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Lawyer, writer, blogger. He/him. https://www.studyroompod.com
Hello friends! Since we’ve got the holidays coming up, I think it’s time we talk about 2019’s Feast of the Seven Fishes, a gem so hidden I nearly needed a machete to find it for you. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/12...
Beauty and the Feast — The Study Room
Well, readers, it’s that time of year again. I know that I said in the past that Halloween was the last fun holiday of the year and that I’m a huge Grinch . But with just about two ...
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December 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Hello friends! Since we’ve got the holidays coming up, I think it’s time we talk about 2019’s Feast of the Seven Fishes, a gem so hidden I nearly needed a machete to find it for you. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/12...
Morning friends! Christmas season is in full swing, so let’s get in the spirit by putting out a plate of soft pretzels and Stateside Vodka Soda for Santa and talking Task, HBO’s excellent new crime drama that raises the bar for limited series. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/12...
The Task of Amontillado — The Study Room
Is HBO back? Now, I know what you’re saying, HBO has always done well at the Emmys and other award show, then I’ll say yes, that’s true, but I think a great deal of brand bias led some HBO serie...
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December 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Morning friends! Christmas season is in full swing, so let’s get in the spirit by putting out a plate of soft pretzels and Stateside Vodka Soda for Santa and talking Task, HBO’s excellent new crime drama that raises the bar for limited series. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/12...
Good morning, friends! HBO’s The Chair Company has just released its season finale and if you haven’t seen it yet and you’re thinking about it, well, I think I might be able to help you. But maybe not. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/12...
The Chaircase — The Study Room
I just watched the season finale of The Chair Company and I think I’m more confused by what I’ve seen than anything else I’ve ever seen. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. It all st...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Good morning, friends! HBO’s The Chair Company has just released its season finale and if you haven’t seen it yet and you’re thinking about it, well, I think I might be able to help you. But maybe not. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/12...
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I love paying human artists and I hate gen AI 🩵
I'm not here to fight about whether or not AI is ethical (I've made my decision and I doubt I'm gonna change yours.) I'm just here to talk about what I and many other artists have been dealing with as we adjust to a new media landscape.
I'm not here to fight about whether or not AI is ethical (I've made my decision and I doubt I'm gonna change yours.) I'm just here to talk about what I and many other artists have been dealing with as we adjust to a new media landscape.
December 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I love paying human artists and I hate gen AI 🩵
I'm not here to fight about whether or not AI is ethical (I've made my decision and I doubt I'm gonna change yours.) I'm just here to talk about what I and many other artists have been dealing with as we adjust to a new media landscape.
I'm not here to fight about whether or not AI is ethical (I've made my decision and I doubt I'm gonna change yours.) I'm just here to talk about what I and many other artists have been dealing with as we adjust to a new media landscape.
Good morning friends! Let’s take a look at one of the last Snyderverse movies, Blue Beetle, a fun family romp with some issues, but some lessons to teach as well. Have a happy and safe Thanksgiving if you’re celebrating this week! www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/11...
The Beetle Has Landed — The Study Room
Growing up is hard, growing up in an immigrant family is harder. You keep your head down, get through school, go to college, come home with six figures of debt and another three years of law sch...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Good morning friends! Let’s take a look at one of the last Snyderverse movies, Blue Beetle, a fun family romp with some issues, but some lessons to teach as well. Have a happy and safe Thanksgiving if you’re celebrating this week! www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/11...
Hey there friends! I’ve got another hidden gem for you, the excellent martial arts film from 2020 by writer-director Quoc Bao Tran, The Paper Tigers. Read this, then watch it. Trust me on this one www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/11...
The Karate Midlife Crisis — The Study Room
We’ve had cozy mysteries , that’s a tried and true genre. We’ve even had cozy horror now, in a way, with Little Evil . And now I’d like to share with you a 2020 indie film on Netfl...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Hey there friends! I’ve got another hidden gem for you, the excellent martial arts film from 2020 by writer-director Quoc Bao Tran, The Paper Tigers. Read this, then watch it. Trust me on this one www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/11...
Good morning, friends! Let’s return to the world of Vince Gilligan and exotic Albuquerque with the new Apple TV series, Pluribus. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/11...
The Contrast of Us — The Study Room
Chaos all around you. Confusion everywhere you look. Pandemonium at the laundromat. Bedlam at the bar. Panic at the disco. All around the world, something is spreading quickly ...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Good morning, friends! Let’s return to the world of Vince Gilligan and exotic Albuquerque with the new Apple TV series, Pluribus. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/11...
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As much of the world bends towards machine-made slop designed to keep you scrolling so they can serve you ads, there is something very healing about going outside, wearing a costume that I made with my own hands, and working together with an artist like @worldofgwendana.bsky.social to tell a story.
