The Downton Abbey Moment: How I Enjoyed the Crawleys
The Downton Abbey moment: that little piece of seemingly unimportant dialogue that opens a window to the entire episode or season of television.
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Posts by Peter Fenzel on Overthinking It
Horace and Pete are Sad: Why Should We Care?
On Saturday, Louis C.K. dropped a surprise American theatrical melodrama on all of us. Does it matter?
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The Age Before Ultron: A Brief History of Super Hero Movies, Agony to Avengers
Before (or after!) you see Avengers: Age of Ultron, take a look back through X-Men, Spider-Man, and the history of superhero movies.
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Myth, History and Game of Thrones
What can Arthurian legend, Norse myth, and Greek tragedy tell us about where Game of Thrones is headed?
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Knight Rider vs. Airwolf: A Guide
The synth music is pounding. The vehicle screams onscreen. But which vehicle? Learn the facts behind the shows with the technology advanced supervehicles. There’s a big difference.
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Everything You Need to Know About Miley Cyrus, In Five Things
This list will come in like a wrecking ball!
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Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015)
We mourn and pay tribute to the most beloved of performers of aliens, the sensualist who inspired slash fiction and the psychosexual saint of the nerds.
One Direction’s Musical Influences, by Way of their T-Shirts
A tour through the rock ‘n roll legacy that preceded One Direction, starting at their shoulders and descending to mid-torso.
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Robin Williams (1951-2014)
We mourn the loss of a beloved and inimitable talent.
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