The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
February 16, 2015
TV Check-In: ‘Girls’ Is More Than Just Acting Its Age in Its Fourth Season
Sunday night’s ‘Sit-In’ was a recent creative peak for the show.
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Oscars Predictions, Part 1: The Sound Categories
The first installment of our annual series attempting to predict the winners of the most unpredictable Academy Award categories.
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Weekend Box Office Winners & Losers: The Inevitable ‘Fifty Shades’ of Green Headline
It was a record-setting weekend for America’s Tied-Up Sweethearts.
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‘Rembert Explains’ Podcast: Pablo Torre
Pablo Torre joins Rembert to consider whether NYC is a good fit for NBA All-Star weekend, discuss the embarrassing personal nuggets hiding on Google’s servers, and more.
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‘The Grantland Oscar Preview’: Assigning Sports Doppelgängers
Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, and Chris Connelly assign sports doppelgängers to Oscar nominees. Is Bill Belichick’s career more like David Fincher’s or Jim Cameron’s?
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Thought Experiment: What If Kanye Had Never Interrupted Taylor Swift?
We never get Nicki Minaj’s verse on “Monster,” for one thing.
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‘The Grantland Oscar Preview’: Reviewing Prop Bets
Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, and Chris Connelly review prop bets submitted by Grantland gambling guru Cousin Sal.
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Oscar Second Opinion: 2014 Was a Bad Year for Actresses, Unless You Were in ‘Gone Girl’
It’s Rosamund Pike’s show, but all the female characters in David Fincher’s movie shine.
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Songs of the Week: I Want to Dance on a Disco Ball
Minotaur men? David Lynch red velvet curtains? I’ll take it!
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Rough Trade: The Kinky Absurdity of ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Merchandise
When a man proudly tells you that he’s missing a heart, all the butt plugs in the world will not change him.
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Lowbrow Highlights: Showdown in the Badlands on ‘The Bachelor’
Plus, Scheana’s wack wedding dress on ‘Vanderpump Rules,’ and Jacoby breaks down the midseason power rankings for ‘The Challenge.’
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Clint’s Cause: The Case for ‘American Sniper’
One version of America is stubbornly rising, another got lost in the wastes of Iraq, and that’s why Ava DuVernay’s ‘Selma’ and Eastwood’s film bookend each other better than you’d think.
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F---in’ Problems: For a Good Time, Do Not Call ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’
Binding Contract: The banality of ‘Fifty Shades of Grey.’
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