Courtesy Netflix A few years ago, San Diego’s Comic-Con International was a comic book convention. How quaint! These days, it rivals the Super Bowl as an annual consumerism orgy where giant soulless multimedia corporations relentlessly sell movies, TV shows, and video games—and this past weekend was no exception. A few mew major trailers dropped at […]
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Game of Thrones Recap! Hitting the Home Stretch in “Dragonstone”
So THIS happened last night. Helen Sloan/courtesy of HBO The seventh season of HBO’s Game of Thrones appears in a decidedly different America than the sixth season did. It’s a different Westeros, too: With Cersei’s destructive ascension to the throne, the show’s been stripped of a lot of supporting characters and side plots. We embark […]
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The Countdown Begins: Stranger Things Confirms Season 2 Premiere Date, Releases a Teaser Trailer and Apocalyptic Poster
Ever since the Netflix series came to a close after eight solid episodes of fine ’80s supernatural horror throwback and a final episode that seemed to promise more to come (and made us wonder, how has Will been forever affected by the Upside Down and what the hell was that slug thing he threw up?), […]
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AT LAST: A Comprehensive, DEFINITIVELY RANKED List of History’s Best and Worst Spider-Men
“Wow, Erik, that’s such a good headline!” Spider-Man: Homecoming opens tonight, and everybody seems to love it. Congrats, Spider-Man! It’s about time something went right for you! However, and MORE IMPORTANTLY: How does Homecoming‘s Spidey, Tom Holland, stack up amongst history’s other Spider-Men? Our universe has many Spider-Men. Let us rank them. 14. Me, Halloween […]
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Let’s Discuss Twin Peaks‘ Dougie Jones and the Enduring Power of Toxic Masculinity
Showtime We’ve been watching Twin Peaks: The Return, and Dougie Jones (Kyle MacLachlan)—the saga of Dougie Jones—falls into one of our society’s weird media tropes. As Suzette puts it: He’s one of those “men who cannot fuck up their own lives no matter how hard they try.” Today, we dig into the plight of Dougie […]
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Adam West Died, But Not Before He Trolled the Phone Book
Mike Coppola / Getty In case you missed it, Adam West—the star of the campy ’60s Batman series, as well as many other roles—died at the age of 88 on Friday following a short bout with leukemia. While he went through a period of bemoaning the role that would take over his life and keep […]
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Watching House of Cards in the Trump Era
I’ve enjoyed the dark, borderline campy House of Cards since the beginning, but I have to be honest: this new season is just a little too over the top. Frank Underwood is improbably elected President of the United States, despite losing the popular vote to a more experienced and temperamental candidate, in an angry and […]
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Stream Queen: Take a Chance on Flaked, Daytime Divas, and States of Undressed
Hailey Gates, Vanessa Williams, and Will Arnett all lead shows you’ll either love or hate. Things I don’t recommend you watch but are premiering this week nevertheless: Nashville starts its fifth season on Thursday, and the Walking Dead spinoff, Fear the Walking Dead premieres its third season on Sunday. I’m always confused how these shows […]
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From the Leftovers to Detroiters, Here Are the Great Shows You Need to Get Caught up On
Apart from a few worthwhile returning series (Preacher, Animal Kingdom, Orange Is the New Black), June is looking to be a pretty quiet month for new TV. David Lynch will dole out an hour of unmitigated, intoxicating strangeness with Twin Peaks on Showtime every Sunday night, and Silicon Valley and Veep represent an otherwise surprisingly […]
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TV Report Card: Evaluating 2017’s Shows So Far
Our Guide to Catching Up on the TV You Missed This Year
Our guide to catching up on the TV you missed this year.
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After Last Year’s Got Flooded, Adult Swim Is Coming Back with Another Live Event
Those who tried to attend last September’s Adult Swim live event in Portland will remember that the Adult Swim Drive-In was cancelled due to heavy rain flooding the venue, Portland Meadows. So it’s appropriate that Portland is on the short list of cities where Adult Swim is visiting with this year’s presentation, Adult Swim On […]
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Playin’ in the Band: The Grateful Dead’s Long Strange Trip
Emphasis on “Long,” But It’s a Trip Worth Taking
The emphasis is on “long,” but it’s a trip worth taking.