Revisiting the Set of “The Wire” with the Onion’s AV Club
I don’t know how to feel about the fact that one of the best ideas I’ve ever heard for a television series found a home on the Internet, but there’s no denying that “Pop Pilgrims,” the AV Club’s “take...
View ArticleNews Roundup: Harry Potter Says Goodbye
Emma Watson as Hermione Granger, Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley and Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter in Warner Bros. Pictures' "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." (Photo by Jaap Buitendijk) I’m sure...
View ArticleExplaining Fanboyism: What does it mean to be obsessed?
Yesterday, the lovely guys at Stuff You Should Know gave us a shout out via Twitter while touting an interesting article they’d found on The Tech Report’s blog, “Ceci est une blog.” (If you don’t speak...
View ArticleFlee from the Running Dead in a Zombie-Infested 5K
If you like your zombies more “28 Days Later” than “The Walking Dead,” then you’d probably love something like the “Run for Your Lives” 5K race. If you’re wondering what competitive running has to do...
View ArticleThe World’s First Zombie Marketing Division
Zombies: A market with lots of upside. Credit: Kris Connor/Getty Images) Have you ever started researching something cool and come across something even better? As I delved into this yesterday (belated...
View Article‘Attack the Block’: When Aliens Invade the Projects
If you grew up in a tough neighborhood (or one that wishes it was), chances are you’ve gone to see a scary movie and came out talking all kinds of trash. You probably went home yelling, “I wish those...
View ArticleSpoiler Alert: People Don’t Care About Spoilers
The beloved Harry Potter book series: Too soon for spoilers? (Credit: Bizuayehu Tesfaye/AP Images) I meant to cover this topic last month after Brian Moylan’s hilarious screed against spoiler alerts...
View ArticleHow to (Literally) Chart Hollywood Clichés
It isn’t all that hard to count the clichés in your standard Hollywood movie, but a New York-based ad agency has made it much, much easier for fans to do so. Why? To get people out to the movies, of...
View ArticleCritics Wave the White Flag on Remakes
Once upon a time, it seemed as if I spent most of my time on this blog bemoaning the sudden ubiquity of Hollywood remakes. I got off that beat for a while because I could barely keep up and I couldn’t...
View ArticleAnother Day, Another Sequel: “Beetlejuice 2″ To Hit Theaters
If I had to name my choices for the funniest movie scenes of all time, the dinner scene from “Beetlejuice” would be pretty high up there. I saw the movie in the theatre, and believe me when I tell you...
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