T. Dawson

Trevor Dawson is the Executive Editor of GAMbIT Magazine. He is a musician, an award-winning short story author, and a big fan of scotch. His work has appeared in Statement, Levels Below, Robbed of Sleep vols. 3 and 4, Amygdala, Mosaic, and Mangrove. Trevor lives in Denver, CO.

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Game of Thrones: “Winterfell”

T. Dawson April 15, 2019

The season premiere of Game of Thrones’ final season begins with a striking image: all the people of Winterfell, lined up to welcome the army of Daenerys Targaryen, countless masses of Unsullied and Dothraki....

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Pet Sematary

T. Dawson April 7, 2019

We are never going to stop seeing adaptations of Stephen King works. The man is so prolific and popular that the well will never go dry. It’s a daunting prospect, but if the Faustian...

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Television | Reviews

True Detective: “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye”

T. Dawson January 15, 2019

Margaux and I return to wrap up True Detective‘s season premiere. Trevor: Detective Wayne Hays says something kind of hilarious in this episode: “I like to laugh.” On its face, this is a funny line because the...

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Television | Reviews

True Detective: “The Great War and Modern Memory”

T. Dawson January 14, 2019

Margaux and I are back, baby, and we’re talking True Detective! Trevor: First things first: it’s great to be writing with you again! It’s been too long, and I can’t believe we’ve never gotten around...

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Movies

Here are our 2019 Oscars nominee predictions

T. Dawson January 14, 2019

With the Golden Globes in the bag, and the seemingly endless awards season upon us, we thought we’d make a few uneducated guesses about the films you might see nominated for Academy Awards (the...

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Movies

The 10 Best Movies of the Year

T. Dawson December 31, 2018

Love movies? Hate forming your own opinions? Well, you’re in luck, buddy, because here is GAMbIT’s list of the ten best films of the year. Honorable Mentions: Black Panther, exactly the kind of game-changer that Marvel...

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Television | Reviews

The Walking Dead: “What Comes After”

T. Dawson November 5, 2018

Much of The Walking Dead‘s ninth season has been a successful reset, taking the show back to what made it great in the first place. The stakes were well-drawn and built on real tension, and...

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Television | Reviews

The Walking Dead: “The Obliged”

T. Dawson October 29, 2018

The Walking Dead has been on the air since 2010, and despite its ever-evolving cast of characters, it has almost never been able to credibly produce a sense of peril. We’ve always been able to...

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Movies

31 Days of Fright: The Innkeepers

T. Dawson October 29, 2018

“You can’t save her.” Ti West has an old-fashioned sensibility. His films are methodical and talky, with a distinctly retro vibe. He’s not alone in this; James Wan, for instance, made a solid tribute...

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Television | Reviews

Daredevil: “Resurrection”

T. Dawson October 24, 2018

Daredevil is in a process of rebirth. After its bloated, meandering second second season, the show needed to hit the reset switch, to get back to basics, which “Resurrection,” its third-season premiere, does neatly. Everything...

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Television | Reviews

The Walking Dead: “Warning Signs”

T. Dawson October 22, 2018

My lord, what a breath of fresh air The Walking Dead is this season. Don’t get me wrong, it hasn’t quite returned to its former status as appointment television (you’d have to go back to season...

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Television | Reviews

The Haunting of Hill House: “The Twin Thing”

T. Dawson October 20, 2018

One of the most successful parts of The Haunting of Hill House is how authentic and lived-in everything feels. The adult actors not only resemble their child counterparts, but at times they echo their performances. We...