This post contains spoilers for the Game of Throne’s episode “The Queen’s Justice” Game of Thrones enacts revenge as well as any show on television, but the series is outdoing itself in Season Seven. The year began with Arya’s vengeance against House Frey and the second episode ended with Euron’s surprise victory over Yara... Continue Reading →
There are few television series in recent memory that have represented both success and flop more than HBO’s True Detective. Launched as a crime drama anthology in 2014, the first run of the series was an excellent thriller that was powered by strong acting from Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. The anthology’s 2015 follow-up... Continue Reading →
From the minute “Mr. Brightside” was released as a single, The Killers were an “it”band. The Las Vegas group debuted with a roar in 2003 and achieved some serious arena rock glory. While The Killers never really went away, their run of hits waned after their two initial records. Their subsequent albums lacked the same burst of energy that made The Killers so great. Just one track into their new LP, Wonderful Wonderful, it appears that The Killers recaptured the magic that made them one of the world’s preeminent bands.
From the minute “Mr. Brightside” was released as a single, The Killers were an “it” band. The Las Vegas group debuted with a roar in 2003 and achieved some serious arena rock glory. While The Killers never really went away, their run of hits waned after their two initial records. Their subsequent albums lacked the... Continue Reading →
“Stormborn,” the second episode of Season Seven of Game of Thrones looked like it was on track to accelerate many of the ongoing storylines from the season’s first episode. And then Game of Thrones did what Game of Thrones does: derail predictable stories in swift and dramatic fashion.
This post contains spoilers for the Game of Thrones episode “Stormborn.” “Stormborn,” the second episode of Season Seven of Game of Thrones looked like it was on track to accelerate many of the ongoing storylines from the season’s first episode. And then Game of Thrones did what Game of Thrones does: derail predictable stories... Continue Reading →
Netflix released the trailer for Season Two of Stranger Things at the San Diego Comic-Con on July 22. The first glimpse of the returning retro-horror series was exciting and erased prior doubts that Netflix could manage to recreate the show’s outstanding first season with a similar level of success. Season One of Stranger Things was... Continue Reading →
Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk is not a conventional war film. The movie uses sparse dialogue and stunning visuals to convey the feelings of the people involved in the Dunkirk evacuation of 1940. There is no saving Private Ryan. No guns of Navarone. No Patton. It is a simplified version of The Longest Day that is brought... Continue Reading →
The template for war films has been well-established for decades. The audience either follows a likeable group of Average Joe soldiers as they go about their business or admires generals as they plot out genius strategies. Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk is not a conventional war film. The movie uses sparse dialogue and stunning visuals to convey... Continue Reading →
The medical history podcast Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine swung into the City of Brotherly Love on July 16 for the Philadelphia Podcast Festival. Dr. Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin McElroy's podcast gave an enjoyable review of Philly’s Mutter Museum as they recorded an episode at the Trocodero Theatre. The Trocodero was... Continue Reading →
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