2022-04-16 19:19
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 280, in which I review episode 1.4 of Slow Horses on Apple TV+ Written blog post review of this episode of Slow Horses Podcast reviews… Read More
Blog Directory > Arts & Entertainment Blogs > Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress arts-and-entertainment Blog >
Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress Blog
paullevinson.blogspot.com
Tags:
slow horses
review
slow
trek picard
star trek picard
horse
ptolemy grey
episode
picard
beatles
reviewing 12 Monkeys, American Crime, Billions, Black Sails, Bloodline, Bones, Bosch, Colony, Deutschland 83, Fargo, Fear TWD, Game of Thrones, Hell on Wheels, Homeland, House of Cards, Humans, Marseille, Masters of Sex, Mr. Robot, Peaky Blinders, Outlander, Ray Donovan, Rectify, The: Affair, Americans, Girlfriend Experience, Man in the High Castle, Walking Dead; Tyrant, Vikings +movies, music, politicsGeorge Santayana had irrational faith in reason - I have irrational faith in TV.
2022-04-16 19:18
Well, I was glad to see that Slow Horses continued its streak of flatulence by Lamb in episode 1.4, up yesterday on Apple TV+, with Lamb advising that some lamb dish he ate earlier would be… Read More
2022-04-15 17:49
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 279, in which I review Star Trek: Picard 2.7 on Paramount+ written blog post review of Star Trek: Picard 2.7 podcast review of Star Trek: Pic… Read More
2022-04-15 00:19
Star Trek: Picard 2.7 was a bit of a turkey, more specifically the Picard in a coma on a couch part, but the rest, including the last scene with Picard with Guinan in her bar, was well worth… Read More
2022-04-14 21:12
I've been saying at least since 2015 that streaming -- in particular the capacity it gives viewers to watch as much of a television series as they like, at one time, as if reading book -- co… Read More
2022-04-12 01:49
I don't usually write reviews of reviews -- in fact, I'm pretty sure I never have -- but Joel McKinnon, whose views on science fiction, music, and the world at large I've found invariably wo… Read More
2022-04-10 18:37
Bumbling played the major role in the third episode of Slow Horses on Apple TV+ -- only appropriate, given the sarcastic subtext and headline of the new series.[Spoilers ahead ... ]First, Mi… Read More
2022-04-10 18:05
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 277, in which I review The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, episode 6, on Apple TV+ Written blog post review of this episode Podcast reviews: &hell…Read More
2022-04-10 18:05
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 278, in which I review episode 1.3 of Slow Horses on Apple TV+ Written blog post review of this episode of Slow Horses Podcast reviews… Read More
2022-04-10 03:48
The last episode of The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, on Apple TV+, was better than it could have been, but not what I'd hoped for.[Spoilers ahead ... ]At least Ptolemy didn't take his own life… Read More
2022-04-09 06:07
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 276, in which I review Severance episode 1.9 on Apple TV+. written blog post review of Severance 1.9 podcast reviews of Severance: 1.1-1… Read More
2022-04-09 05:56
We could see from almost the beginning of the stunning Season One finale of Severance on Apple TV+ that we were going to be in for some utterly game-changing revelations.[Spoilers ahead … Read More
2022-04-08 02:18
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 275, in which I review Star Trek: Picard 2.6 on Paramount+ written blog post review of Star Trek: Picard 2.6 podcast review of Star Trek: Pic… Read More
2022-04-08 01:31
Once again, at least three crucially important things in the excellent episode 2.6 of Star Trek: Picard.[Of course, spoilers ahead ... ]1. Let's start with the most important, and it's the v… Read More
2022-04-05 03:34
I figured, with Keri Russell and Jesse Plemons in the lead roles, and for that matter, Graham Greene in a supporting role, how could you go wrong with a horror movie like Antlers on HBO Max?… Read More
2022-04-04 02:43
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 274, in which I review the first two episodes of Slow Horses on Apple TV+ Written blog post review of these first two episodes of Slow Horse… Read More
2022-04-04 02:19
Hey, I caught the first two episodes of Slow Horses on Apple TV+, attracted to it by its name. I recall Arthur Shelby cautioning his brother Thomas about "fast women and slow horses" i… Read More
