Sarah Daniel Rasher

The first 2025 release I saw was Dog Man, in the theater on opening weekend with my niece, who loves the graphic novel series. I had a great time, and not only because my niece is a fun person to see a movie with. Dog Man has become a useful

Today, I'm putting a physical letter in the mail to Disney-ABC Home Entertainment & Television Distribution. It's Rosh Hashanah, the first day of a new year, and it feels like the right way to start 5786. I wrote an earlier draft of the letter to protest

It's summer! The world is on fire! I'm writing about movies because my full-time job involves trying to make things better, and just as things are heating up politically, I can finally take a break. Since I've last newslettered, I've collected a

Plus, scroll down for Dungeons & Dragons reflections, some good figure skating, and an exclusive cat photo! Moving right along through the countdown (and currently way behind my queue on Bluesky), here are songs 171-180 on my list of favorites from 1977-1999. Previous installments and more information on the overall

We're back with 10 new old songs! From now through the middle of November, I'm participating in an event on Bluesky, counting down my 200 favorite songs from 1977-1999: the rise of disco and punk to the end of the 20th century. This post features songs

I'm doing a fun thing on Bluesky, and from now through November, this newsletter will be home to my bonus liner notes. A very organized guy named Arron Wright has been moderating a series of song countdown events with deliciously detailed rules and restrictions, which begin with lots

I’m so mad that my friend Steven Attewell won’t get to see the rest of X-Men 97. He was really into it, as he often got really into things, with an infectious fannish passion that was one of the many qualities that made him a joy to be