The Claws Conspiracy
Was Santa Claus a willing participant in his own kidnapping in ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’?
The Brilliance of the Ghostbusters Logo
Your first clue this is not The Exorcist.
The West Wing: Where To Begin?
While we wait for Stokes to complete his Cowboy Bebop series (c’mon, man), I’m about to embark on one of my own. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be delving into one of those early 21st-century touchstones that everyone else … Continued
Open Thread for December 9, 2011
Threads that Open to a world of snark / comments tripping down the page … The only movie news worth talking about is the opening of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy in theaters this weekend. Adapted from one of John le … Continued
Thursday Grammar: “Beavis and Butt-head” Do(es) Plurals
In which Beavis and Butt-head teach us a valuable lesson about grammatical number and our relationship to the diagesis.
Boardwalk Empire: The Old World and the New
Why are Nucky and Jimmy so bad at being gangsters? Because gangsters haven’t been invented yet.
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A Muppet of a Marxist, or a Very Marxist Muppet?
The new Muppet movie is about traversing alienation and owning your work. But is it Communist?
“The Rainbow Connection”: Just How Many Songs Are There About Rainbows?
Not nearly as many as Kermit seems to suggest.
Open Thread for December 2nd 2011
Dashing through the Thread / in an Open, snarky way … It’s the first Open Thread of December, Overthinkers! And that means Grammy nominations! Bon Iver, Mumford and Sons, and of course Kanye West get nods. (Speaking of music, did … Continued
To me, boxing is like a ballet, except the there’s no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.
Is punching a guy’s face an art? Is it a speech? Is it protected?
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