Posts by Tess Lynch

  • The Eerily Unexplainable Indiana Demon House That Demands to Be Turned Into a Movie

    Swarms of flies, skeptical state officials, children walking up walls backward and flipping over their grandmothers! One of the caseworkers explained the weird occurrences as “behavioral issues.” Maybe! But maybe not. And maybe not is a great place to start for a scary movie that can boldly bear the proclaimer “based on a true story.”

  • ‘SNL’: Jonah Hill Takes Flight in the Arms of His Buddy Leo

    Jonah Hill, reluctant funny person, returned for his third hosting gig on ‘Saturday Night Live’ this weekend. Hill’s transition from Apatovian goof to two-time Oscar nominee (for ‘Moneyball’ and, more recently, ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’) has been publicly rocky, mostly due to a self-important interview with ‘Rolling Stone,’ about which Hill expressed regret last week. Maybe appearing on ‘SNL’ and taking a few horse hooves to the face was an attempt to prove that the PR representations of his ego had been misinterpreted.

  • The Return of the Cos: Bringing the Huxtables to 2014

    Bill Cosby is returning to NBC prime time. Why would we do anything but imagine The Cosby Show faithfully transcribed to fit the logic of 2014?

  • Emily Yoshida, Molly Lambert, and Tess Lynch

    The girls discuss ‘True Detective,’ this week’s episode of ‘Girls,’ and the film history of downtown Los Angeles.

  • Sacha Baron Cohen May Go Through the Looking Glass to Play a ‘Wonderland’ Villain

    Sacha Baron Cohen is in “early talks” to join the cast of Through the Looking Glass, the sequel to 2010’s Alice in Wonderland, Variety reported yesterday.

  • Explaining the Dogecoin-Funded Efforts to Send the Jamaican Bobsled Team to Sochi: A Thought Experiment

    Cool Runnings really stands the test of time. Add attitudinous dogs and Comic Sans and you’ve got the American dream in the palm of your hand.

  • ‘SNL’: Drake Lightens Up, Sasheer Zamata Makes Her Debut

    After a month’s vacation, SNL returned this week with Drake pulling double-duty as host and musical guest for the first time. Drake’s charms — his sensitivity, his sweaters, his champagne-pours — are so well documented and smothered in crushed-out awwws that a person can feel inclined to harden his or her heart against the artist formerly known as Aubrey Graham.

  • You Want ‘Flowers in the Attic’? Lifetime’s Gonna Give You ‘Flowers in the Attic’

    There’s nothing like reading a “forbidden” novel as a preteen. When you’ve ripped through your after-hours reading list (Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret; The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4; Forever…) and you get to Flowers in the Attic, however, things take a U-turn.

  • Molly Lambert, Emily Yoshida, and Tess Lynch

    Molly, Tess, and Emily chat about the season premiere of ‘Girls’ and catch up on winter movies, including ‘Her,’ ‘The Wolf of Wall Street,’ and ‘Frozen.’

  • iWinks, the Internet Startup That Wants to Help You Incept Yourself

    Using the Internet can be a lot like dreaming. You navigate a world that’s both fantastical and realistic; you are active while remaining mostly physically inert; you block out external stimuli and direct your avatar to various intangible locations, improvising the route as you go. You have no body. Your journey is personal and doesn’t […]

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