The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
September 16, 2013
The Replacements' Rapturous Return: Two (Very Different) Takes From One Critic
Last night, Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson played the second of three planned reunion concerts as the Replacements at Riot Fest in Chicago. The group will travel with the festival to Denver next weekend, after which Westerberg and Stinson may or may not launch a tour. (I would bet not, but you never know.) A […]
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Hatewatching Devious Maids: Like a Trip to Summer KKKamp
There. Is. Only. One. Episode. Left. Praise. The. Virgin. Mary. Oh, also, let me state: Yesterday was the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month, and today is Mexican Independence Day, and that’s dope (even if they gave us a fake month). But also Steve Gomez got killed off on Breaking Bad, Devious Maids has been […]
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The Brotherhood of Walter White's Abandoned Pants
Did you catch Walt rolling his money-filled tragedy-barrel past his old pair of pants from Breaking Bad’s first episode last night in between your bouts of panic-vomiting and clutching your throw pillows to your chest for comfort? We didn’t either, but Twitter did. Twitter catches everything. You could call it an Easter egg, but Heisenberg […]
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'Shipping Newsroom Season 2, Episode 9. 'Election Night Part 2’
I am drowning in a sea of 'ships! It’s time to change up the format, to better bring you up to speed on where all the most important love connections stand as we head into an uncertain, possibly Newsroom-less future. But don’t think about that right now. Let’s live in the moment with our ACN […]
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Britney Spears's New Single: It's Britishney, Bitch!
Perhaps taking a cue from Miley Cyrus channeling the Prodigy’s Keith Flint at the VMAs, the new Britney Spears single, “Work Bitch,” has Britney chanting motivational commands at you like a demented spin class instructor in a faux-British accent. It has given me the urge to hear Britney cover “Firestarter” so we can hear her […]
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Breaking Bad Season 5, Episode 14 Recap: Bringing a Knife to a Heart-Attack Fight in 'Ozymandias'
The hardest part of being a scientist, I imagine, is the patience it requires. A true experiment demands a rigorous and exacting process. It allows for no short cuts, it tolerates no half-measures. Wobbly, soft concepts like “questions” and “predictions” — the latter often translated by ordinary humans as “hope” — are permissible in the […]
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Insidious: Chapter 2 Rubs Out Robert De Niro at the Box Office
If horror-meister director James Wan hasn’t already developed an expensive yacht habit or crippling cocaine addiction, now’s the time. Insidious: Chapter 2, his sequel to modest horror hit Insidious, just pulled in $41 million to top the box office this weekend.
Read moreSeptember 14, 2013
The Best of the Grantland Pop Culture Podcasts: Breaking Bad's Dean Norris and Michelle MacLaren, and Grand Theft Auto V
This week’s Best of Grantland Pop Culture podcast features interviews with Breaking Bad‘s Dean Norris and director Michelle MacLaren, Jacoby and Juliet on The Challenge, and the Girls in Hoodies on Grand Theft Auto. Listen to the podcast here: ESPN.com Podcenter. Subscribe to Grantland Pop Culture on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page.
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