Dystopian Halloween Party Podcast: Trick or Treat
Just under a year ago, we launched our podcast with a special Halloween episode dedicated to 1987's Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare. This year, the Dystopian Halloween Party podcast returns with another...
A Manufactured Image with No Philosophies: The Dystopian Dance Party Guide to the Monkees
As we noted before, yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the premiere of The Monkees on NBC. For most millennials, I'm sure, that date passed by with nary a blip on their...
Dystopian Listening Party Podcast: Prince, 1958-2016
If it wasn't official before, it is now: 2016 is a terrible year for musical icons. Callie and I were blindsided by the news of Prince's untimely death last Thursday;...
From the Vault: Martin Scorsese’s The Departed (2006)
Editor's Note: Last night was the 88th Academy Awards ceremony: a night that saw Leonardo DiCaprio awarded with his long-awaited first "Best Actor" statue for Alejandro G. Iñárritu's The Revenant, while the rest of the...
No, Bat-Nipples Didn’t Ruin Batman & Robin; The Movie Was Ruined Already
Last Friday, I wrote a post about Sam Raimi's occasionally-so-bad-it's-good, but-usually-just-bad superhero film Spider-Man 3. In that post, I compared some of the film's sillier moments to that still-reigning gold standard of...
Jheri Curl June: The Time’s “Jerk Out”
Well, here we are: the last day of Jheri Curl June, and I don't think there could be a better band to go out with than the greatest band in the world,...