Pop Culture and Politics on the Artistic Spectrum
As I'd mentioned in a previous article, Black Mirror--the so-far 13-episode long cinematic series on Channel 4 and Netflix respectively--has quickly became a favorite of mine due to its thematic elements, style, and ability to fuck my shit up royally for a few days at a time. Everyone who reviews this show, aside from insisting that it… Continue reading Obligatory Ranking of ‘Black Mirror’ Episodes from OK to OMG
Black Mirror was a show I started watching at the behest of a lady whose opinion I can't help but trust. I'd never really heard anything about the show other than that it was "like The Twilight Zone for a new generation"...which, as a massive fan of The Twilight Zone, I have to tell you it's not. It's… Continue reading What Does Watching ‘Black Mirror’ Say About You?
Evan McMullin's Halloween Nightmare / The big Walking Dead re-up / Dan Mansplains #Supernatural Tweets From Girls on Twitter / WWE Hell in a Cell is coming up / Netflix's Black Mirror is the TV equivalent of a punch to the gut / What's the deal with David S. Pumpkins? And why is he the same person as Kevin Roberts? / TommyNC2010 goes swimmin' and joke tellin' /… Continue reading Talking Nerdy, Ep. 219: A Suitcase Full of Fantastic
Netflix released part 2 of season 1 of their nostalgia, middle America fueled fever dream called The Ranch. With all of vibes of a cheesy sitcom, which is fine if that’s what it is, comes the need to not be like network television, or standard cable for that matter, and throw around fucks like there… Continue reading Why the F*ck Do They Say F*ck on Netflix’s The Ranch?
On September 28th, Luke Cage arrived in Harlem. Two days later, Netflix released the series to a universally positive response. The new series is third in a line of Marvel Netflix shows orchestrated to lead seamlessly up the The Defenders; a team that consists of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and next year...Iron Fist (along with a few introductory characters such… Continue reading Sweet Christmas: A Look at Luke Cage
It appears Syfy has discovered a formula for making bad things good. There are four Sharknado movies – four. In fact, Sharknado 2 received the highest ratings ever for a Syfy original movie. It’s bizarre how that happens, and perhaps you saw one of those and chuckled. So why not give a show with a… Continue reading The Case for Z-Nation
Season 2 of Documentary Now! premiers September 14th and I am excited to see what Hader & Armisen have in store for us. If you haven’t given this show a chance yet you a truly missing out. Season 2 will be following the same format as season 1; 7 total episodes with 6 & 7… Continue reading Documentary, Wow!
Jamie Lee Curtis' talented husband, Christopher Guest is one of my favorite comedy film makers of all time. He's a visionary, especially in the fine art of mockumentary. He is perhaps best known for This is Spinal Tap--directed by Rob Reiner, Best in Show, and A Mighty Wind. But his body of work more than speaks for itself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swTWozTxQ-E… Continue reading “Best in Show” Director Brings “Mascots” to Life
There's been a lot of speculation about the hit Netflix series Stranger Things, due to its supernatural elements and all of the undisclosed "secrets" of the Upside-Down, the Monster, and Jane "Eleven" Ives. But there's one thing we know for absolute certain. The two-headed embodiment of satanic deception, the Demogorgon, is you. If you haven't watched Stranger… Continue reading This is Why We Can’t Have ‘Stranger’ Things
I have to admit, I'm a bit of a philistine when it comes to Lady Gaga (Queen G? Her Royal Majesty, the Gaga?). While I've been aware of Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta's career for almost a decade, I'd imagine the real fans remember ol' Manhattan Stef from 2005 when she was doing club music and… Continue reading Gays Go Gaga Over Gaga
Anthony Alburger from The Fight Back Home joins us in studio for some San Diego Comic Con news / Ghostbusters is a horrific mess and Leslie Jones is 48-years old and should know better / MARVEL trailers and news wrap-up / DC may actually be making good product after all / Television and Netflix shows and the end of Bates… Continue reading Talking Nerdy, Ep. 206: How I Could Just Kill a Graham
DOWNLOAD THE LATEST EPISODE HERE!! or on iTUNES and STITCHER RADIO An introduction to Roxborough Rants & Raves / Daredevil season two premieres on Netflix / Wonder Woman is going to be great because women want it to be great / Batman vs Superman was almost an over-crowded movie / Predictions and rumors for The Walking Dead / Rowan Atkinson is back… Continue reading Talking Nerdy, Ep. 189: Root Beer Culture War
Xander Berkeley (24, 12 Monkeys, Being Human, The Walking Dead) joins us to discuss his long career of art, acting, and using film shoots as an excuse for a vacation / Hashtag activism and an open message to apologists / How to be evil in the Fallout 4 wasteland / Jessica Jones and Negan with a bat / Dan… Continue reading Talking Nerdy, Ep. 172: Plushable Deniability with Xander Berkeley
In this episode, we discuss comedy and entertainment in the age of constant apologies and the social justice elite. Are women unfunny? Did Marvel do Iceman's coming out party a disservice? How does Xander Berkeley approach Internet trolls? When will Ted Danson return to his classic character Becker? All of these questions and more answered… Continue reading Talking Nerdy, Ep. 143: Black and Becker
In addition to video game updates, we discuss the practicality of a female-driven superhero movie, news from NASA, and the inevitable destruction of the World Cup. We play TV Movie Mania and speculate on the end of Game of Thrones! DOWNLOAD THE LATEST EPISODE HERE or on STITCHER RADIO or iTUNES!
http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://http://www.tumblr.com&color=FFFFFF Hosts Alex Gross, Charles Lecki and Dan McGlynn watch Quentin Dupieux’s awkward, manic ‘horror’ film, “RUBBER.” Go watch the film and try to suggest a movie that’s worse. We explain it, laugh at it, but still don’t understand it.
Big Money Rustlas has 3.5 stars on Netflix? There must be some kind of mistake.
It's remarkable how certain films manage to still look so magnificent when provided with such shockingly miniscule funding. In Monsters, filmmaker Gareth Edwards is working with a budget of only $15,000, the same as camcorder-filmed haunted house horror Paranormal Activity, an amount that would make Hollywood soil its gold-plated underwear in awe of how Edwards… Continue reading I Love Movies, but I Hate Yours: Monsters
Sorry to barge in uninvited like this. You don't know me but I am very curious about you. I have two very important questions that may or may not confuse or disorient you, and for that I apologize in advance--but do you actually exist?--and if so--who the fuck are you? Through the mixed blessing of… Continue reading Dear Target Audience for SPARTACUS: Blood and Sand…
Way back in 2007, I saw a Frank Oz film called Death at a Funeral, so imagine my surprise when I discovered a trailer for a new Neil LaBute film called Death at a Funeral. Should the “too soon” rule usually applied to tragic events also be applicable for remakes? The original Death at a… Continue reading From Brit to Black: Death at a Funeral
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