Hey, I’m back! I took last week off for the holidays to catch up on some much-needed sleep. He Knows You’re Alone (1980) He Knows You’re Alone is probably best known for having a small, bit role by a then-unknown … Continue reading TCM Underground: He Knows You’re Alone (1980) and Don’t Open the Door! (1974)
Jumanji was not a movie that needed a sequel, and in a way it’s kind of fitting that it didn’t really get one. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is the sort of soft rework that more often occurs half a … Continue reading Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has a blast not caring what you think
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (from Box Office Mojo) Star Wars: The Last Jedi Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Pitch Perfect 3 The Greatest Showman Ferdinand The top five held steady from last week, with three of the films making gains. … Continue reading Box Office: December 29 – 31, 2017
What games have you been playing and what do you think of them? Bonus topic: What 2017 game would you like to play but haven’t? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread is for new beginnings
Batman Forever has a remarkably layered and thematically rich story. I mean, the screenplay is pretty bad, but the story? What the movie is actually about? Easily the best of the Burton/Schumacher Batman series. Before you hit the Back button … Continue reading Before Capes Were Cool #5: Batman Forever (1995)
Visual representation of what 2018 is going to be like: (We’re the old dude.) Hope you all have fun posting here tonight and have a great day. Continue reading Scott OT #25: The Day Thread goes to Hell (1/1)
Post your Top 25 (or however many you feel like) songs that start with the letter J 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 J Songs
2017 felt like it was about 10 years long, and 2018 may be no better. But the left built 8 years on being the party of hope and change and there’s still time to step up and live it. … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Welcomes a New Year
It’s awards season, and you know what that means: another opportunity to make pointless predictions for bragging rights! Before the White House inevitably attempts to boycott the Academy Awards because he doesn’t want to hear Jimmy Kimmel verbally kick the … Continue reading 90th Academy Awards Pool
In any other year, Darkest Hour would be just another stagey film destined to rack up award nominations and critical plaudits, but in 2017 something is a bit different. I won’t even say it has much to do with the … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Darkest Hour (2017)
It’s the end of the year, so here’s my list of the best (and worst) movies I watched this year. My favorite movies I watched for the first time this year: 10.) The Cloud-Capped Star directed by Ritwik Ghatak, 1960 … Continue reading Scott OT #24: The Last Night Thread of 2017 (12/31)
The show has had a minor theme of the demoralising effect of the education system almost since the very beginning, but this is the most sophisticated presentation of it yet, and it’s accomplished because it uses two characters we’ve come … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Three, Episode Eighteen, “Separate Vocations”
As we all collectively sigh with relief from having survived 2017 (well, except for maybe Taylor Swift), we who indulge in pop culture can look forward to that which comes with every new year: the promise of many, many new … Continue reading What Are Your Most Anticipated Movies of 2018?
Like it says on the label: what are you grateful for? Today, this week, this months, this year? Big things, small things? Any things? Continue reading The Gratitude Thread
The full program! – https://www.mixcloud.com/AircheXX/caseys-top-40-with-casey-kasem-from-december-15-1990/ The full chart – https://weeklytop40.wordpress.com/1990-all-charts/ (Sadly, this chart does not have its own dedicated page; I’m not sure if they’re trying to hide it, or what. You can find it by scrolling down) Note: I’m … Continue reading American Top 40 Flashback EXTRA: December 15, 1990
Promethea: I wanted to do a discussion article on the Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared series because I feel like those videos get sold short a lot. They’re scary and funny, to be certain, but they’re intelligent on a level … Continue reading The Revolutionary Politics of Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared
Hey, Avocado! Think about the future! Continue reading Day Thread Thinks About The Future
Hey there Avocados, Happy (almost) New Year! I know it’s usually just an occasion to party and collect kisses at midnight, but maybe you have some specific New year’s eve traditions, especially involving food or a particular drink? New Year’s … Continue reading New Year’s Eve Sunday Food Thread
In which Fran fakes it ’till she makes it, while Manny and Bernard attempt to teach a dangerous mind. Original airdate: 3/15/2002 I kind of love how hard it is tell exactly … Continue reading Black Books: Series 2, Episode 3 “The Fixer”
I like this time of year. The week between Christmas and New Year’s Day is a kind of dead zone, a whole country full of people running out the clock. I live with a level of constant background anxiety, and … Continue reading The Hopes and Fears of All the Years Night Thread
Join us as I play catch up and we discuss Supernatural s13e01 “Lost and Found”. Continue reading Supernatural: S13E01 – “Lost and Found”
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