2022-04-03 21:33
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 273, in which I review The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, episode 5, on Apple TV+ Written blog post review of this episode Podcast reviews:… Read More
2022-04-03 02:01
The saddest thing about the next-to-last episode of The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey on Apple TV+ is that it looks like Ptolemy is at last beginning to lose it. The "it" being the enhance… Read More
2022-04-02 19:55
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 272, in which I review Severance episode 1.8 on Apple TV+. Written blog post review of Severance 1.8 podcast reviews of Severance: 1.1-1… Read More
2022-04-02 02:59
Three brilliant elements stand out in this superb next-to-last episode of the first season of Severance on Apple TV+.[Spoilers ahead ... ]1. Harmony is fired! A shocker, that comes fro… Read More
2022-04-02 01:34
Most people are understandably still talking about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock in the face at last week's Oscar ceremony, after Rock made a tasteless joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's hair… Read More
2022-04-01 05:24
Hey, not every movie about humans in space has to be about battles for the galaxy, or, if the story is about planets closer to home, about being stranded on Mars or otherwise vexed by its ha… Read More
2022-04-01 04:38
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 271, in which I review Star Trek: Picard 2.5 on Paramount+ written blog post review of Star Trek: Picard 2.5 podcast review of Star Trek: Pic… Read More
2022-04-01 01:36
Superb episode 2.5 of Star Trek: Picard, with so many profound, unexpected elements, unfolding so quickly, it felt like just five minutes had passed before the episode was over.[Spoilers ahe… Read More
2022-03-26 18:00
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 270, in which I review The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, episode 4, on Apple TV+ Written blog post review of this episode Podcast reviews: 1-3… Read More
2022-03-26 17:32
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 269, in which I review Star Trek: Picard 2.4 on Paramount+ written blog post review of Star Trek: Picard 2.4 podcast review of Star Trek: Pica… Read More
2022-03-26 17:21
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 268, in which I review Severance episode 1.7 on Apple TV+. Written blog post review of Severance 1.7 podcast reviews of Severance: 1.1-1… Read More
2022-03-26 04:50
[Spoilers in the first paragraph and after ... ]The excellent episode 1.7 of Severance is entitled "Defiant Jazz" -- a fine title, which comes from the scene in which Helly is rewarded for h… Read More
2022-03-26 00:57
It was good to see Ptolemy in top intellectual form throughout the whole episode #4 of The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey on Apple TV+. This ranged from putting the cops who came knoc… Read More
2022-03-25 17:57
All of Star Trek: Picard 2.4 takes place in 2024 Los Angeles, which made for lots of enjoyable interludes interactions.I guess my favorite -- and there were many close contenders -- is Picar… Read More
2022-03-23 17:18
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 267, in which I review The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, episodes 1-3, on Apple TV+ Written blog post review of these three episodes Check out… Read More
2022-03-23 02:15
I figured I'd catch up with the first three episodes of The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey on Apple TV+, and I'm very glad I did. I mean, how you can you go wrong with a Walter Mosley… Read More
2022-03-21 16:06
I decided to follow through with what I've saying on social media about the very name Fox "News" being a form of false advertising, and I filed this formal report/complaint to the Federal Tr… Read More
2022-03-21 04:03
Checking in with a review of Windfall, a consciously Hitchcockian movie -- especially through the opening credits and music -- just up on Netflix a few days now. I'm a big fan of Hitch… Read More
2022-03-20 19:11
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 266, in which I review Star Trek: Picard 2.3 on Paramount+ written blog post review of Star Trek: Picard 2.3 podcast review of Star Trek: Pic… Read More
2022-03-20 18:08
An excellent Star Trek: Picard 2.3 up on Paramount Plus. The whole episode was crackling and fun, but my two favorite parts were Agnes and the Borg, and what happened with Crist&o&hell…Read More
