Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
(Spoilers, and potential spoilers, below.) At this rate, every Game of Thrones character will be dead by Episode 8. In the first half of this season, we’ve lost over a dozen reasonably important characters, as the showrunners prune George R.R. Martin’s overstuffed plots and cut a swelling budget. For the last two weeks, I’ve said…
What if Annie Wilkes had the internet? Annie, of course, is the antagonist of Stephen King’s Misery, a pre-web story about the dark side of the relationship between fan and creator. When Annie finds novelist Paul Sheldon – the author of her favorite romance series, about a woman named Misery Chastain – in a car…
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“Thots & Thoughts” is a column in which musings on dating, sex, race, religion, and politics all come together—from a bird’s-eye view. In terms of artistic license, Drake has every right to continue making music about emotional immaturity. He has every right to a whiny outlook on his failed relationships (fictional and otherwise). Likewise, his…
It’s supposed to matter when Superman dies. This time, it totally doesn’t. DC Comics has killed Kal-El again. Most devoted comic-book readers aren’t surprised by this, since the publisher announced months ago that the latest version of Superman wouldn’t be part of the post-Rebirth universe. And since he’s the first-ever superhero character, this isn’t the…
“It’s no coincidence that the targets are shaped like single people and not couples,” says a bow-tied trainer to a schlubby Colin Farrell, during a shooting drill that could only come from the sunless reaches of Yorgos Lanthimos’s imagination (think “Dogtooth,” in English, with fewer smashed molars). In his dystopian feature “The Lobster,” such casual…
You might have noticed the launch of the strange and beautiful website TheRabidPuppies.com this week — a loud announcement, accompanied by a photo of shirtless Channing Tatum, that one Chuck Tingle (the self-proclaimed “worlds [sic] greatest author”) had arrived with the intent to “take DARK MAGIC and replace with REAL LOVE for all who kiss…
Captain America has been a symbol of American heroism since 1941, and that all appears to be a lie. SPOILER BEGINS HERE “Steve Rogers: Captain America #1” hit shelves on Wednesday along with a twist that seemingly changes the entire history of the character. The final page of the issue has Rogers saying two words:…
“Kadyrov being upset about his lost cat is not good,” Oliver said. “This is a man whose security forces have been accused of kidnappings and torture, and whose Wikipedia page has an entire section dedicated to ‘Accusations of human rights abuses.’ And the mere existence of that [section] is pretty damning…. You don’t even need…
Once upon a time, Paramount made a Star Trek movie that, while true to the Trek spirit, was also boring as f*ck. Here are that movie’s sins. Thursday: Staying in space. Remember, no movie is without sin! Which movie’s sins should we expose next?! Tweet us: http://twitter.com/cinemasinsTumble us: http://cinema-sins.tumblr.comPodcast: https://soundcloud.com/cinemasinsCall us: 405-459-7466Reddit with us: http://reddit.com/r/cinemasinsJeremy’s…