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Unhappy Endings and What Comes Next

This post contains spoilers for Evil Dead Rise, but I mean…it’s an Evil Dead movie, you know how this goes.

Oct 1, 2024 •

September 2024

The profound beauty & sadness of Steve from Blue's Clues

In 1996, a puppy named Blue needed help from Nickelodeon’s young Nick Jr.’s audience to find things in her house marked with a big blue paw print …

Sep 25, 2024 •

August 2024

The first 7 minutes of The Stand (1994) are still pretty much perfect

The following originally appeared on GameRant and the intro wound up being laughably inaccurate, but in my defense, we were meant to be drumming up…

Aug 9, 2024 •

July 2024

Twisters is the AC/DC of action films

Unlike a lot of people (my husband included), I have no particular affection for Twister, the 1996 film about a ragtag group of storm chasers trying to…

Jul 23, 2024 •

February 2024

Reacher vs Reacher

Can any actor play any role? Well, yes and no.

Feb 21, 2024 •

December 2023

"Wild Blue Yonder" did the most important thing Doctor Who can do

Before I get into why “Wild Blue Yonder,” aka part 2 of the Doctor Who 60th Anniversary special, is so incredibly important, please allow me to present…

Dec 7, 2023 •

The Game is a completely different movie now that I've lived a little

Every so often, a meme goes around social media, asking people to name movies they’ve seen more than X times, and without fail, I’ll see someone say…

Dec 3, 2023 •

November 2023

One of the best shows Max is doing its best to bury: Julia

I know it’s hard to believe now, but HBO used to have a really good streaming service.

Nov 22, 2023 •

Right place, right time, right actor: The Moonlighting rewatch

Unless you are of a certain age (the age where your back hurts for no good reason at all), you likely don’t know much about Moonlighting, a romantic…

Nov 3, 2023 •

October 2023

The thing that made the Saw franchise popular is also what ruined it

I find the Saw franchise to be absolutely fascinating.

Oct 12, 2023 •

"Background television" and the crucial service it serves for a modern viewing audience

In reading coverage of the WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike, I stumbled across the term “background television,” which was being used to describe a specific kind of…

Oct 3, 2023 •

September 2023

What to Watch Now That the Strike is (Half) Over: The AfterParty

First of all, congratulations to the WGA for reaching a tentative deal!

Sep 28, 2023 •

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