Heartbreak Her
The tagline on the IMDB page for Spike Jonze’s beautiful new movie, Her, will probably read something about a man falling in love with his operating system. That’s correct, for all intents and purposes, but Her is more a story about heartbreak than it is a cultural exploration of the… [Read More]
We’re All Worrying Too Much About How We Post Online
No one is watching your every move. Sure, maybe big brother is. Maybe the government is. Maybe the person that’s got a serious crush/obsession with you is. But the real truth is that unless you’re Barack Obama or a celebrity on par with him, no one really cares that your… [Read More]
2013’s 3 Most Life Changing Apps
We’ve been using our phones to seamlessly network with digital information and content for what seems like ages. A big development this past year has been our tiny handheld computers helping us accomplish increasingly tangible tasks. Now the capability to instantly find a restaurant, a ride there, and even a… [Read More]
2013: The Year of Netflix
In the past year, a lot has been made of the rise of Netflix due to its quality original content and potential to change the TV landscape. When the company released all 13 episodes of House of Cards at once in February, many viewers were unsure of what to do…. [Read More]
We are Advertising
In a recent Moto X commercial, Kanye West’s “Black Skinheads” plays in the background as a sleek and sexy new smartphone flashes across the screen, changing colors and flaunting the customization possibilities available to those who purchase the new Motorola (aka Google) device. Initially, it feels a little strange that… [Read More]
Prime Air and the ‘Bird S***’ Dilemma
When I first heard about Amazon’s unveiling of “Prime Air” over the weekend, an awkward high school memory soon resurfaced. Let’s just say I was standing out at lunch one afternoon and somewhere above me there was a seagull who had apparently already eaten his. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98BIu9dpwHU&w=560&h=315] The gist: Prime Air… [Read More]
You will see one or more of these movies this December
When the holidays roll around at the end of every year we kick them off by eating the bird we don’t usually eat, gathering in crowds to buy things for slightly lower prices at inconvenient times, and most importantly, taking in the sights and sounds of popular culture at our… [Read More]
Katniss Everdeen Sucks and Why “Catching Fire” Was Better Than the Book
Sorry for the sensationalist title, I should have said, “I think Katniss Everdeen is okay.” If you haven’t seen Catching Fire, the second installment of the Hunger Games franchise, here is everything you need to know about the movie: It’s a dystopian world of twelve districts that serve the Capitol,… [Read More]
Solo With Solomon: Seeing 12 Years a Slave on Thanksgiving
[SPOILERS] Today is Thanksgiving, and I just got home from seeing 12 Years a Slave by myself. That seems like the wrong movie to see on your own on Thanksgiving or any other day—after all, it’s based on the true story of a free black man in pre-Civil War New… [Read More]
Blink-182 Should Headline Coachella
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjUbKLZXbkc&w=640&h=480] I’ve been meaning to make this argument for some time now, and just as I was beginning to formulate what I wanted to say, the news broke that Outkast will be reuniting at Coachella. This is a true gift from the writing gods because I really had no basis… [Read More]
