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A deep dive into James Gunn's 2025 film Superman. Spoiler: I love this one. I think it's the best Superman film by a good margin and it's probably my favorite movie in quite a while.

My traumatic experience watching both versions of Zack Snyder's 2016 disaster Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. I take a close look at the myriad writing problems and filmmaking issues with this train wreck. And I say the f word a lot...

A dive into the 2013 Superman film Man of Steel, directed by Zack Snyder. I both like this movie and don't think it's all that good and I take a look at some of the reasons why. (It's almost good...)

A look at Opera Orlando's 2025 production of Scott Joplin's 1910 opera Treemonisha. This opera was lost for decades and doesn't get performed very often; the Opera Orlando production was Treemonisha's Florida premier.

A look at Orlando Ballet's May 2024 performance "Casanova," a ballet by Kenneth Tindall based on the biography "Casanova: Actor Lover Priest Spy" by Ian Kelly. This was the US premier of the work and, spoiler, I really liked it.

The final episode in a 3 part series about my Lorem Ipsum Christmas EP, which released on Nov 29, 2025. This episode focuses on the writing and paleontology of "The 12 Tyrannosaurs of Christmas," my version of the traditional "The 12 Days of Christmas." T.rex forever!

The second in a 3 part series about my Lorem Ipsum Christmas EP, released on Nov 29, 2025. This episode focuses on my original song "Maybe Next Year (Christmas 1914)," a song inspired by the real life Christmas Truce of 1914 during World War I.

The first in a 3 part series looking at my Lorem Ipsum Christmas EP, released on Nov 29, 2025. This episodes is about the EP conception in general and focuses on the tracks "Here Comes Santa Claus" and "O Holy Night."

A look at Leo Tolstoy's masterful Anna Karenina, one of my favorite novels. I talk about the writing mechanics and share some thoughts about the title character.

A deep dive into Superman, my favorite superhero, focused on how he appears in his comics. I talk about his character, his humanity, and what he stands for as well  a bunch of stuff I like about him, including stuff that people who only know him from pop culture osmosis may not know.