2022-03-20 05:08
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 265, in which I review Severance episode 1.6 on Apple TV+. Written blog post review of Severance 1.6 podcast reviews of Severance: 1.1-1… Read More
2022-03-19 16:18
An important, at once taking stock and breaking out episode 1.6 of Severance up on Apple TV+ yesterday, in which a wide range of our central characters move forward in their own development… Read More
2022-03-19 01:25
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 264, in which I review the season one finale of Suspicion on Apple TV+. Written blog post review of this episode of Suspicion Podcast review… Read More
2022-03-19 00:15
Excellent finale of Suspicion on Apple TV+. Lots of answers to questions, with some big questions remaining.[Spoilers ahead ... ]Here are some of the answers:1. What Katharine di… Read More
2022-03-17 22:45
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 263, in which I review the Raised by Wolves season 2 finale on HBO Max. written blog post review of this episode Further listening: podcast… Read More
2022-03-17 22:12
An excellent Raised by Wolves Season 2 finale, which like all good finales to seasons in which the series isn't or shouldn't be concluded, raises far more questions than it answers.[Yes, the… Read More
2022-03-17 04:54
In the past few years, leaders ranging from Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin have been compared to Adolf Hitler. I think the comparisons are valid. But Hitler had more than a decad… Read More
2022-03-16 05:25
Just saw the The Adam Project, a pretty good time-travel movie on Netflix. Here's a pretty much non-spoiler review:Adam from the future travels back to 2022, meets his younger, 12-year… Read More
2022-03-16 02:17
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 262, in which I interview Dr. Christine Feldman-Barrett about her book, A Women's History of the Beatles. Buy the book here Watch video of this int… Read More
2022-03-13 21:40
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 261, in which I review Star Trek: Picard 2.2 on Paramount+ written blog post review of Star Trek: Picard 2.2 podcast review of Star Trek: Picard 2… Read More
2022-03-13 21:07
Star Trek: Picard 2.2 was dominated by two very different villains: Q and the Borg Queen.Q, as ever, is a combination of witty, philosophically savvy talk, and seemingly effortless fundament… Read More
2022-03-12 21:20
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 260, in which I review Severance episode 1.5 on Apple TV+. Written blog post review of Severance 1.5 podcast reviews of Severance: 1.1-1.2… Read More
2022-03-12 19:12
So, I said in my review of Severance 1.4 last week that, in the metaphysics of life and death in television series, if you don't see a character's head literally severed or blown to bits, th… Read More
2022-03-12 02:45
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 259, in which I review Suspicion episode 1.7 on Apple TV+. Written blog post review of Suspicion 1.7 Podcast reviews of Suspicion 1.1-1… Read More
2022-03-12 02:33
Another excellent episode -- 1.7 -- of Suspicion, which is still managing to keep us in the dark about who kidnapped Leo. That's an impressive accomplishment, after seven episodes.[Spo… Read More
2022-03-11 05:02
So I was on HBO Max watching Raised by Wolves and I saw a few ads for The Tourist, and I gave it a shot, and I'm glad I did! How's that for a non-spoiler review?But here's a little mor… Read More
2022-03-11 02:10
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 258, in which I review Raised by Wolves episode 2.7 on HBO Max. written blog post review of this episode Further listening: podcast review o… Read More
2022-03-11 00:26
Probably the most the powerful episode -- 2.7 -- of Raised by Wolves up today on HBO Max. No, I'd say it is the most powerful. And its theme was mothers and babies. Which u… Read More
2022-03-07 16:30
Outlander was back on Starz yesterday with the debut of its sixth season after a two-year wait. It was great to see our favorite characters back in action, but this wasn't the stronges… Read More
2022-03-07 03:03
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 257, in which I review Severance episode 1.4 on Apple TV+. Written blog post review of Severance 1.4 podcast reviews of Severance: 1.1… Read More
2022-03-06 21:55
A more disturbing episode of Severance -- 1.4 -- than usual, because[Spoilers ahead ... ]Well, if you saw the episode, up since Friday on Apple TV+, you'll know why: Helly takes her li… Read More
