOVE LA (2025)

premieres tonight!

randy newman's "i love la" was the playoff song at my wedding so in a way this win belongs to me

deep frying is a weeknight activity if you want it bad enough

watching I LOVE LA feels like staring into a black hole. I think that’s the point? variety.com/2025/tv/revi...

watching I LOVE LA feels like staring into a black hole. I think that’s the point? variety.com/2025/tv/revi...

money diaries, one of the great institutions of the internet, posted a couple pieces of klarna spon ~2 weeks ago and nothing since. BRING HER BACK

from the weekend: with TALAMASCA, amc's immortal universe is now 1 for 3 on shows that successfully channel the spirit of anne rice (and this show isn't the 1) variety.com/2025/tv/revi...

from the weekend: with TALAMASCA, amc's immortal universe is now 1 for 3 on shows that successfully channel the spirit of anne rice (and this show isn't the 1) variety.com/2025/tv/revi...