Category: Culture

Earlier this year I went to my local theater to see See How They Run, a cutesy Agatha Christie homage that’s literally built around a murder that happens following a staging of The Mousetrap, her signature play. The movie was ...

TV has become the medium of our age – partly due to changes in technology, partly due to the absolute glut of TV shows that are made nowadays. Amid a sea of reboots, spinoffs, and streaming phenomena, it can be ...

The film industry is in a state of flux – streaming is more popular than ever but only fitfully profitable, while big budget blockbusters can still draw out crowds, but are more formulaic and derivative than ever before. Still, we ...

In many ways, it feels like we’re living in a post-single world. People may not be lining up outside of record stores to buy full albums, sure, but the idea of a song of the summer or a generational anthem ...

In many ways, it feels like we’re living in a post-single world. People may not be lining up outside of record stores to buy full albums, sure, but the idea of a song of the summer or a generational anthem ...

In the latest Fortress of Ineptitude, Michael and Louis discuss The Spirit, a baffling but entertaining adaptation of the classic Will Eisner series that gets nearly everything about the character wrong.

The end is here. The Visitors have reached the conclusion of their For All Mankind coverage. Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union have reached an all-time high. World War III seems to be on the horizon. Jamestown ...

Michael and Louis take a look at Sight and Sound’s critics poll of the Greatest Films of All Time, and venerated and prestigious institution that attracted some controversy this year. Should the critics have chosen as many recent films? Did ...

The Visitors are gearing up for the end of For All Mankind’s second season. This week’s episode is entirely devoted to the penultimate entry, Triage. A disastrous international kerfuffle leads to cold war tensions being raised. Ed and Karen seemingly ...

While my friend Stefon and I were watching a Thursday Night Football game, we started talking about the different reigns of NBA players (whether it be Lakers Shaq or Miami LeBron) and naturally the conversation veered over into rappers and ...

For All Mankind coverage continues. In part one, a plane takes off and doesn’t land causing lots of tension for our characters at NASA. Ellen is forced to deal with a sudden career change. Danielle’s visit to the Soviet Union ...

Over the past 15 years or so, the term “Spielbergian” feels like it’s become a phrase of both praise and derision. If a movie features a plucky group of kids, a broken home, and a supernatural/extraterrestrial source of both fear ...

There’s a scene in Black Panther where Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan), after appearing to kill the title character, slowly approaches the throne of Wakanda to claim the kingdom that he believes is rightfully his. The shot begins upside down, slowly ...

The Visitors have reached the halfway point of the second season! Mike and Louis discuss the trials and travails of Gordo and Tracy as they both deal with the “weight” of their life choices. The Russians are coming! They’re already ...