- THE KILLER by John Woo proves less is more
- A MAP OF TINY PERFECT THINGS battles four classic time-loop movies
- Streets of Minneapolis by Springsteen–and 9 more protest songs
- MTV won’t play music videos, so I will: DAY 1 = 1981
- CEILINGS by Lizzy McAlpine is a freaking masterpiece
- Why KING OF KILLERS deserves to be hunted down by Betty Gilpin
- JUNGLE invigorates music videos by going old school
- Why you DOOMSCROLL and how to stop it
- The storytelling genius of HALF OF MY HOMETOWN by Kelsea Ballerini
- Top 7 reasons why OpenAI is doomed doomed DOOMED
- Why the movie RUN LOLA RUN is a freaking masterpiece
- For sale: Magical Box Full of Interwebs
- Epic mountain bike deserves new owner; are you worthy?
- Three giant holes in REBEL MOON
- Beyoncé and Taylor Swift reinvent music economics with concert movies
- The past, present, and future of thriller villains
- Somebody grab Vince Neil and kickstart his heart
- Do you have what it takes to take what I have?
- Four absolute bangers that use xylophones, kid you not
- Why GLASS ONION soars while KALEIDOSCOPE goes splat
- NOWHERE by Black Match is a masterpiece of Badass Acoustic
- Why real fights are far cheaper—and far better–than fake CGI cray-cray
- PORK AND BEANS by Weezer is a music video masterpiece
- Best song ever for Halloween? WEREWOLVES OF LONDON
- Top 7 ways Ukraine beat Russia on the information battlefield
- Here’s how Marvel lost its mojo–and why DC never had it
- THAT FUNNY FEELING by Bo Burnham is today’s WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE, except better
- All the ways Trump is mangling his messaging and legal strategies EVERY DAY
- Mullets will never die
- Why DAY SHIFT basically works, and how to fix what doesn’t
- 1 PUMP LOTUS will never sell out
- Go the to theater and see EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, then see it again
- Elizaveta sings a Ukrainian folk song and yes, crying is okay
- Shuba hits us with a double-whammy and a twist
- Woman accused of having billions in stolen Bitcoin also made the Worst Music Video of All Time
- Paris, Part 2: Trains, planes, and taxis
- Paris, Part 1: Let’s fix the annoyances of air travel and make it joyous again
- A short list of magical items for sale
- Why was FREE GUY fun but unfulfilling?
- Is RED DRESS by Sarah Brand intentionally going for Worst Music Video of All Time?
- Can you make millions as a social media influencer–and how well does this whiskey pair with an Americano?
- Writing, COVID, working from home, and how well this whiskey pairs with coffee
- The path
- VENGEANCE by Zack Hemsey is brutal and brilliant
- Chapter 20: What’s real and what’s useless prepper fan-fic?
- This music video is peak internet and you are required by law to watch it
- Chapter 19: Why doomsday shelters in missile silos are an achy breaky big mistakey
- Okay, this video is clever and hilarious–well played, well played
- Exploding Whale cray-cray–watch glorious remastered 4k footage on 50th anniversary of historic event
- KILLER SURFING SNAILS is the science video we need in the hellscape of 2020
- What went right, and wrong, with WELCOME TO SUDDEN DEATH?
- VERY NOISE by Igorrr is definitely weird, but is it any good?
- Part 2: The Reckoning–Actually building an Evil Supercomputer to take over the world
- Part 1: Why you can and SHOULD build an Evil Supercomputer to take over the world
- Top four mistakes made in TRIPLE FRONTIER–which legit stars Batman, The Mandalorian, the dude from Sons of Anarchy and Poe Dameron from Star Wars, I KID YOU NOT
- Fire up the Netflix and watch Chadwick Boseman in MESSAGE FROM THE KING
- ALL THE STARS is the perfect song for a perfect movie
- Australian couple deals with infestation of death adders–and no, this isn’t a Harry Potter movie
- The one where Pam overwrites THE DARK KNIGHT
- THE MECHANIC is a clinic in betrayals, the beating heart of thrillers
- Who actually made the first music video OF ALL TIME?
- Why a 13-year-old boy who stutters inspired America
- Oregon Man gives Florida Man serious competition by pulling Nerf crossbow on cops
- Screenwriting 101 tips – The one where Pam ruins PULP FICTION
- Top 4 reasons why WILD CARD is the best Jason Statham action movie ever
- Top Four amazing musicians who PLAYED EVERY FREAKING INSTRUMENT on their album
- Parasite fungus creates zombie insects, who become ‘flying salt shakers of death’
- Writing secret: What two-sentence stories can teach us all
- The subversive genius of COMRADE DETECTIVE
- Why KNIGHTS OF CYDONIA by Muse is total madness that still works
- Adopted girl dedicates herself to finding forever homes for senior dogs
- Writing secret–emotions are everything
- Should you watch Denzel Washington create havoc in THE EQUALIZER?
- CARDIGAN by Taylor Swift and the evolution–or stagnation–of music
- Obama’s eulogy of Rep. John Lewis is what we need today
- Washington Man tries to outdo Florida Man, almost succeeds
- HEIST is a master class in tying character arcs to plot twists
- GUNS AKIMBO tests the Five Unwritten Laws of Action Movies
- GET UP by the Bingo Players is pure weirdness, but in a good way
- The rise of viral video weirdness
- The acid test for all writing
- Should you fire up Netflix and watch EUROVISION SONG CONTEST?
- 1944 is a song that will make you cry
- Trump would torch his own house to get a headline
- Why we’re desperate today for a different flavor of weird news
- Why “romance novels are trash” is such a bad take
- THE OLD GUARD is good–and here’s what could make the sequel even better
- MOTIVATION by Normani is the tip of her talent iceberg
- This ROUS is the friendliest creature on the planet
- Rampaging prairie dogs invade tiny Nebraskan town–is South Dakota next to fall?
- The writerly brilliance of SNL’s best skit EVER–Adam Driver’s oil baron
- Why ANNA violates three laws of action movies
- Why PHYSICAL by Dua Lipa is such good fun
- What makes THE WITCH PART 1 so damn great
- IF THE WORLD WAS ENDING is the right kind of song for 2020
- Here’s your nightmare fuel for the day: Ancient crocodile that ran like an ostrich
- GOOD THING by Zedd and Kehlani is just about perfect
- DATA AND PICARD is the weirdest music video in the quandrant
- Murder Hornets expose the dark roots of our deepest fears
- Fire up Netflix and watch THE PLAGUES OF BRESLAU
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