Yearly Archives: 2013

The Bechdel Test (for Bechdel Tests)

An analysis of the analysis of the portrayal of women in movies.

Mapping “Shaun of the Dead,” “Hot Fuzz,” and “The World’s End” to the Hero’s Journey Monomyth

The Overthinkers recap Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 11, “Confessions.”

The Overthinkers tackle Ben Affleck as Batman and “The World’s End.”

The Overthinking It Book Club kicks off with a look at Ender’s Game.

Why don’t Buffy and the Watcher’s Council just tell the world about vampires?

The Overthinkers recap Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 10, “Buried.”

Are con movies the only films that execute their plot on the audience as well as the characters?

The Overthinkers tackle listener emails and texts.

The poster for We’re the Millers tells us something interesting and weird about the way Hollywood conceives of male virginity.