The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
April 18, 2012
Maxwell to Tour; Local Blogger to Face Some Very Hard Choices
Here’s how the most recent news about Maxwell registered in my brain:
Read moreWhat’s on the Worldstarhiphop.com Front Page Today?
Fabolous, “Got That Work” Fabolous is in shadow. Behind him, and because he’s just a silhouette, also through him, kind of, smeary New York City-at-night footage rushes past. It’s like the on-drugs-at-night montage from a ’60s movie, except you can see the Times Square Applebee’s flash past at one point. Clock faces. LEDs reading 12:56. […]
Read moreIs Paul Thomas Anderson Planning on Facing Off With the Church of Scientology?
“He is the charismatic founder of a psychologically sophisticated, and manipulative, cult … inspired by — though not entirely modeled on — Scientology’s L. Ron Hubbard.”
Read moreThe Brave New Swearing, Cage-Fighting, Science-Craving World of Amish: Out of Order
Most TV specials documenting people living in cloistered communities appeal to audiences by busting out the most shocking details of such people’s private lives. (Indeed, the very title of TLC’s upcoming Breaking Amish draws a connection from the experiences of their subjects with those of the miscreant leads of a well-known AMC series.) NatGeo’s new […]
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An (Occasionally Foul-Mouthed) Conversation With Veep’s Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Louis-Dreyfus doesn’t need to be doing this. At 51, the multiple-Emmy Award winner already has a career-defining — and children-inheritance-guaranteeing — run on Seinfeld as the bisque-mentioning Elaine Benes under her belt. In recent years, Louis-Dreyfus has mixed comic professionalism (a five-season run on CBS’s The New Adventures of Old Christine) with detours into […]
Read moreYouTube HOF: A Nine-Pack of 2Pac, With Zero Hologram Videos!
“Changes” Jonathan Abrams: Halo-Pac is kind of eerie to me. I am someone who wanted to believe Tupac still lived for so long, record after record, until I finally gave up hope somewhere around 2001. Tupac Shakur is my John F. Kennedy assassination and moon landing. I hit adolescence and grew up in California. It […]
Read moreThe Return of Arrested Development Continues to Really Be a Real Thing
News about the new Arrested Development arrives.
Read moreAxl Rose Explains His Rock Hall Snub, Makes a Ton of Sense (Really!)
“I once bought a homeless woman a slice of pizza who yelled at me she wanted soup. We got her the soup.”
Read moreApril 17, 2012
Coachella 2012, Part 2: 30 Thoughts on Surviving the Festival
1. On the Shakedown I forget what you call the area where your car is searched pre-campground entrance, but they should name it the Intimidation Shakedown Station (ISS). Everyone camping is aware that some form of inspection will take place, but it’s impossible to assume that you’ll run into the ISS. Yes, the actual inspection is […]
Read morePlease, Someone Make Sure This Hologram Tupac Tour Actually Happens
Dre apparently has a “massive vision” for his Hologram Tupac.
Read moreHollywood Prospectus Podcast: Talking Mad Men, Game of Thrones, and the Still-Lousy The Killing
This week on the pod, Andy and I put on our big-picture glasses (which happen to look a lot like JR Smith’s 3-goggles) and talked about whether the single television episode is still a viable format. With auteurs like David Simon advocating for a more novelistic approach to the making and consuming of the medium, […]
Read moreFreak Show & Tell: Urban Foxholes, Bodybuilding Moms, and Bloody Stumps
Every week, television documentaries present us with so many unusual people, with so many strange and/or disturbing problems, you might find it hard to keep up with all of them. That’s where I come in! Here’s an unflinching look back at TV’s Week in Freak Shows. Doomsday Preppers (NatGeo) Who Is This Now? Barry. Why […]
Read moreYou’re Effin’ Out: The Spectacular Eastbound & Down Finale
Sunday-night television really put my emotions through the washing machine this week. While Pete Campbell was measuring himself for stereo coffins on Mad Men, Kenny Powers went out on a high/low note in the best series finale since The Sopranos left Tony holding Schrodinger’s cannoli. I welled up a little when Stevie and Maria declared […]
Read moreThe New Prometheus Viral Ad: The Birth of David
Before we get to the inevitable joke about Michael Fassbender’s penis (and yes, that’s going to happen; we really have no choice in the matter), let’s all marvel at how well-executed and effective Fox’s campaign for Prometheus has been so far after we take in this latest viral offering about “David,” a robot virtually indistinguishable […]
Read moreThe Top 10 Songs in … AMERICA!
1. Fun. ft. Janelle Monae, “We Are Young” Hey, it’s that song! I know this song! Grade: C Best YouTube Comment: “I don’t always listen to soft Music but when I do it I listen to this” —metal103
Read moreCongratulations on Not Winning a Pulitzer for Fiction, Everyone
For the first time since 1977, no Pulitzer in fiction was awarded.
Read moreThe Cabin in the Woods Postmortem: This Is Not the Slasher Flick You’re Looking For
Fair warning: This post is about Cabin in the Woods, directed by Drew Goddard from a script by Goddard and Joss Whedon, and about the role that spoilers and spoiler avoidance may have played in its reception, so if you’re still hoping to see Cabin without knowing exactly what it is you’re in for, now […]
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