BB-8’s BB-Favor8s: Ingmar Bergman, Marbles, and March Madness! [April Fool’s]

As a way to welcome our new official brand mascot BB-8, the Deadshirt team has communed with The Force and, through meditation, were able to glean what our heroic metal friend’s favorite movie, television show, and video game might very well be, plus a little Read More …

One Big Family: Diversity in The Fast & Furious Franchise

It’s a strange world we live in, where the seventh (FUCKING SEVENTH?!) installment of an action franchise that used to be a gearhead punchline is on track to do superhero movie numbers this opening weekend, but the peculiarity inherent in the Fast & Furious universe’s Read More …

Real Enough to Us: Fictional Heroes who Shaped our Identities

Every Thursday, our staff of pop culture addicts tackles a topic or question about movies, music, comics, video games, or whatever else is itching at our brains. As a culture, we invest a lot into the lives of fictional characters, so much so that sometimes Read More …

Backcountry: Grizzly, Man. [Review]

Deadshirters Max Robinson and Mike Pfeiffer attended a special screening of Adam MacDonald’s Backcountry and discussed their thoughts on the film. Max: Backcountry is a pretty straightforward flick: a couple goes camping in the Canadian wilderness, everything goes to hell. Fair warning, there’ll be spoilers throughout Mike’s Read More …