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
As much of the world bends towards machine-made slop designed to keep you scrolling so they can serve you ads, there is something very healing about going outside, wearing a costume that I made with my own hands, and working together with an artist like @worldofgwendana.bsky.social to tell a story.
Good morning, friends! Jurassic World: Rebirth just hit Peacock, so let’s find out together if it can save the franchise (or just make a lot of money). Also, go vote! www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/11...
Chomp and Circumstance — The Study Room
I have a love/hate relationship with franchises. Sometimes they’re great, sometimes they are middling, and sometimes they make you wonder what it takes to get studios to stop beating a dead hors...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Good morning, friends! Jurassic World: Rebirth just hit Peacock, so let’s find out together if it can save the franchise (or just make a lot of money). Also, go vote! www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/11...
Good morning friends! We’ve reached the end of Spooky Season coverage with Edgar Wright’s visually stunning and fantastically well acted Last Night in Soho. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/10...
The Neon Dreaming — The Study Room
[Content Warning: The following will contain discussions of sexual assault] As we reach the end of spooky month with the big show tomorrow, I want to end my Halloween coverage with one of my favor...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Good morning friends! We’ve reached the end of Spooky Season coverage with Edgar Wright’s visually stunning and fantastically well acted Last Night in Soho. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/10...
Afternoon friends! We dip back into the horror-comedy well with the surprising Netflix original Little Evil as we approach the end of spooky season coverage. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/10...
3 Body Problem Child — The Study Room
I may not be a parent, but I’ve had enough parents show me their Google Calendar to know that it’s not always super easy like it seems on TV. I mean, when I was growing up, I watched this docume...
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October 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Afternoon friends! We dip back into the horror-comedy well with the surprising Netflix original Little Evil as we approach the end of spooky season coverage. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/10...
St. Denis Medical is coming back November 4th. Haven’t seen it yet? There’s time to catch up and here’s why you www.studyroompod.com/blog/2024/12...
Pacific Northwestern Exposure — The Study Room
Maybe it’s impossible to catch lightning in a bottle—look at how hard it is to follow up great projects with sequels. Look at how bad Iron Man 2 was compared to Iron Man . But sometimes...
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October 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
St. Denis Medical is coming back November 4th. Haven’t seen it yet? There’s time to catch up and here’s why you www.studyroompod.com/blog/2024/12...
Another day late, but spooky coverage continues with a blend of horror and mystery as the famed Hercule Poirot battles ghosts in A Haunting in Venice www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/10...
A Ghost Wanted Man — The Study Room
[Content Warning: The following will contain mentions of suicide and genocide] Horror is such a versatile genre to blend with others because horror, at its core, is about a very primal part of the h...
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October 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Another day late, but spooky coverage continues with a blend of horror and mystery as the famed Hercule Poirot battles ghosts in A Haunting in Venice www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/10...
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Today is my 40th birthday!
To celebrate, please help me introduce Post Games to someone who will enjoy the show.
Some helpful options:
+ Share an episode you like on social!
+ Tell your group chat or favorite Discord!
+ Start a forum/Reddit thread!
+ Write a review on Apple Podcasts!
To celebrate, please help me introduce Post Games to someone who will enjoy the show.
Some helpful options:
+ Share an episode you like on social!
+ Tell your group chat or favorite Discord!
+ Start a forum/Reddit thread!
+ Write a review on Apple Podcasts!
October 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Today is my 40th birthday!
To celebrate, please help me introduce Post Games to someone who will enjoy the show.
Some helpful options:
+ Share an episode you like on social!
+ Tell your group chat or favorite Discord!
+ Start a forum/Reddit thread!
+ Write a review on Apple Podcasts!
To celebrate, please help me introduce Post Games to someone who will enjoy the show.
Some helpful options:
+ Share an episode you like on social!
+ Tell your group chat or favorite Discord!
+ Start a forum/Reddit thread!
+ Write a review on Apple Podcasts!
A day late, but I’m here with another spooky movie. This time, it’s spookiness with a generous helping of war as a squad of American soldiers stumbles upon an otherworldly plot when trying to pave the way for D-Day in the underrated action-horror gem Overlord www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/10...
Tower Rangers — The Study Room
On the eve of the most important military operation in American history, a group of soldiers is tasked with going behind enemy lines to destroy a Nazi radio jammer tower so that the Allied invasion of...
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October 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
A day late, but I’m here with another spooky movie. This time, it’s spookiness with a generous helping of war as a squad of American soldiers stumbles upon an otherworldly plot when trying to pave the way for D-Day in the underrated action-horror gem Overlord www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/10...
Good morning, friends! More spookiness with a movie that tells you the twist right up front, but is still a great time. Let’s talk Abigail. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/10...
Splatter is the Best Medicine — The Study Room
It’s the age old story. You take a job, you’re not allowed to tell anyone your name, you’re part of a small team of anonymous skilled criminals who each play an important cog in the machine, and...