2022-03-05 22:52
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 256, in which I review Suspicion episode 1.6 on Apple TV+. Written blog post review of Suspicion 1.6 Podcast reviews of Suspicion 1.1-1… Read More
2022-03-05 19:55
An excellent episode of Suspicion began streaming yesterday on Apple TV+ -- 1.6 -- even if it didn't really move the whodunnit narrative very much forward -- that is, until the very end of t… Read More
2022-03-05 18:31
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 255, in which I review Star Trek: Picard 2.1 on Paramount+ written blog post review of Star Trek: Picard 2.1 podcast review of Star Trek: Pi… Read More
2022-03-05 01:30
The debut episode of the second season of Star Trek: Picard was enjoyable, notwithstanding the annoying commercial breaks which lacerated the narrative on the paying service. (Yes, I'm… Read More
2022-03-04 01:09
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 254, in which I review Raised by Wolves episode 2.6 on HBO Max. written blog post review of this episode "Plants Thrive in a Complex World by Com… Read More
2022-03-04 01:03
Raised by Wolves 2.6 -- the 6th of 8 episodes of this second season -- was easily the most and least science fictional of any of the episodes in the first and second seasons so far. Wh… Read More
2022-03-02 15:14
photo by Yehor Milohrodskyi on @unsplash Last night on MSNBC, Rachel Maddow asked the crucial question: is there any country willing to jump in and stand with the Ukrainians against the Russ… Read More
2022-03-01 04:37
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 253, in which I interview Polish poet and Trupa Trupa band member Grzegorz Kwiatkowski about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the role of music… Read More
2022-02-27 04:29
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 252, in which I review Severance episode 1.3 on Apple TV+. Written blog post review of Severance 1.3 podcast reviews of Severance: 1.1-1.2… Read More
2022-02-26 20:53
It's hard to watch and review a profoundly dystopian science fiction series when a profoundly dystopian reality -- the horrendous, Nazi-like invasion of Ukraine by Russia -- is going on and… Read More
2022-02-25 17:10
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 251, in which I review Suspicion episode 1.5 on Apple TV+. Written blog post review of Suspicion 1.5 Podcast reviews of Suspicion 1.1-1.3… Read More
2022-02-25 17:03
Superb, delightful episode 1.5 of Suspicion up today on Apple TV+. Yes, delightful.[Spoilers follow ... ]My favorite scene was Tara and Sean in undies at the door, pretending to… Read More
2022-02-24 16:53
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 250, in which I review Raised by Wolves episode 2.5 on HBO Max. written blog post review of this episode Further listening: podcast review o… Read More
2022-02-24 16:45
A jam-packed episode 2.5 of Raised by Wolves on HBO Max, with enough profound and provocative gambits to comprise half a season or more.Here are my favorites, in no particular order, because… Read More
2022-02-23 15:37
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 249, in which I review Severance episodes 1.1-1.2 on Apple TV+. Written blog post review of Severance 1.1-1.2 Check out this episode! Paul L… Read More
2022-02-23 15:33
Finally saw the first two episodes of Severance. Well it's only been up on Apple TV+ for less than a week, and I'd intended to watch them earlier, but got caught up in other things, an… Read More
2022-02-21 17:23
Here's another one of my time travel stories available FREE on Vocal: "Slipping Time"Illustration from painting by Gustave Caillebotte, 1877Earlier version of story published in Amazing Stor… Read More
2022-02-20 20:52
The wife and I binged Inventing Anna the past few nights, the nine-episode Shonda Rhimes series detailing the real-life rise and fall of Anna Delvey aka Anna Sorokin. It's superb telev… Read More
2022-02-20 18:30
Paul Levinson's books ... Paul Levinson's music Read More
2022-02-19 14:35
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 248, in which I review Suspicion episode 1.4 on Apple TV+. Written blog post review of Suspicion 1.4 Podcast review of Suspicion 1.1-1.3 Che… Read More
2022-02-19 14:27
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 247, in which I review Raised by Wolves episode 2.4 on HBO Max. written blog post review of this episode Further listening: podcast review o… Read More
2022-02-19 13:23
