The Daily Review

Welcome to The Daily Review. Let’s talk about Jon Hamm, who’s been doing some very cool stuff for the last couple of years --- and the smart, sweet, funny Maggie Moore(s) is a perfect example. You can purchase Maggie Moore(s) here: Maggie Moore(s) You can purchase Confess, Fletch here: (or watch in on Hulu): Confess, Fletch, You can get all the seasons of Mad Men in one place, here: Mad Men Check out American Hostage here: American Hostage You can purchase Top Gun: Maverick here: Top Gun Maverick Hamm was in the rather wonderful Good Omens, here: Good Omens And I’m all over the place: The website: thebradmunson.com on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebradmunson/ on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thebradmunson A bi-weekly newsletter with The Best of and original, exclusive content will be coming up starting in mid-January. You can subscribe here: https://thedailyreview.substack.com/subscribe … and if you feel like you HAVE to give me some money, there’s a Patreon account, where I’ll be building an ‘inner circle’ to talk to about writing, new projects, beta reading, and the like. Feel free to join for free at: https://patreon.com/bradmunson All my books ‘n stuff on Amazon: https://amzn.to/41GbXze … and finally, our twisted sister of a site, Zombie World: zombieworld.net We’re here every day, Monday through Saturday! Like, subscribe, review, recommend – you know, the usual stuff!

Time to take a look at Skyline and its sequels! You can catch Skyline from 2010 all over the place: on Hulu, Tubi, Amazon, Apple. Its first sequel, Beyond Skyline, is on Netflix, Apple or Amazon And it’s second sequel, Skylines, is also on Netflix, Apple or Amazon. Do you recognize Eric Balfour? Check out Haven, here You’ll know Donald Faison for Scrubs, here, as well as those endless Tmobile commercials.

Project Hail Mary isn’t a perfect book, but boy, that audiobook! All hail Ray Porter. You can pick up Project Hail Mary here. … or Andy Weir’s other bestseller, The Martian. Get the book here; get the movie here. And I’m all over the place: The website: thebradmunson.com on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebradmunson/ on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thebradmunson A bi-weekly newsletter with The Best of and original, exclusive content will be coming up starting in mid-January. You can subscriber here: https://thedailyreview.substack.com/subscribe … and if you feel like you HAVE to give me some money, there’s a Patreon account, where I’ll be building an ‘inner circle’ to talk to about writing, new projects, beta reading, and the like. Feel free to join for free at: https://patreon.com/bradmunson All my books ‘n stuff on Amazon: https://amzn.to/41GbXze … and finally, our twisted sister of a site, Zombie World: zombieworld.net We’re here every day, Monday through Friday! Like, subscribe, review, recommend – you know, the usual stuff!

Miracleman – the first true revisionist comic series that, in one form or another, is as old as I am. You can read the ‘modern’ version of Marvelman/Miracleman in the various compilations of the comics from the 80’s til today. Start here. You can get a glinpse of the bizarre publishing history of the character through all of its 70 years in the wikipedia article acout it here Golden Apple Comics have been a landmark in comics retailing for generatios now, and it remains virtualy untouched since the days I browded there some forty years ago. Learn more about it and plan a visit here. If you haven’t discovered the truly remarkable work of Alan Moore, expecially his 80s and 90s stuff, check them out here … and Neil Gaiman and his own strange and wondrous brand of fantast deserves your attention, too. Check out his stuff here. And I’m all over the place: The website: thebradmunson.com on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebradmunson/ on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thebradmunson A bi-weekly newsletter with The Best of and original, exclusive content will be coming up starting in mid-January. You can subscriber here: https://thedailyreview.substack.com/subscribe … and if you feel like you HAVE to give me some money, there’s a Patreon account, where I’ll be building an ‘inner circle’ to talk to about writing, new projects, beta reading, and the like. Feel free to join for free at: https://patreon.com/bradmunson All my books ‘n stuff on Amazon: https://amzn.to/41GbXze … and finally, our twisted sister of a site, Zombie World: zombieworld.net We’re here every day, Monday through Friday! Like, subscribe, review, recommend – you know, the usual stuff!

