I recommend Pop Matters. They cover a broad range of pop culture and not just fanboy shit and stuff that is five minutes old. The writing is also much stronger.

Threads often include critiques of the site function, content, or political heavy-handedness. I agree with many of the critiques, but there is rarely a mention of alternative sites.

Okay, The AVClub. We have to talk.

When Conan Doyle killed Sherlock, fans wore black armbands and hounded him until Sherlock was unkilled. I have a book of annotated Sherlock stories that tries to solve every continuity errors, and it is an amazing work.

I guess they’re not in the mood for a melody.

Looks like they are having more of a reaction to the harmonica in the song than the piano.

If they managed to fit the far more interesting story of Tonya Harding into one movie, I can’t imagine why this needs to be an 8-episode series. 

I am still pissed that Sweet/Vicious was cancelled. At the risk of sounding crass, the show had the unfortunate luck of being axed right before MeToo became a cultural touchstone. If it had been out a few months later, I wonder if it would’ve lasted longer.

Miss that show!

“The year’s not over yet.” ~ 2020

This is why I only ever comment anonymously.

By saying “Elliot, formerly known as X”, and then never saying X again. You just have to say it once, because X is the famous name, and then people will know who you’re talking about. No one had ever heard of “Elliot Page” before this moment, so obviously you have to tell people who you’re referring to. That’s the…

But he really wants to grip...

Seems like it will be a bright and cheery show until the twist series finale when a feline pneumonia epidemic sweeps through the cafe because Kat doesn’t believe in the FVRCP vaccine.

It’s pretty obviously Italian, look at the labeling on the box.

“Of the many scenes that mildly frightened and generally confused kids when they watched A Christmas Story with no context for its late ‘30s setting, the parents’ argument over a lamp shaped like a woman’s leg ranks up there with the hostile department store Santa and the furnace meltdown.”

All About Nina is the most underrated performance of the past decade.

I saw this headline over at Vulture and ignored it because I haven’t watched Umbrella Academy and had never heard of anyone named Elliot Page. Now from this image I see that it’s the same person as Ellen Page, whom I had heard of. Since the new name is part of the announcement, I think it would be more sensible for…

I’ve been cutting my own hair for years, which explains why people mistake me for George Clooney all the time.

Faults is so great!