Over the three decades the Simpsons have been on the air certain tertiary characters have become surprisingly frequent fodder for episodes. Character that you maybe wouldn’t think could sustain the shocking amount of episodes that revolve around them have managed to pull out pretty huge numbers. And one […]
In 2015 I walked into a film that I really had no idea what to expect from. It was Creed, and it absolutely blew me away, becoming one of my favorite films of the year, much to my shock. I’ve never been a Rocky guy. I’ve seen most of them, but […]
Earlier this year we were given a film that attempted to subvert the typical expectations of the heist genre simply by wonder “what if it was heist movie, but with women?” That movie was Ocean’s 8, and it was…fine. At the time I remember thinking it was surprisingly […]
Folks. I have good news for you today. For basically the first time this season I have an episode to share with you that didn’t result in active dislike. It’s far from perfect, but this is an episode I can actually say I enjoyed. Which, I’ve got to […]
Over the course of their illustrious career, the Coen Brothers have gained the reputation of being creators that are hard to figure out what they’re going to do next. Their films have a general aesthetic to them, but within that aesthetic they’re able to tell stories […]
Hey, you know what type of Simpsons episode we haven’t had in a while? One where we focus on the love-life of a tertiary character that we really don’t have much investment in, and whose love-life has been proven to be narratively inert. So, you know what […]
2018 has been a really solid year for movies. We’ve been given some incredibly massive blockbusters that have destroyed records, we’ve gotten a slew of wonderful dramas, and a nice collection of weirder stuff that will probably be the most remembered in a few decades. But, in […]
