Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Dec. 18 – It was a fight between champ Denise and Kate most of the way, as Ben was hampered by incorrect guesses and was far back for most of DJ. But after hitting DD3, Ben … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Dec. 18
Today is Steven Spielberg’s 71st birthday, so I decided to spotlight one of his movies but which one to do? I’ve done Jurassic Park already, Jaws was done before by A Winged Potato, and I’ve written on Raiders Of The … Continue reading Scott OT #22: Amblin’ Night Thread (12/18)
Episode 9, “And the Woman Clothed With the Sun…” We open right where we left off. Will visiting Hannibal in the BSHCI. “I’m more comfortable the less personal we are,” Will states. The words only make explicit what we can … Continue reading Hannibal: S03E09 “And the Woman Clothed With the Sun”
Hello and welcome to the weekly fitness thread. This week’s topic is: Winter! How has the changing of seasons affected your routine? Is it nice enough out to run or has it gotten too damn cold? As well as the … Continue reading Weekly Fitness Thread Chills Out
They are not coming back. Sooner or later, anyone who’s been through a relationship’s end must come to grips with that simple fact. Electronic was a generically-named supergroup comprised of Bernard Sumner (Joy Division/New Order) and Johnny Marr (The Smiths, … Continue reading Song Spotlight: Breakup Songs
One of the nicest things about Christmas is that it’s an ideal time to tell your friends to seek out holiday specials which you find rewarding that they may have never heard of before. Now, there’d be no point in … Continue reading A Very Merry Cricket is a Yuletide Chuck Jones Classic
“If you wanna know if you’ve written a hit, play it for kids.”–Monica Lynch Welcome to the third installment of Lo-Fi Hi-Fives, where we favor tiny gyms over large stadiums. Today, we take a look at Innocence and Despair, the … Continue reading Lo-Fi Hi-Fives: The Langley Schools Music Project-Innocence & Despair
Featured podcasts this week are Death, Sex, and Money, Adam Ruins Everything, and Reply All. Continue reading Pod People 12.18.17
Even more so than in film, directing duos are rare, typically manifesting more as “collectives” when they do exist. The husband and wife duo of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris who directed videos over a span of 24 years before … Continue reading Video Director Spotlight: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
What games have you been playing and what do you think of them? Bonus topic: Share your favorite and most hated Star Wars games. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread Plays a Star War
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (from Box Office Mojo) Star Wars: The Last Jedi Ferdinand Coco Wonder Justice League I’m kind of in a rush today, but the upshot is that The Last Jedi did very, very well – $220M on … Continue reading Box Office: December 15 – 17, 2017
Continuing my reposting of articles originally posted on the old site. Spoilers abound. Episode title: The Wars to Come Director: Michael Slovis Written by: David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Summary: In a flashback, a young Cersei and her friend meet … Continue reading Game of Thrones Rewatch: Season Five Episode One “The Wars to Come” and Episode Two “The House of Black and White”
SG-1 introduces some series-plot-defining ideas. Continue reading Stargate SG-1: S01E09 “Thor’s Hammer”
The Rocketeer, like Superman: The Movie and The Fantastic Four, strives to translate what you see on the comic book page right onto the screen. It is arguably one of the most faithful adaptations of a superhero comic ever made, … Continue reading Before Capes Were Cool #4: The Rocketeer (1991)
Hanukkah is the longest Jewish holiday. This is interesting, because it’s fairly minor. Following the collapse of Alexander’s empire, Judea was passed back and forth between Ptolemaic Egypt and Seleucid Syria. Many Jews began living in the northern reaches of … Continue reading The Sixth Day of Hanukkah Thread
Howdy, friends! In the spirit of my “How was your weekend?” weekly thread I used to post every week under the AV Club’s “Weekend Box Office” newswire (as an alternative to AV Club’s own “Tell Us About Your Pop Culture … Continue reading Tell Us About Your Weekend!
Post your Top 25 (or however many you feel like) songs that start with the letter H here. Ranked or unranked, it’s not important. Just go with what feels right to you. Personally, I limit my own list to … Continue reading Songs by the Letter: Your Top ‘H’ Songs
You don’t have to say it. I know how this goes. You tell Twitter you’re not going to fire me and then BAM! Right in the unemployment line. At least, that’s what it feels like around here, and Mueller might … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Is Fired, Isn’t It?
The National Film Registry in the Library Of Congress has numerous amazing movies preserved in it. From classics of cinema like Citizen Kane and Casablanca to blockbuster masterpieces like Jaws and Star Wars, all types of American films are welcome. … Continue reading Scott OT #21: The Night Thread In The Middle (12/17)
The diesel steamboat chugs on into the gathering dusk. Witchy Woman waits for everyone to go to sleep, then steps outside her cabin. “Hexcellent,” she says, sneaking down the hallway. Arriving at the chosen door, she proceeds to… sit down … Continue reading Werewolf 48: Heart of Darkness PPV – Day 2
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