0 comments by Joe Mags on 7/27/2015
(This post contains spoilers. You can read my thoughts on previous episodes of True Detective, season two, here.) When True Detective is firing on all cylinders, it can be one of the most immersive television experiences we’ve ever had. Movie stars playing screwed-up characters; limitless photography exploring the depths of an unique American frontier — first the […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
Southpaw got a lot of advance buzz due to pictures of Jake Gyllenhaal’s phenomenal condition hitting the Internet. But as impressive as the star’s monster abs are, a whole movie can’t be built around them. Or maybe it can. At times, it sort of felt like director Antoine Fuqua was indeed emphasizing the spectacular shape Gyllenhaal […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
Just as the Vacation reboot (sequel?) is set to hit theaters July 29, the duo behind this new version has its next gig lined up. Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr. reports that John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein have been hired to write the new Spider-Man film for Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios. The two […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/24/2015
“I am tired with grief and despair and a consuming rage for humanity…the shame is ours. A shame so fierce it should burn us like the sun burns the desert.” Bob Geldof, Live Aid programme, July 1985. Born in the 1970s, I was made in the 1980s. A lot of my pop culture references are […]
0 comments by Tyler Lyon
About a month ago, I wrote a post saying that Amy Schumer’s early appearance on the current season of The Bachelorette gave audiences a look at the type of personality the show needed to catch up with the changing times and keep younger audiences interested. Schumer, or someone like her, would basically be the franchise’s Deadpool, breaking […]
0 comments by Joe Webb
Although the upcoming basketball season is still ways away, there are still plenty of premier events happening at Chesapeake Energy Arena, known for being the home of the Oklahoma City Thunder. One of the events is this weekend, as some of the most talented comedians will perform at The Comedy Get Down on July 25 […]
0 comments by Andrew Bucholtz on 7/23/2015
Much of the history of Rush is about the famed Canadian progressive rock trio hearing marketing advice to boost their mainstream popularity and doing exactly the opposite, which is a theme that’s continued on their current 40th anniversary tour. The band has talked at times about this likely being its final large-scale tour, but while many […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire on 7/22/2015
When Microsoft acquired Mojang, it was clear there were big plans to extend the companies’ popular video game Minecraft past its singular form. At E3, the two blew the audience away with their virtual reality presentation, demonstrating how Microsoft’s latest development HoloLens meant you could play the game on a 3D scale in your own living […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp
Currently, you can listen to Courtney Barnett’s great new album, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, on at least three sites for absolutely free — and not illegal pirate streams, but legitimate sites like Spotify and YouTube. Barnett seems to be all right with this idea since one of the streams […]
0 comments by Joe Mags on 7/21/2015
(This post contains spoilers. You can read my thoughts on previous episodes of True Detective, season two, here.) “Pain is inexhaustible,” Ray Velcoro speaks into he and his son’s digital recorder. “It’s only people who get exhausted.” People — or, more specifically, some individuals with far-reaching digital platforms — have grown weary of True Detective this summer. In line with how Internet […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
After talking to so many comedians for his book, Sick in the Head, Judd Apatow apparently got the itch to do some stand-up. Of course, he also has a new movie to promote. Apatow is a multimedia machine. His brand is strong. Critics have been generally favorable toward Trainwreck, which opened last weekend. (In her […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 7/20/2015
George Coe, veteran actor and original cast member of Saturday Night Live, died Saturday at the age of 86. By the time Coe joined SNL at the age of 46 — his casting a demand from NBC executives for a cast member that could appeal to older viewers — he already had a resume that included Broadway, […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire
With the release of Ant-Man, Marvel’s Phase Two, which featured the studio’s heaviest hitting films to date, has now concluded. Iron Man 3 made Iron Man cool again. Captain America: The Winter Soldier was a thrilling spy film about the stakes of massive organizational corruption. Guardians of the Galaxy was a space opera which brought together a ragtag group of heroes […]
0 comments by Reva Friedel
Trainwreck opened this past weekend, finishing third at the box office, and I can’t remember the last time I was as excited to see a movie. But after watching it, I felt very confused. Kind of like when you are SUPER pumped for a first date and your friend brings, like, 12 dresses to your […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/17/2015
I’ve learned my lesson when it comes to underestimating Marvel. Four years ago, I thought Thor was going to be a flop. It was one thing to sell Iron Man to a public that was only familiar with pop culture icons like Batman, Spider-Man and Superman. But Marvel grounded a character viewed as second-tier in […]
