This is my recap of what became a seminal moment in my life: the Baywatch season 4 two-parter. It was the Friday evening of March 11th. Exhausted from the excellence of KCRW’s Eclectic 24-hr radio and ready for a different vibe, I flipped on the TV. (Read: I turned on…

For as long as I can remember, I’ve had trouble making decisions. I am indecisive around a menu, always asking the server or bartender for their opinions, hoping they can live my life for me. Perhaps unsurprisingly, I was indecisive picking a college, waiting until the last day. I had…

The Madrigal family is a family of miracles who have found refuge in the mountains of Colombia, every member blessed with a unique power. Everyone that is, except Mirabel (Stephanie Beatriz). When their magical home, the Encanto, begins to crack, and their miracles begin to waver, Abuela Alma (María Cecilia…

I had been ambivalent about more Batmen movies until I heard an off-color anecdote before a Worst Person in the World screening with friends. Someone I just met mentioned that director Matt Reeves had had problems working with Robert Pattinson. Apparently, Reeves was angry that Pattinson and Kravitz had sex…

I have spent a decade writing myself into knots on various projects because my underlying intent was to change the world. This, of course, was some white savior bullshit, but also an effective way to paralyze myself at the task at hand. How can anyone possibly face that daunting task…

“The time has come to liquidate our guests.” The Black Hole may well be the term Disney uses to refer to their 70s-80s output, a dark and fallow period in their history, and not this amusing, messy space epic that netted Disney their first PG rating ever. I’m here to…

The following was performed as a monologue for The Naked Man Podcast. I was around 13, tromping around the woods with a few friends when we decided to play an impromptu game of capture the flag. My friend J and I were on a team, and didn’t really give a…

The following was performed as a monologue on The Naked Man Podcast. Today, I want to talk about making mistakes. Well, I don’t want to, but I have to. I was 21 years old when I made my worst mistake. I got a DUI. And it wasn’t a flimsy one…

“Nobody’s ever given me a stuffed disembodied head before.” What if I told you there was a movie where a brainwashed Sugar Ray chases after some of the biggest 90s stars in the world, violently smashing through windows with his guitar to get at them? What if I told you…