Culture Archive
Archives for June 2015


Max isn’t content with being a movie about a wonderful dog.


We’ve been down this road before. Remember The Killing?


Even after a less-than-stellar premiere, it’s not too late for the show to turn itself around.


They don’t care about health reform enough to pay its cost.


NBC has canceled the show, but not all hope is lost.


The way the television industry thinks of its own product is outdated. Here is how that changes what you can watch on the Internet and TV.


The show is resetting itself for the better.


Various false prophets have been preaching that the Great War for Eyeballs is soon to be upon us.


Fun movie. Bad metaphysics.

From bouncing desk lamps to singing volcanoes, these are the studio’s bite-size cartoons, listed from worst to best.


Same TV, different delivery method. How do you sell that?


Sony is clearly hesitant to try something new with Spider-Man, and that reluctance is more troublesome and insidious than the idea that Marvel won’t allow it to do so.

Avant-garde metal is an acquired taste that more people should acquire.


Adults under 25 are watching 16 percent less TV than they were a year ago.


There’s no value in keeping his fate ambiguous unless there’s a further twist down the road.