The Overthinker Becomes the Overthunked Shana Mlawski culture, Featured March 13th, 2013 7:00am A new psychological study proves Overthinking It fans are nice people. D’awwww. Read More »
What’s the Prime Age to Win an Oscar? Part II Guest Writer movies March 4th, 2013 7:00am The sequel to the original analysis of age and Academy Awards for actors and actresses. Read More »
Analyzing the 2013 Oscar Acceptance Speeches Mark Lee Featured, movies February 26th, 2013 7:30am Subjecting Oscar acceptance speeches to a level of scrutiny they definitely don’t deserve. Read More »
The Unoriginal Writer’s Daughter Revisited Shana Mlawski books February 11th, 2013 9:59am Why is every book named The Such-and-Such’s Wife? Read More »
Bartlet’s First Term: Graphed Ben Adams Featured, politics, TV January 24th, 2013 7:00am Just how beloved was President Bartlet? What was his approval rating, and how did it stack up against real-life Commanders in Chief? Read More »
Can You Hear the People Graph Les Miserables? fenzel Featured, movies January 2nd, 2013 7:00am Visualizing the peaks and valleys of Tom Hooper’s six-inches-from-your-face historiomusical epic. Read More »
Is the Movie “Lincoln” Less Popular in the South? Mark Lee Featured, movies December 10th, 2012 7:00am Are movie audiences in former Confederate states less likely to see “Lincoln” due to lingering animosity from the Civil War? Read More »
The Sunset Boulevard Effect John Perich Featured, movies November 1st, 2012 7:00am How long can a star linger in obscurity before their comeback becomes improbable? Read More »
Stats Alert! Frequency of Yellow and Red Alerts in Star Trek: The Next Generation Mark Lee Featured, TV October 22nd, 2012 7:00am Battle stations! How often did the Enterprise go to yellow and/or red alert? Read More »
IMDb Top 250 Movies List Analysis, 5th Edition Mark Lee Featured, movies October 8th, 2012 7:00am A statistical look at how the IMDB Top 250 Movies list has changed over 17 years. Read More »