Like Science? Like debunkers and explainers? Like crazy Australians who know their stuff and aren’t afraid to laugh? Then you’ll love Wendy Zukerman and Science vs. Search for it on your favorite podcatcher or click here for more info. Oh, and while you’re at it: here are a couple of other podcasts of the same sort you’ll problem enjoy as well. Check out my paltry thoughts on Oh No Ross & Carrie here and You Were Wrong About here. Me? I’m all over the place: The website: thebradmunson.com on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebradmunson/ on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thebradmunson A bi-weekly newsletter with The Best of and original, exclusive content will be coming up in February. You can subscribe here: https://thedailyreview.substack.com/subscribe … and if you feel like you HAVE to give me some money, there’s a Patreon account, where I’ll be building an ‘inner circle’ to talk to about writing, new projects, beta re...

Here you go: Susie Searches, an unexpected “Nancy Drew for 2024” that isn’t that at all. At all.. You can catch Susie Searches on Hulu right here or on Amazon Prime right here. If you never got a chance to see the strangely charming multiple seasons of Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote, look here. And you can do more of the same with the beloved Dick Van Dyke in Diagnosis: Murder here. Finally, you can see Kiersey Clemons in all sorts of interesting things; check her bio out here. … and catch her in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters on AppleTV+. The series (so far) can be seen here; I review Monarch right here. Me? I’m all over the place:

Here’s a long, sad visit to the last of the “big box” bookstores … and why we’re not going back again. Meanwhile, please patronize your local independent bookstores. You can find the best near you by using bookshop.org’s locator, right here. Me? I’m all over the place: The website: thebradmunson.com on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebradmunson/ on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thebradmunson A bi-weekly newsletter with The Best of and original, exclusive content will be coming up in February. You can subscribe here: https://thedailyreview.substack.com/subscribe … and if you feel like you HAVE to give me some money, there’s a Patreon account, where I’ll be building an ‘inner circle’ to talk to about writing, new projects, beta reading, and the like. Feel free to join for free at: https://patreon.com/bradmunson All my books ‘n stuff on Amazon:

Here’s a chance to read a modern-day superhero comic that’s actually good, that you’ll actually enjoy whether you’ve been reading funnybook since you were a kid or not: Nightwing #111. You can buy your own copy, on Amazon in ebook form or in paper right here. Or you can find your local comic books shop with this handy free app, right here, and actually go buy the damn thing there. Trust me: you’ll actually like the store, whether you’ve been in it before or not. Be sure to check out the tee shirts and the action figures. Me? I’m all over the place: The website: thebradmunson.com on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebradmunson/ on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thebradmunson A bi-weekly newsletter with The Best of and original, exclusive content will be coming up in February. You can subscribe here: https://thedailyreview.substack.com/subscribe … and if you feel like you HAVE to give me some money, there’s a Patreon...

Yes, here are my extremely moderate and absolutely concise thoughts on The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. Because… you know, I have to. You can see this six-episode … thing … on AMC, here or buy it per episode on Amazon, here. Yuo can also see the original show, right up to its bitter end, here. Also the first of the spin-offs, Dead City, which is available here. … and the second of the spin-offs, Darryl Dixon, here. Me? I’m all over the place: The website: thebradmunson.com on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebradmunson/ on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thebradmunson A bi-weekly newsletter with The Best of and original, exclusive content will be coming up in February. You can subscribe here:

Let’s look at yet another British TV series – but don’t worry, you can see this one in the U.S. of A without a VPN – and yet another superhero show. Like we haven’t talked about enough British shows and superhero shows lately: Extraordinary. Extraordinary’s first season is on Hulu, right here. More world-of-superheroes stuff, far darker than this, can be seen in The Boys here and its spin-off, Gen V, here. You can see an earlier attempt at a similar premise, Powerless, available here. In comics you've got Normalman here Then there’s Austin Grossman’s surprisingly engrossing novel, Soon I Will Be Invincible here

Three returning shows to watch… Abbot Elementary is back here. Night Court on NBC has found its feet. Check it out here. CSI Vegas ties up its cliff-hanger (mostly) and moves forward into a new season on CBS and Paramount Plus here. And for the Stephen King/guilt pleasure types among us: here is where you can still find Marg Helgenberg in The Tommyknockers You can still watch the recent past seasons of three other returning shows worth waiting for (but not too long!): The Rookie on ABC here Animal Control is available on Hulu here Evil on CBS or Paramount Plus here Me? I’m all over the place: The website:

