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What a knight to remember. In Sunday’s Game of Thrones, Brienne officially became a knight, courtesy of her former foe/traveling partner/kindred spirit Jaime Lannister. (For the full episode recap, go here.) “But wait a minute,” you might ask, “wasn’t Brienne already a knight?” The answer: Not technically. As she pointed out during a pre-battle hangout in […]
On January 10, 1999, HBO debuted The Sopranos — and kicked off a cultural revolution. The series, created by David Chase, sprung from the one-joke concept of “gangster goes to therapy” (there was apparently something in the air; two months later, the feature film Analyze This explored the same idea) but quickly proved itself as much more. […]
The Fosters invites you to a series-finale wedding next week — but it remains to be seen if Brandon and his fiancée Eliza will actually walk down the aisle. RELATEDThe Fosters Series Finale Adds Teen Wolf and Awkward Vets One thing’s for certain: Who Brandon and Callie, not to mention the rest of the Foster […]
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– A lot can change when a new generation of Americans discovers its wallet. World War II resentment of the Japanese people meant that Americans in the immediate postwar era avoided Japanese goods. Japanese stuff was the original junk, and their cars were nothing but tin cans. At a certain moment in time, this was […]
Pulp Fiction (’94) changed the face of cinema forever. Though that’s become something of a clichéd declaration amongst cinephiles, the statement nonetheless contains an immeasurable volume of truth. While Quentin Tarantino’s first completed feature, Reservoir Dogs (’91), underperformed in the United States – its foulmouthed, hyper-violent tendencies contributing to a notorious reputation and cult following […]
Too few adaptations of Charles Dickens’ iconic A Christmas Carol are gimmick-free. Though a couple of stellar versions exist that focus squarely on Dickens’ story of redemption during the holidays, focusing on a nasty moneylender, the majority of adaptations are defined by their unique and extra hook. It’s A Christmas Carol — but as a modern comedy […]
Enlarge (credit: Valentina Palladino) Fossil has come a long way since the debut of its first hybrid smartwatches in 2015. What was once a small endeavor with just a handful of devices has grown to take over most of the brands under Fossil Group. Michael Kors, Diesel, Kate Spade, Emporio Armani, Skagen, and others all […]
Enlarge / Ever hear of this classic tech? As tomorrow’s FCC net neutrality vote looms, Ars has been sharing as much of our reporting on the topic as possible. And this week, a longtime reader nudged us about this classic on the FCC’s Carterfone decision from nearly 50 years ago. “This story is extremely relevant […]
“I got a dream of making a film that’s true. True and right and dramatic.” This line of dialogue comes courtesy of porn producer Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds) early in the sprawling 1997 epic Boogie Nights, from then-upstart writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson. In the intervening period, Anderson has lived up to that dialogue, maturing into […]
