Film is an entertainment medium that, by its very nature, tends to reward the viewer in rewatch. Sometimes movies even reveal to us how we’ve grown or changed since we last saw them. Our own Max Robinson reassesses old favorites, seasonal classics and the occasional oddball lost under the couch in his monthly Read More …
Channel surfing, a national passtime since the advent of cable television, is dying out now that so many young people are abandoning traditional TV services in favor of on-demand internet viewing. But if you haven’t pulled the plug yet, I’m willing to bet this has happened Read More …
It’s been a pretty good couple of years for spy movies. With James Bond back onscreen and adaptations of everything from John le Carré’s novels to Mission: Impossible, there’s a flavor of espionage for everyone. This week’s flavor, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., is stylish, campy, Read More …
When I think of Back to the Future, the time-travel comedy that’s captivated millions of moviegoers since its release in 1985 (along with two surprisingly sturdy sequels in 1989 and 1990), I think about the “universal question” that Christopher Lloyd’s mad scientist Emmett L. “Doc” Brown asks in a 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 …
In a piece I wrote last year with Dom, we talked about how the Mission: Impossible series is just about the closest thing America has to its own homegrown Bond franchise, an odd bunch of films that are unified by the fact that they’re just as Read More …
The last days of high school are upon us. Senior Prom is fast approaching. The band geeks yearn to lose their virginities, and the popular girls pine to be seen as more than pretty faces. Adults are all but invisible as an indie pop soundtrack swells over a panorama of suburban Read More …
Film is an entertainment medium that, by its very nature, tends to reward the viewer in rewatch. Sometimes movies even reveal to us how we’ve grown or changed since we last saw them. Our own Max Robinson reassesses old favorites, seasonal classics and the occasional oddball lost under the couch in his monthly Read More …
You asked for it. You got it. Max Robinson and Mike Pfeiffer saw Minions. This is what they thought. Max: Hey Mike. What are Minions? What are they? Mike: Metatextually, it’s what happens when you try to make a pile of completely flavorless mashed potatoes Read More …
Last Wednesday saw the release of Magic Mike XXL, the follow up to Steven Soderberg’s 2012 film. Rather than review the film on traditional merits, Deadshirters Haley Winters and Max Robinson decided to evaluate it on its most important metric: Hunkiness. Spoilers below. Max: Magic Mike Read More …