Another irresistible show from the UK: Gogglebox! You can catch Gogglebox here on Channel 4 … though you’ll need to be hooked into a UK server using a VPN to get there. (Actually, that’s not entirely true. You can join Apple+ and get some seasons, but it’s not nearly as much fun. Apple+ is here. And yes, I still recommend NordVPN, and no they are not a sponsor. (Yet! Come on, Nord VPN!) An since we talked about it, you can look at the UK’s premiere soap opera, EastEnders, here on Britbox (for a few bucks a month)… … and Saltburn is available for those who care, right here. Me? I’m all over the place: The website: thebradmunson.com on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebradmunson/ on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thebradmunson A bi-weekly newsletter w...

Yeah, Gina Rodriguez is pretty amazing … You can see her new, Players, a rom-com on Netflix here You can catch the current and recent season of Not Dead Yet here. You can go back a ways and see her first major movie, Filly Brown, right here. … and all the seasons of Jane the Virgin on Netflix, here. Also: feel free to go check out SeFija Online here. .. and do yoursef a favor and watch Gina Rodriguez and a million other amazing people in Lin Manuel Miranda’s music video for Puerto Rican hurricane relief, Almost Like Praying. Guaranteed to make you cry. It’s on YouTube here. ‘Me? I’m all over the place: The website: thebradmunson.com on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebradmunson/ on Th...

It’s Podcast (or YouTube or TikTok or something) recommendation day hereabouts, and this week, we’re talkin’ … Kennie J.D. Check her out on her YouTube home here. You can also listen to some of the music she writes and performs here and here. And yeah, I snuck in a few bars of one of her songs at the end of the ‘cast there. The YouTuber Stanz did a nice half-hour retrospective on SourceFed here. Bask in the nostalgia. ‘Me? I’m all over the place: The website: thebradmunson.com on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebradmunson/ on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thebradmunson A bi-weekly newsletter with The Best of and original, exclusive content will be coming up in February. You can subscribe here: https://thedailyreview.substack.com/subscribe … and if you feel like you HAVE to give me some money, there’s a Patreon account, where I’ll be building an ‘inner circle’ to talk to about writing, new projects, beta reading, and the like. Feel free to join for free at: https://patreon.com/bradmunson All my books ‘n stuff on Amazon: https://amzn.to/41GbXze …

Let’s talk about the new 2024 movie Calamity Jane, featuring well-disguised members of your favorite superhero shows. Calamity Jane is produced by Tubi, but can be purchased or streamed on Amazon, here. You can see Robin Weigert’s version of Calamity Jane in Deadwood, here. Other Calamity Janes on film include: Doris Day, Carol Burnett (apparently unavailable to buy), Jane Alexander, and Lake Bell (also hard to find!) Emily Bett Rickards can be seen in Arrow as Felicity Smoak, right here. (and Stephen Amell is there, too) Tim Roxon is the immortal vampire version of Doc Holliday in Wynonna Earp, here. Me? I’m all over the place: The website: thebradmunson.com on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebradmunson/ on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thebradmunson A bi-weekly new...

Wynona Earp Returns! And I couldn’t be happier. You can watch all four seasons of Wynonna Earp here. You can experience the other side of Melanie Scrofano on Letterkenny, here or on Hulu. And if you haven’t seen Ready or Not yet, you’re missing out. … alse there’s any and all seasons of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,great with or without Captain Batel, here.  See what you think of Tim Rozon’s SurrealEstate, here.. Here’s the new weirdly meta western, Calamity Jane. Me? I’m all over the place: The website: thebradmunson.com on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebradmunson/ on Threads:

Let’s talk about Oh No Ross & Carrie: the podcast that debunks all the silly stuff out there, so you don’t have to. Oh, No Ross and Carrie, often referred to as ONRAC, can be found on iTunes, any other fave podcatcher, and here, at their very own website. You can read a bunch more about James Randi, the Amazing Randi himself, here. They’re part of an impressive podcast network that’s been around for years, The Maximum Fun Network. It’s recently evolved into a unique “worker-owned network of artist-owned shows,” and you’ll find plenty of fascinating audio stuff here. Me? I’m all over the place: The website: thebradmunson.com on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebradmunson/ on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thebradmunson A bi-weekly newsletter with The Best of and original, exclusive content will be coming up in February. You can subscribe here: https://thedailyreview.substack.com/subscribe … and if you feel like you HAVE to give me some money, there’s a Patreon account, where I’ll be building an ‘inner circle’ to talk to about writing, new projects, beta reading, and the like. Feel free to join for free at: https://patreon.com/bradmunson All my books ‘n stuff on Amazon: https://amzn.to/41GbXze … and finally, our twisted sister of a site, Zombie World:

