How SNL thrives in the Trump era
Saturday Night Live has seen a renaissance of sorts in the insanity of the Trump era. While the idea of it being irrelevant is overplayed (the series still manages solid ratings and produces many big...
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Leprechaun Returns is a true return to form
Another St. Patrick’s Day has come and gone and hopefully the throngs of green-attired tourists in your town have gone back home & to work in the morning. What was Horror Movie Twitter doing on...
Juanita demonstrates all the best parts of what Netflix can be
Like Napster back in the day, streaming (and pirating) has been allegedly killing the film business for a decade plus. It’s actually not, but that’s the latest thing for us to shake our fists at...
4 Black takes better than the white originals
Time to call it a wrap on Black History Month (until June, in which we celebrate Black Music) with something else different yet again: the black versions! There has always been a mainstream (read:...
The Notorious BHL: Bernard-Henri Lévy on Peshmerga and the Fate of the World
Long hailed as France’s most famous – and controversial – public intellectual, Bernard-Henri Lévy has been making waves through his writing and speaking (and outsized personality) since his...
Orfeu negro stunningly mixes Greek myth and Afro-Brazilian religion
Well, if your Black History (Awareness) Month hasn’t been poppin’ so far, maybe you need a little bossa nova. I want to widen the scope a little outside of America and take in one of my favorite...
Bill Maher is out of touch. I still can’t stop watching him.
Bill Maher is one of those entertainment figures who seems able to sidestep any controversy. His random drop of the n-word last year interviewing Nebraskan Senator Ben Sasse, for instance, would have...
The Story of the XFL is How Donald Trump is Really Just Vince McMahon with Worse Hair
Watching ESPN’s documentary on Vince McMahon’s infamous failed football league, This Was the XFL, struck me in a lot of ways. In part because it’s an excellent and slickly-produced film, but...
The spies who came in from the cold: Bingeable spy TV to watch right now
I can’t think of a more perfect genre than spy thrillers to immerse myself in for the winter. Time to come in from the cold, in every sense of the term! Spy films are a bit of a personal cult...
After controversy, the Academy has learned basically nothing
Well, it’s January and you know what that means… time to hit the Oscars trail yet again! Sigh. Let’s get the journey over with. If you’re not feeling terribly enthused about the season, join...