Any decent story set in the 1980s could only have one villain. Courtesy photo/ JOSEPH SOHM/SHUTTERSTOCK I liked season one of Stranger Things quite a bit. It was an excellent evocation of what it was like to be a white kid in the mid-’80s, riding around the suburbs on a BMX bike during that sharp […]
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Game of Thrones Recap! Riding the Waves in “The Dragon and the Wolf”
“It looks as though something has come between us, sister dear, but it may in fact just be camera placement!” HBO The seventh season of HBO’s Game of Thrones concluded with a bang last night—or more like a sizzle and a gush. Along the way, we got several of the major players sharing the screen […]
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Today in Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin Is Too Busy Writing to Even Watch Game of Thrones
FUN FACT! They’re related. Via Metro: Game of Thrones is currently the most popular show on television. But while fans are eagerly anticipating the finale of its seventh season, and each episode is watched by over 30 million people, George R.R. Martin isn’t among them. That’s because, despite creating the books upon which they’re based, […]
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Game of Thrones Recap! What Happens “Beyond the Wall” Probably Isn’t Gonna Stay There
“I call it a ‘light-saber.’ Hang on, HBO’s lawyers are calling.” HBO Last night’s Game of Thrones was simultaneously among the most exhilarating and frustrating episodes the show has ever aired. To be clear: cool shit happened. But how that cool shit happened was… well, pretty dumb. Beloved characters transformed into gullible twerps and nervous […]
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Game of Thrones: Why That Bullshit Fan Theory About Tyrion Is, in Fact, Bullshit
Macall B. Polay/courtesy of HBO As we head into the penultimate episode of this season of Game of Thrones, fan theories are kicking into overdrive—which means those watching HBO’s show are catching a glimpse of the intense, weird fan theories that George R.R. Martin’s readers have been arguing about since 1996. Let me be clear: […]
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Game of Thrones Recap! Dropping the Hammer in “Eastwatch”
“I can’t tell the difference between this charred battlefield and a steak ordered by Donald Trump!” Macall B. Polay/courtesy of HBO Last night’s Game of Thrones was talky and plotty—which was to be expected after the full-throttle action of last week’s episode. With “Eastwatch,” the story mostly came down to Earth (or whatever the hell […]
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Game of Thrones Recap! Fighting Over “The Spoils of War”
Helen Sloan/courtesy of HBO So far, this is Game of Thrones’ best season—and last night’s episode, “The Spoils of War,” was fantastic. Let’s get into it. Spoilers, obviously. WE BEGIN IN HIGHGARDEN…… where Jaime and Bronn are packing up the Tyrells’ gold. Bronn’s all sassy because he doesn’t have a castle yet—which seems weird, since […]
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The Trailer for David Fincher’s Netflix Series, Mindhunter, Is Great and Creepy
Courtesy Netflix Zodiac is on currently streaming on Netflix, and if you haven’t seen it in a while—or if you’re one of the many who missed it when it first came out—it’s well worth a watch. One of the most underrated movies of the 2000s (so far), David Fincher’s true-crime thriller boasts fantastic turns from […]
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Game of Thrones Recap! Meting Out “The Queen’s Justice”
“The bellhops here are really on the ball—they’ve even offered to carry our heavy weapons for us!” Macall B. Polay/courtesy of HBO Last night’s Game of Thrones was jam-packed with plot. The show continues its late-series trend of getting down to brass tacks, and we finally saw two of its lead characters sharing the screen […]
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Four Dark Crime Shows to Cool You Off This Summer
As the summer sun persists in beating down on us for literal hours each and every day, nothing’s more refreshing than slipping into a cool, dark, shady television show. We’re in something of a relative dry patch for new TV—summer has historically been a time for reruns, and while Peak TV and the streaming revolution […]
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Some Are Cracking Under Pressure of Peak TV, Pop Culture References, and the Normalization of Obsessive Fandom
I don’t care about game of thrones pic.twitter.com/uyWOuuym24— derek (@eedrk) July 24, 2017 It’s true: movies can’t kill you. Score one for the mountains. In other news… the trailer for Stranger Things Season 2 is out…
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Game of Thrones Recap! Valyrian Grammar and a Boat Fight in “Stormborn”
BOAT FIGHT!!!!!!! Courtesy of HBO Last night’s episode of Game of Thrones suggested there’s not going to be much in the way of downtime this season. We’re only on Episode 2, and shit is already going down. I think “Stormborn” may be one of my favorite episodes of the series—as the sphere of the show […]