Author: Joe Joyce

In 2003, director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland introduced the concept of fast zombies to popular culture with their apocalypse film 28 Days Later. In 2025, I have finally forgiven them for it.  28 Years Later comes 23 years after the release of 28 Days Later. If you’re confused by the titling format, just…

I am a writer in Los Angeles, which is just a sidelong way of saying I still have roommates as I approach 30. I’m lucky in that it’s a largely frictionless affair, though the television is far too communal for someone who watches far too much of it. The other night I was catching up…

Just who does Nate Bargatze think he is? Whenever America’s top-grossing comedian releases a new special (his most recent, Your Friend, Nate Bargatze, on Netflix now), this is often the question on coastal critics’ lips. It’s less accusation than earnest inquiry, for maybe if he tells them directly, they’ll be spared the difficulty of figuring…