Over the past few years, HBO’s Sunday night lineup has become one of most notable programming blocks on television, being the home of shows like Game of Thrones, True Detective, and The Leftovers. The Winter 2015 lineup hasn’t quite lived up to its predecessors, but it does offer Togetherness, Read More …
In the second installment of director Robert Rodriguez’s adaptation of Frank Miller’s comics, slick visuals reign as the streamlined glory of the first film is muddied by a jumbled storyline. Its release delayed for nearly a year, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For flickers across the silver Read More …
We at Deadshirt like to fancy ourselves pretty dedicated to popular culture with a combined knowledge of all things media that borders on the encyclopedic, but no one is perfect. There’s just too much music, too many films, too many comics, and way too many Read More …
Presenting Geeking Out in Public, a series about what happens when individuals whose passions fall outside of mainstream popular culture gather in person to share in their common fringe obsession. Introduction: All that Glitters is Literary Journalism I’ve been seriously studying the art of belly dance Read More …
If his latest film truly is his last, Hayao Miyazaki’s career comes to a bittersweet conclusion in this fictionalized biography of Japanese aircraft designer Jiro Horikoshi. Madie Coe explores what this story means for Miyazaki’s legacy. Read More …
Introduction: Literary Journalism from the Inside I burned holes in the VHS of the original Star Wars trilogy. My uncle saw Stars Wars Episode IV: A New Hope seventeen times in the theater when it came out in 1977 because most homes didn’t have the Read More …
The Valentine’s Day binge watching is over, so now Madie Coe takes you on the journey of the second season of Netflix’s flagship series, an addictive, soap operatic political thriller that America just can’t get enough of. Read More …
I’m taking a stand. You should be incredibly excited about the US Season 4 Premiere of Canadian supernatural show Lost Girl. You… haven’t heard of it? Don’t feel bad. Most people haven’t. I probably wouldn’t have except for the wall-to-wall Facebook geek-outs of some friends Read More …
I wish that Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues had been released in January rather than this December because I would have loved to proclaim it the funniest movie of the year. It loses by a narrow margin to Apocalyptic/Rapture Stoner comedy This is the End. Read More …
Twenty years, or even a decade ago, could we have predicted the rise in influence of our digital presence on our physical and social world? In the 80’s and 90’s, computer technology was still basically treated like magic by Hollywood, which painted the casual understanding Read More …