The star of a television series will usually become the face most often associated with that show, and the one that will make or break the series’ popularity. Imagine Mad Men without Jon Hamm, or M*A*S*H minus Alan Alda. Their characters helped each series due…
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Services like Netflix and YouTube have made the most recent films readily available to anyone. Can we find anything of value in the muck of b-movies, ambitious failures and exploitative crap-fests? We’re going to find out in Dispatches from Instant View Purgatory. What’re we watching:…
It all started innocently enough. Missoni for Target was set to go on sale September 13. The commercial created a buzz in the fashion community but no one could have guessed that what would come next would be forever known as Missoni Madness. Target is…
Two and a Half Men has never been a good show. Somehow, with its casual misogyny and lack of overall narrative structure, it has managed to average around 14 million viewers per episode, making it the most watched sitcom on television. This past March, Charlie…
Zooey Deschanel is one of oday’s most-beloved up-and-coming actresses, having starred in well-known films such as “Elf,” “Yes Man,” “(500) Days of Summer” and “Our Idiot Brother.” She is an extremely talented actress from a showbiz family. It’s rare that a star as talented as…
Services like Netflix and YouTube have made the most recent films readily available to anyone. Can we find anything of value in the muck of b-movies, ambitious failures and exploitative crap-fests? We’re going to find out in Dispatches from Instant View Purgatory. What’re we watching:…
Culture doesn’t just appear; it’s birthed, often painfully after hours, days, weeks of labor. It takes focus, dedication and practice. Personally, I love seeing the sausage get made. I’m obsessed with how TV, music and film are created. Going into the first full dress rehearsal…
If the aging kings of modern day indie rock are Pavement, then Wilco is their strongest son, a collective of experimental individuals with a vision of what the kingdom is to become. Through seven studio albums of ’70s inspired alt-country and cock rock, Wilco became…
There’s a lot of room for niche podcasting in a world as vast as the Internet, and that’s what makes the very selective shows so fascinating. Not only do people have to make the topic intrinsically interesting, but they have to have fun with it.…
In the past decade, both Family Guy and Futurama were cancelled by Fox, then brought back due to strong ratings on cable and high DVD sales. While Family Guy has enjoyed high ratings since its return, its quality has steadily decreased, becoming too reliant on…