Give This Wretched Valley a read and let me know what you think! The book (and audiobook) is available here. Jenny Kiefer’s interview on Talking Scared is here. Other great “survival horror” novels include: Dan Simmons’ The Terror Alma Katsu’s The Hunger Nick Cutter’s The Troop Gregoire Courtois’ The Laws of the Skies Stephen King’s The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Scott Smith’s The Ruins … and even my own “supernatural disaster” set, The Rain Triptych, starting here. And I’m all over the place: The website: thebradmunson.com on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebradmunson/ on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thebradmunson A bi-weekly newsletter with The Best of and original, exclusive content will be coming up starting in mid-January. You can subscribe here: https://thedailyreview.substack.com/subscribe … and if you feel like you HAVE to give me some money, there’s a Patreon account, where I’ll be building an ‘inner circle’ to talk to about writing, new projects, beta reading, and the like. Feel free to join for free at: https://patreon.com/bradmunson All my books ‘n stuff on Amazon: https://amzn.to/41GbXze … and finally, our twisted sister of a site, Zombie World: zombieworld.net We’re here every day, Monday through Friday! Like, subscribe, review, recommend – you know, the usual stuff!

 Yes, it really is a sequel to E.T. It was made by the cable company Xfinity as a Christmas commercial back in 2020, starring a fully grown Henry Thomas and E.T. himself. Here’s the link: https://youtu.be/52roM4-5GWs?si=RiTWXpoYg8BNNkrt There’s even a “making of” video, as long as the short itself, also on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1ksutiH6Spw?si=O3Uez_NgluMkRp2w And if you’d like to learn more about the rather remarkable career of Henry Thomas, up to and including his excellent work in most of Mike Flanagan’s big projects of late, check out his Wikipedia page here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Thomas I’m all over the place: The website: thebradmunson.com on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebradmunson/ on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thebradmunson A bi-weekly newsletter with The Best of and original, exclusive content will be coming up in February. You can subscribe here: https://thedailyreview.substack.com/subscribe … and if you feel like you HAVE to give me some money, there’s a Patreon account, where I’ll be building an ‘inner circle’ to talk to about writing, new projects, beta reading, and the like. Feel free to join for free at: https://patreon.com/bradmunson All my books ‘n stuff on Amazon: https://amzn.to/41GbXze … and finally, our twisted sister of a site, Zombie World: zombieworld.net We’re here every day, Monday through Friday! Like, subscribe, review, recommend – you know, the usual stuff!

Well, they there, don’tcha know, what say we have a sitdown and talk about the newest season of Fargo. Watch it on Hulu here. Chek out all of Noah Hawley’s impressive creative output so far here. And of course check out the original Coen Brothers masterpiece, Fargo, right here. If you haven’t seen Hawley’s take on the X-Men universe, Legion, back in 2017 – and you wouldn’t be alone – it’s still available for a weekend binge here. Juno Temple’s creative work is equally impressive Learn more here And then there’s Jon Hamm. I’ve already talked about him at length back on January 8 and you can catch more of his latest, impressive, and very different output here: Confess, Fletch. Maggie Moore(s) and even Good Omens And I’m all over the place: The website: thebradmunson.com on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebradmunson/ on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thebradmunson A bi-weekly newsletter with The Best of and original, exclusive content will be coming up starting in mid-January. You can subscribe here: https://thedailyreview.substack.com/subscribe … and if you feel like you HAVE to give me some money, there’s a Patreon account, where I’ll be building an ‘inner circle’ to talk to about writing, new projects, beta reading, and the like. Feel free to join for free at: https://patreon.com/bradmunson All my books ‘n stuff on Amazon: https://amzn.to/41GbXze … and finally, our twisted sister of a site, Zombie World: zombieworld.net We’re here every day, Monday through Friday! Like, subscribe, review, recommend – you know, the usual stuff!