Have We Reached Peak Superhero?
Have we maximized the exploitation of our finite supply of superhero movies, and are now entering a period of inexorable decline?
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Statistics on Overthinking It
Gender and Race: The Relationship Between Same-Sex Couples and Interracial Depictions in Television
Why are same-sex TV couples more likely to be interracial than straight TV couples?
Analyzing the 2012 Oscar Acceptance Speeches
Subjecting Oscar acceptance speeches to a level of scrutiny they definitely don’t deserve.
“The Rainbow Connection”: Just How Many Songs Are There About Rainbows?
Not nearly as many as Kermit seems to suggest.
IMDb Top 250 Movies List Analysis, 4th Edition
Can we predict the future of the IMDb Top 250 Movies List with statistics? Spoiler alert: no, not really.
Episode 170: Guy who makes the craft services who feeds Aaron Sorkin
The Overthinkers tackle Moneyball.
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The Prestige Factor For Actors
Measuring actors’ Prestige Factor by their movies’ release dates
Statistical Analysis of Movie Title Lengths
Spoiler alert: weak R squared values ahead.
Analyzing the 2011 Oscar Acceptance Speeches
Oscar winners thanked their wives and the Academy. God, not so much.
The Law and Order Database: Seasons 1-10
The surprising connection between Law and Order and law and order.