Archive - The Optionist

IP Picks🔎: A ‘Groundhog Day’ Meets ‘Only Murders’ Whodunit, a Hitchcockian Thriller

➕ What happens when you’re dropped into a ‘Game of Thrones’-style epic fantasy?

4 hrs ago •

IP Picks🔎: A ‘Groundhog Day’ Meets ‘Only Murders’ Whodunit, a Hitchcockian Thriller

➕ What happens when you’re dropped into a ‘Game of Thrones’-style epic fantasy?

4 hrs ago •

IP Picks🔎: A Descent into LA’s Dark Underbelly; A Southern Gothic Mystery in Hurricane Season

➕ A feel-good business story about a NY expat in small-town Georgia and a reality-show thriller with an axe to grind

Nov 7 •

IP Picks🔎: A Descent into LA’s Dark Underbelly; A Southern Gothic Mystery in Hurricane Season

➕ A feel-good business story about a NY expat in small-town Georgia and a reality-show thriller with an axe to grind

Nov 7 •

Katzenberg Meddling, McConaughey’s Miss: Jon Landau’s Uncensored Hollywood Tales

James Cameron's Oscar-winning producing partner delivers a posthumous memoir that delivers the dish — and names names

Nov 5 •

October 2025

IP Picks🔎: ‘White Lotus’ in Rehab & ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ for Tradwives

➕ What's old is new again: Don't overlook journalism archives!

Oct 31 •

IP Picks🔎: ‘White Lotus’ in Rehab & ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ for Tradwives

➕ What’s old is new again: Don’t overlook journalism archives!

Oct 31 •

IP Picks🔎: Small-Town Procedurals, Southern Noir & Sex in Suburbia

➕ Olivia Nuzzi’s RFK Jr. tell-all: Would you dare to option it?

Oct 24 •

IP Picks🔎: Small-Town Procedurals, Southern Noir & Sex in Suburbia

➕ Olivia Nuzzi’s RFK Jr. tell-all: Would you dare to option it?

Oct 24 •

IP Picks🔎: A ‘Speed’-y Summer Blockbuster and a Feel-Good Sports Drama for Dads

➕ Two original fantasy/magic tales and three takeaways from the Frankfurt Book Fair

Oct 17 •

IP Picks🔎: A ‘Speed’-y Summer Blockbuster and a Feel-Good Sports Drama for Dads

➕ Two original fantasy/magic tales and three takeaways from the Frankfurt Book Fair

Oct 17 •

IP Picks🔎: ‘Little Women’ Reimagined; A ‘Gilmore Girls’ Treasure Hunt

➕ Inside the bestseller list: The 2026 movie trailer already goosing book sales and the political memoir that surprisingly outsold ‘Alchemised’

Oct 10 •

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