5 More Words Modern Pop Culture Desperately Needs
By the time you read this, the USMNT will be less than an hour away from playing Germany in the World Cup. In the grand scheme of things, it’s not terribly important, and as a…
The Epic Of Gilgamesh Should Be Hollywood’s Next Blockbuster
If there’s one thing that’s been a constant theme for big-budget Hollywood films in the last decade, it’s that it seems like the industry is running desperately low on new material. For every Inception there…
Four Classic Novels That Would Benefit From the Luhrmann Treatment
Baz Luhrmann, director of such films as Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!, and The Great Gatsby certainly has a calling card. His use of out-of-place dialogue, music, and settings rolls familiar stories into a hodgepodge…
Sense And Sensations
When you think about a TV show or a movie, the sense you associate it with is vision. “Did you see the latest Game of Thrones?” “I’m watching season 1 of Archer again, it’s awesome.” …
5 Exceptional Movie Trailers With No Dialogue
Movie trailers are the tip of the sword, the first thrust of the persuasive statement that asks, “should I see this movie?” The standard convention of a movie trailer is that it’s going to tell…
A Love Letter To The Fifth Element
The Fifth Element was recently added to Netflix streaming. The Fifth Element came out in 1997. For those of you keeping score at home, that’s 17 years ago. That year, Ellen DeGeneres outed herself, the…
What To Do When You’re Trapped In A Room
Television has been around for quite some time now, and it looks like it’s here to stay. Once you’ve watched enough TV, you can begin to classify certain episodes by type. One type that’s a…
The Hidden Corners Of The Internet
The internet is a fairly large place. There’s a lot of information out there. I could, for example, conceivably spend an entire week reading about ocelots and never stop finding new things to read. Not…
5 Pieces Of Pop Culture I’m Embarrassed To Like (But Still Do)
Everyone has their guilty pleasures. If you love fiction as much as I do, it’s almost inevitable that along the way you’re going to fall for some real clunkers. When a TV show does one…