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October 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Good morning, friends! More spookiness with a movie that tells you the twist right up front, but is still a great time. Let’s talk Abigail. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/10...
Good morning, friends! Spooky coverage continues with another hidden gem of a series from the minds of horror-comedy legends Nick Frost and Simon Pegg, Truth Seekers. This Prime Video series just needs to be experienced. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/10...
The Parapsychosocial Network — The Study Room
Meet Gus Roberts, a service technician for the telecommunications company Smyle, which is striving for 100% coverage of Britain so that every one of its customers can know that they will have the reli...
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October 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Good morning, friends! Spooky coverage continues with another hidden gem of a series from the minds of horror-comedy legends Nick Frost and Simon Pegg, Truth Seekers. This Prime Video series just needs to be experienced. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/10...
Morning, friends! We’re back with our second spooky post this week and this time we’re lightening the mood a little with the horror-comedy The Blackening. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/10...
Trappin’ in the Woods — The Study Room
If you know you’re going to be in a horror movie, there are a lot of places you don’t want to be. Isolated hotels, for example, well, that’s all work and no play , so you want to avoid them a...
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October 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Morning, friends! We’re back with our second spooky post this week and this time we’re lightening the mood a little with the horror-comedy The Blackening. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/10...
Good morning and Spooky Monday to you all! As bonus for my favorite holiday of the year, I’ll be going twice a week for the month of October! Let’s talk HBO’s overlooked and excellent horror limited series, The Outsider, based on the novel by Stephen King. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/10...
One Flew Over El Cuco’s Nest — The Study Room
It’s that time of year again. Spooky season. And thus kicks off the Study Room’s special Halloween coverage, where I will be posting twice a week on the run up to the last fun holiday of t...
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October 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Good morning and Spooky Monday to you all! As bonus for my favorite holiday of the year, I’ll be going twice a week for the month of October! Let’s talk HBO’s overlooked and excellent horror limited series, The Outsider, based on the novel by Stephen King. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/10...
October means spooky season! Ready to start your spooky binge with a touch of Evil?
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Solo Deviling — The Study Room
Navigating the vast sea of content is an adventure that I sometimes like to call Streaming in Rebootland and it makes it easy to miss things. And with the fractured marketing avenues now—I mean,...
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October 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
October means spooky season! Ready to start your spooky binge with a touch of Evil?
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Hello friends! To close out the summer before spooky season officially starts, let’s discuss Hulu’s hidden gem Palm Springs, starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/9/...
Loop Dreams — The Study Room
Weddings can be hard to deal with sometimes. Whether you’re in a relationship or not, big life events tend to bring up feelings in people. They make you take stock. Milestones make p...
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September 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Hello friends! To close out the summer before spooky season officially starts, let’s discuss Hulu’s hidden gem Palm Springs, starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/9/...
Well, I did have this feeling that the penny could drop at some point, so not all of this post is accurate anymore, but this show still just keeps getting better. Such a surprise and the show I look forward to watching most every week. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/9/...
Last Action Zero — The Study Room
After a brief cameo in Superman , Peacemaker is back. Now, I’m on record (somewhere, probably) being fairly critical of the first season of Peacemaker . I found it was a peculiar com...
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September 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Well, I did have this feeling that the penny could drop at some point, so not all of this post is accurate anymore, but this show still just keeps getting better. Such a surprise and the show I look forward to watching most every week. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/9/...
We getting raptured today?
Well, probably not me, I don’t think that was on the docket. I wear clothes made of two materials and worry everyday about being put to death for it. I also covet some stuff.
Well, probably not me, I don’t think that was on the docket. I wear clothes made of two materials and worry everyday about being put to death for it. I also covet some stuff.
September 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We getting raptured today?
Well, probably not me, I don’t think that was on the docket. I wear clothes made of two materials and worry everyday about being put to death for it. I also covet some stuff.
Well, probably not me, I don’t think that was on the docket. I wear clothes made of two materials and worry everyday about being put to death for it. I also covet some stuff.
Good morning, friends! Let’s dive deep into Peacock’s new The Office spin-off, The Paper, starring Domhnall Gleeson and Chelsea Frei. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/9/...
News Cruise — The Study Room
It’s time to get into The Paper ( not the incredible, overlooked 1994 film of the same name ), Peacock’s new The Office spin-off series. No, we don’t need more reboots and we definitely di...
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September 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Good morning, friends! Let’s dive deep into Peacock’s new The Office spin-off, The Paper, starring Domhnall Gleeson and Chelsea Frei. www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/9/...
Superman is now streaming on HBO Max. Here’s why you should watch it: www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/8/...
Once More With Man of Steeling — The Study Room
I have never really cared about Superman, not even when I was a kid. The closest thing I ever really got to Superman fandom was watching the cartoon, mainly because it was in the same Saturday m...
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September 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Superman is now streaming on HBO Max. Here’s why you should watch it: www.studyroompod.com/blog/2025/8/...