A really superb and pivotal Raised by Wolves 2.4, in which every kind of sentience is pitted against one another. Since most of the sentience is one kind or another of artificial intel… Read More
2022-02-18 14:33
First, let me say that I'm really liking Suspicion on Apple TV+. It has great ambience, including the music, fine acting (including now Tom Rhys Harries as Eddie Walker), and a plot th… Read More
2022-02-12 02:40
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 246, in which I review Suspicion episodes 1-3 on Apple TV+. Written blog post reviews of Suspicion 1-2 and Suspicion 3 Check out this episode! Pa… Read More
2022-02-12 00:44
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 245, in which I review Kimi on HBO Max. Written blog post review of Kimi Check out this episode! Paul Levinson's books ... Paul Levinson's music Read More
2022-02-12 00:42
Just saw Steven Soderbergh's Kimi on HBO Max starring Zoë Kravitz, not in the title role, but as Angela, the highly intelligent, resourceful, ethical worker for Amyg… Read More
2022-02-11 07:52
You may recall in my review of the excellent two-episode debut of Suspicion last week, I wondered why, though there were only four masked kidnappers of Leo Newman at the beginning, and only… Read More
2022-02-11 07:33
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 242, in which I review Raised by Wolves episode 2.3 on HBO Max. written blog post review of this episode Further listening: podcast review o… Read More
2022-02-11 02:22
A fascinating and important Raised by Wolves 2.3 today on HBO Max, in which Marcus beats Father in a fight, and Father works on bringing an android skeleton back to life (or tries to).Other… Read More
2022-02-08 04:14
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 243, in which I review Reacher on Amazon Prime Video. Written blog post review of Reacher Check out this episode! Paul Levinson's books ... Paul L… Read More
2022-02-07 06:45
I just a late 2016 movie, A Kind of Murder, on Amazon Prime Video. It's advertised as "Hitchcockian Noir," which it's not -- somewhere between not quite and not by a long shot. But, th… Read More
2022-02-06 05:38
Hey, see Reacher on Amazon Prime Video. At its best, and that's more than some of the time, the lead character named Jack Reacher but known just by his last name has some of the quick… Read More
2022-02-05 21:28
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 242, in which I review Raised by Wolves episodes 2.1 and 2.2 on HBO Max. written blog post review of these episodes Further listening: podca… Read More
2022-02-05 07:58
Just saw the first two episodes of Suspicion on Apple TV+. Looks to be a top-notch crackling whodunnit, with all the trimmings.Here's the crime: four people in a big New York midtown h… Read More
2022-02-04 18:59
Raised by Wolves was back for a second season on HBO Max yesterday, with two sharp episodes that advanced the narrative in all kinds of intriguing and important ways.Travis Fimmel was superb… Read More
2022-02-04 01:36
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 241, in which I review Beforeigners seasons 1 and 2 on HBO Max. Written blog post review of Beforeigners. More about The Silk Code. Check ou… Read More
2022-02-03 08:14
I just binged the first two seasons -- twelve episodes -- of Beforeigners on HBO Max over the past few nights. On Jackie Reich's suggestion. She was Chair of my Department… Read More
2022-01-31 21:35
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 240, in which I review The Colony on Netflix. Written blog post review of The Colony Check out this episode! Paul Levinson's books ... Paul L… Read More
2022-01-29 01:21
This seems to be my year -- by which I mean all of 2021 and 2022 -- for alternate history. The second season of For All Mankind in February 2021, Ronald D. Moore's masterful alternate… Read More
2022-01-27 06:43
Well, I just saw The Colony (original name of the movie, Tides) on Netflix. This seems to be the season for post-apocalyptic stories, understandable given the dangerous state of world… Read More
2022-01-25 18:46
In Baltimore two weeks ago, a 57-year-old man received a genetically modified heart from a pig. So far, so good. That's not science fiction. That really happened.&nbs&hell…Read More
2022-01-25 00:09
Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 239, in which I interview Arne Berggren and Kristine Berg about their two television series, Outlier and Catch and Release, and Nordic Noir filmmak… Read More
Subscribe to Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress
Get updates delivered right to your inbox!