Why cosmic horror is so cosmically difficult to get right on film
Translating H.P. Lovecraft to film is notoriously difficult, not only because the writer was …
Read moreHarvey Weinstein comes out of hiding just long enough to “Well, actually” Gwyneth Paltrow
You would think a person out on bail …
Read moreDelver offers an exciting new world a strong case for Comixology
C. Spike Trotman should already be a familiar name to fans of independent comics. Trotman runs what has become the Midwest’s largest comics publisher, Iron Circus Comics. After years of wildly successful Kickstarter campaigns she became part of the Creators For Creators grant, and she managed to sign a distribution… …
Read moreThe morons are already out here trying to tank Captain Marvel on Rotten Tomatoes
Just as going for a walk in the woods on a beautiful day will inevitably lead you to pick up some burrs on your pants, so too will perusing something fun on the internet ineluctably point you to comments from the most repellant segment of the population. Call it …
Read moreVampire Weekend’s blissed-out “Harmony Hall” gets a Jonah Hill-directed video
Jonah Hill directed the new video for Vampire Weekend’s “Harmony Hall” and one could argue that the …
Read moreThere’s Something For Everyone in this Networking and Storage Gold Box
Right now, there’s a big networking and storage sale going on at Amazon. Highlights of this Gold Box include big discounts on …
Read moreWhat makes a good Oscar host?
Hosting the Oscars is as thankless a task as performing the halftime show at the Super Bowl. Sure, it’s an honor to be invited, but you have to do an extraordinary job like Prince or Steve Martin to get any accolades at all. Pull off a passable but lackluster Maroon Five- or Neil Patrick Harris-level performance and… …
Read moreAndrew McCabe tells Stephen Colbert that Trump-Russia is “more suspicious every day”
In an interview that’s sure to prolong Donald Trump’s current, white-knuckled, abusive tweet-storm against the latest government figure to describe just how unprecedentedly shady his administration is, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe continued the press tour for his book, The Threat: How The FBI Protects… …
Read moreThis week in Savage Love: Consider the (extra) lobster
Documentary Now! returns, and heads straight into some wild, wild country
Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Wednesday, February 20. All times are Eastern. …
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