Joseph Mallozzi's Weblog

Yesterday, I helped celebrated mom's 90th Birthday Bash by going into work with her and my sister - and then joining everyone for a BIG 30-person dinner... Fielding flowers, cards, and calls all day. The kids at the daycare commemorate the milestone. Sis, mom and I preparing to tackle the lunch-time spread. Birthday dinner!  That's…

When former Stargate writer/Exec Producer Rob Cooper told me he was coming to town for a few days, I knew it could mean only one thing: Four Crawl!  The last time visited, we were joined by fellow Stargate alum Ivon Bartok and Alex Levine for a tour of some of Toronto's best pizza spots -…

Poker Face (2023 - ) Season 1 Charlie has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can't help but investigate and solve. My thoughts: Love her, the show's quirky tone, and…

Looks like I'm Montreal-bound to celebrate mom's 90th!  Out Wednesday morning; back Friday afternoon. Some of my favorite comic book special effects...  

Out and about with mom. Teaching Sharky a new trick... Almost there... Sharky comes to bed... Deep sleep... Sharky and his sharky

Power (2014 - 2020) Season 1 James "Ghost" St. Patrick, a wealthy New York nightclub owner who has it all; dreaming big, catering to the city's elite, and living a double life as a drug kingpin. My thoughts: Not bad, but really leans into the soap elements to its detriment.  It's also littered with logic…

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Tabula Rasa (2017) A woman who has lost her memories plays an important role in a disappearance case. To prove her innocence, she must remember everything. My thoughts: Some great turns in this creepy thriller that saves its best twist for last. 4/5 BMF (2021 - ) Season 1 Two brothers who rose from the…

Every once in a while, Akemi will be like: "Growing up, did you ever take a school field trip to a rice paddy field?" or "When your mom used to send you to the tofu shop as a kid, did you always bring your own bowl from home?" And then, whenever I inevitably tell her…

When Sharky went in for this much-needed dental on Thursday, we were expecting him to lose a few of his teeth. We did not expect he'd be losing ALL of them, but that was the initial prognosis.  His mouth was in a bad way.  But, when all was said and done, he only ended up…

Inventing Anna (2022) A journalist with a lot to prove investigates the case of Anna Delvey, the Instagram-legendary German heiress who stole the hearts of New York's social scene - and stole their money as well. My thoughts: This one felt like a light-weight 90's network drama.  Meh. 3/5 Mirzapur (2018 - ) Season 1…

I was just informed on today's zoom that I'll be pitching my action-adventure series in March.  I have mixed feelings.  I've often said that in this business, writers can be good at three things: pitching, generating ideas, and actual writing.  A lot of really great writers I know are much better on the page whereas…