CULTURAL JUNKDRAWER I‘M not a Taylor Swift fan but… This Sunday, February 11th, is an important day in our national identity. Where we gather together with our friends and (meh…possibly) family, turn on the …
Unfortunately Filoni has taken on the exasperating and sisyphean task of connecting “RotJ '' and “The Force Awakens' '. Somehow he has to justify and explain the JJ Abrahms soft reboot; the lack of Jedi …
“My Adventures with Superman” because this show, developed by Jake Wyatt, Brendan Clougher and Josie Cambell finds a whole new, fascinating, take on the Man of Steel without resorting to a bleak, Randian, grimdark worldview. …
I guess when most people think about “Hollywood” actors they think about people like Tom Cruise, Jennifer Lawrence or Dwane Johnson. They’re the ones who worked hard, got lucky and literally hung off airplanes …
A booth hyping a big budget Sci-Fi/fantasy epic called “Alienoid” which, from what I could gather from the various lifesize cardboard standees, is a time traveling, sword fighting, alien possessing-human body, taoist monk sci-fi adventure. …
Anyway, looking at the big picture of culture at large, it’s easy to find a few different shows that maybe share a theme or two and see a commentary on where we’re headed. It’s a …
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve overheard in the Target toy department a six year old saying to his parents “I think Batman is cool because he has a lot of neato gadgets, …
The specter of death and ruination hangs over the very idea of going to see a movie in a theater in much the same way it hangs over a AARP swingers cruise or a Trump …
Season’s End is a less than regular feature I do for Cultural Junkdrawer where I take a season of a TV show, break it down, analyze it to death and ramble on about what worked …