The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
September 2, 2015
‘Do You Like Prince Movies?’ Podcast: The 2015 VMAs, ‘We Are Your Friends,’ and Remembering Wes Craven
This week, Alex and Wesley discuss the nothing of ‘Z for Zachariah’ and the cruel almost of ‘We Are Your Friends.’ Then it’s on to a conversation of this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, which now is just recycling itself.
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‘Hard Knocks: Houston Texans’: The Sadness of Cut Day, the Joy of Vince Wilfork in Overalls and Cowboy Boots
In Episode 4, we say goodbye to a favorite underdog. We also get to see Wilfork making the boldest fashion choice of the season. Cut Day was interesting.
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The 2015 Grantland Summer Movie Awards
Honoring the best performances, moments, and characters from the summer at the cineplex.
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Finale Prep: Your ‘Mr. Robot’ Conspiracy Theory Field Guide
Brush up before the 10th and final episode of the show of the Summer airs tonight.
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‘Bachelor in Paradise’: Samantha Turns on Joe and Ashley I. Books a Night in the Fantasy Suite
The penultimate week of Paradise saw Joe get the boot and Ashley I. decide that she’s finally ready to lose her virginity.
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Wes Craven: 1939–2015
The life and legacy of the defining horror director of a generation.
Read more‘Concussion’ Protocol: Director Peter Landesman on the NFL, Will Smith, and How to Love Football Now
A conversation with the director of the first feature film to directly address the ongoing CTE crisis in football.
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The Franzen of It All: ‘Purity’ and the Great American Novelist
Jonathan Franzen’s new novel is relentlessly meticulous — but all of its details rarely feel like truth.
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Career Checks: How Will Zac Efron, Miles Teller, and Other Young Hollywood Stars Handle Their Floptastic Summer?
Surveying the immediate futures of six actors who may have had their heat cooled off by this summer’s bombs.
Read more‘Hollywood Prospectus Podcast’: ‘Narcos’ and ‘Mr. Robot’
Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald discuss ‘Narcos’ and the ‘Mr. Robot’ delay and ponder the question of too much television.
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