20 of the Best Thrillers on Netflix
You’d think we all have enough stress, but we still love those heart-pumping thrillers—whether they’re the quiet, suspenseful kind or the big action spectaculars. It might be simply that the…
The 25 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies on Netflix
We use the umbrella term “science fiction and fantasy” all the time—but, in truth, these are twin genres that each contain multitudes. An SFF movie might be a big, loud,…
25 of the Best Boring Movies
Social media movie discourse is at it again. This time around, I’m being horrified by posts from younger moviegoers who freely admit to fast-forwarding through movies to skip past “the…
The Best Prime Video Original Movies
Though streaming movies remain controversial among cinema’s big thinkers (and money-makers), Amazon has managed a fairly impressive run of films that have broken through not merely in terms of viewership,…
10 Podcasts That Will Make You Better at Life
Remember when we talked about bonkers podcasts to listen to on those days you want to learn absolutely nothing? Well now it’s time to get your brain back in working…
20 Movies That Have Definitely Not Aged Well
Movies date themselves for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes what seemed great when we were kids looks silly to adult eyes. Other times the whys are more complicated—think Rambo III…
12 Pre-Code Movies That Prove Hollywood Was Always Obsessed With Crime, Violence, and Sex
Screenshot: The Night Nurse This week in puzzling online discourse, a subset of Gen Z is looking wistfully back on the era of the Motion Picture Production Code, also known…
The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: Are Your Children Drinking Borgs?
Whether it’s gross old men preying on younger women, binge drinking in college, or wearing stupid boots, there is nothing new under the sun. Even kids acting like they invented…
The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: What Is ‘Corecore’ and Why Does It Make Me So Sad?
Photo: Vilmos Varga (Shutterstock) In this week’s kids-report, the children of post-everything America take a look at the world we built for them and offer a verdict. Spoiler: It’s not…
‘The Last of Us,’ and 11 Other Things to Never Watch If You Hate Body Horror
The Brood (David Cronenberg) – Trailer David Cronenberg is the king of body horror. Almost every one of his films could be included on a list like this, but I…