Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Black or White is offensive. Not because of its patronizing view of race relations, not because of the horrible acting—although that is all there in spades. It’s offensively boring. Every minute of this movie felt like an hour. In the back of my head was one of those cartoon clocks going “tick… tick… tick… tick.”…
(Photo : Facebook/Law and Order SVU) Read below for “Law and Order: SVU” news, spoilers, or recaps. In an upcoming episode of “Law and Order: SVU,” the series will take on the real-life problem of female intimidation in the gaming world. Episode 14, “Intimidation Game” follows the harassment of a female video game developer and…
Before he was voted Hipster of the Decade, before he was coining musical subgenres and helping the New York Times understand “alt” culture, Carles was another mid-00s music blogger who just wanted to get his site listed on Hype Machine. The music discovery engine uses an algorithm to pull the “most-blogged about” songs from the…
Still from Jupiter Rising an upcoming scifi thriller Maybe you haven’t noticed, but in the past 20-or-so years there’s been a real catchy trend in major Hollywood movies to constrain the palette to orange and blue. The color scheme, also known as “orange and teal” or “amber and teal” is the scourge of film critics…
http://youtu.be/uEe5xL4G3Y8 via How Objective Is The Law? Serial: Part 1 | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios – YouTube.
After an eight-year separation, Marvel seems to be hinting at a reunion for Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson—who embody what a healthy, mature marriage looks like. Marvel A few weeks ago Marvel Comics began teasing out covers for its latest intra-title event, Secret War, which is set to kick off this summer. Among the…
The fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons is inevitably (and frequently) linked to J.R.R. Tolkien’s trilogy The Lord of the Rings. It’s no mystery why: Frodo and his fellowship are the most famous fantasy characters in the world, thanks to a series of massively popular films. But the truth is that Tolkien may have had less of an influence…
Warren Ellis hates super-heroes. At least, that’s what people say. He certainly has played his part, through a few off-the-cuff remarks, in this misconception. But it would be more accurate to say that Ellis hates how much the super-hero genre dominates comics. Ellis also didn’t grow up immersed in super-heroes, the way many comics creators…
The first teaser trailer for Chronicle director Josh Trank’s take on The Fantastic Four is finally out, and it looks amazing. Here we see the cast show off their new powers, and it already looks significantly better than Fox’s first outing with the property a decade ago. via Watch the first teaser trailer for The Fantastic…
On Sunday night, a woman who has dominion over our universe was crowned in Doral, Florida. It was the Miss Universe pageant. There were hockey sticks on dresses, an ambassador for child prostitution, and a big upset. Here’s what you may have missed. Who won? (Getty Images) Miss Colombia (Paulina Vega). Miss USA (Nia Sanchez)…