posts by michael

MOVIES

The History of Gods: ‘Ex Machina’ Sine Deus
Published 4/28/15

Life During Generational Wartime: Noah Baumbach’s ‘While We’re Young’
Published 4/23/15

My Very Serious Complaints about ‘The Santa Clause’
Published 12/15/14

Heroes in a Crap-Shell: Yet Another ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Movie
Published 8/12/14

‘Guardians’ is great, but Marvel still sucks
Published 8/5/14

Good Vibrations: Woody Allen’s ‘Magic in the Moonlight’
Published 8/4/14

Luc Besson Has No Idea: The Weird Science of ‘Lucy’
Published 7/26/14

No Hope for the Human Race: Consider ‘The Rover’
Published 6/26/14

Small-Market Movie Alert: ‘Ida’
Published 6/14/14

’22 Jump Street’ and the Irony Event Horizon
Published 6/13/14

TELEVISION

The Walking Dead

We Are The Walking Dead: Thoughts on “Them”
Season 5 / Episode 10
Published 2/16/15

Flare Guns and Applesauce: Thoughts on ‘The Distance’
Season 5 / Episode 11
Published 2/24/15

Carl Grimes is Probably NOT Going to Die, and other observations about “Remember”
Season 5 / Episode 12
Published 3/2/15

“It’s What We Do”: Beginnings and Endings in This Week’s ‘The Walking Dead’ (‘Spend’)
Season 5 / Episode 14
Published 3/16/15

Blood in the Streets: ‘The Walking Dead’ Breaks Windows in ‘Try’
Season 5 / Episode 15
Published 3/24/15

Wolves Not Far: ‘The Walking Dead’ Season Finale
Season 5 / Episode 16
Published 4/1/15

Mad Men

The Life Not Lived: ‘Mad Men’ Hits the Home Stretch with ‘Severance’
Season 7.5 / Episode 1
Published 4/6/15

Henry Francis Drinks Your Milkshake, and other observations from this week’s ‘Mad Men’ (‘New Business’)
Season 7.5 / Episode 2
Published 4/13/15

Fortunate Sons and Daughters: ‘Mad Men’ gives us ‘The Forecast’
Season 7.5 / Episode 3
Published 4/21/15

The King Ordered It: The Beginning of the End of ‘Mad Men’ (‘Time & Life’)
Season 7.5 / Episode 4
Published 4/27/15

The Last Man on Earth

Hell is Other People: Fox Gets Postmodern with ‘The Last Man on Earth’
Published 3/4/15

MUSIC

Because this needs to be dealt with: Michael Cera’s sudden solo album
Published 8/14/14

Every Led Zeppelin Album, Revisited and Reviewed
Published 6/26/15

MISCELLANEOUS

Is It the Oscars Yet? Our Predictions For the Fun-but-Meaningless Golden Globes
Published 1/9/15

Last of the Golden Age Icons: Remembering Lauren Bacall
Published 8/13/15

Remembering Robin Williams
Published 8/12/15