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If Lost has a legacy, it is its narrative structure: A season-long subplot that tantalizes viewers by raising more questions than answers during the...
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If Lost has a legacy, it is its narrative structure: A season-long subplot that tantalizes viewers by raising more questions than answers during the...
Make no mistake, Stranger Things is an expertly told story. It’s also yet another example of a TV show or movie that basks in...
We love comic book movies. Even the bad ones tend to make a lot of money. Besides the explosions and action sequences, there is...
Once again, the James Bond torch is going to be passed, and people are debating who would make the best Bond. But what is...
Spring is well underway, which means get ready for a lot of big budget action movies that critics greet with “meh” reviews and audiences...
I’ve got exciting news: Now that we’ve learned what happened after to Han Solo in the 30+ years since Return of the Jedi, and...
At the conclusion of Downton Abbey this week a friend made a comment to me: They should make a show about Lady Edith’s daughter...
I was recently watching Mr. Robot for the first time, and the one thing that really bugged me was that the villain is into...
About two weeks ago the CEO of Marvel Comics made a $1 million donation to Donald Trump’s veterans’ benefit, which left some people outraged....
The Academy Awards are not simply about recognizing excellence in filmmaking. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences mission is to promote the...
With Episode VII coming out, I’m going to have to shill for George Lucas. As the years go by, people dump on him more...
Aziz Ansari’s Master of None deserves much of the praise it’s receiving for tackling race in popular culture and how technology has affected our...
Hints from Steven Spielberg that there might be an Indiana Jones 5 quickly brought groans from the internet. It was yet another opportunity for...
Written by Seth Levi Growing up in the 1980s my three favorite movies were: Return of the Jedi Indiana Jones and the Temple of...
For the second time an attempt to reboot the Terminator franchise has been aborted. As dull as the last two films have been, that’s...
The fall TV season is upon us with plenty of new shows vying for our viewing time. So how long do you give a...
Since the disastrous debut of the Fantastic Four reboot, two competing narratives have surfaced that attempt explain what when so wrong. One is that...
We’re apparently living in a golden age of TV where the characters, themes and plots on shows are more complex and morally ambiguous than...
The best show Netflix has produced isn’t House of Cards or Orange is the New Black — it’s BoJack Horseman. The second season was...
This is an age-old debate that I believe it’s time to re-litigate now that we’re in the age of darker, grittier superhero movies and...
We’re only two weeks into HBO’s summer Sunday lineup, but I’m going to go ahead and call it a disaster. This is a low...
I’ve spent the last week binge watching the new season of Orange is the New Black. With each episode my feelings towards the show...
It’s happened every season, but this year the criticism against how women are portrayed on Game of Thrones has ratcheted up. While much of...
The overarching theme of Mad Men has been that people don’t change. Characters, and most notably Don, make the same mistakes over and over...