Jamie Foxx is an Oscar winner. And for $150, you can own a veiny blue replica of his head with a crappy movie inside it. The standard edition of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on Blu-ray currently runs anywhere from $15 to $30. But for an extra Benjamin Franklin, you can get your Amazing Spider-Man 2 inside a light-up … Read more
There seem to be two different kinds of fast food. One kind encompasses familiar, comforting favorites; burgers, fries, tacos. Foods you ate as a kid; foods you eat as an adult to briefly feel like a kid again. That’s one kind. The other kind? Basically the weirdest food ever conceived. Foods that never before existed in the … Read more
The animation studio Pixar is intensely beloved by its fans, its best movies speaking to experiences and feelings that are as relatable to adults as they are to children. The studio has amassed a significant and active fandom over the years, its talking toys and lost fish permeating our culture, and its animation technology changing … Read more
Ordering popcorn at the movie theater has gotten a lot more interesting — and much more expensive — in recent years. As movie studios and theaters scramble to generate more income in the face of declining box office revenue, they’ve turned to merchandising. The simple paper buckets of the past have been upstaged by highly … Read more
The following post contains spoilers for Unfrosted. You might think what follows is made up. It does not sound real. I assure you, it is. Unfrosted is Jerry Seinfeld’s new Netflix comedy about the origins of the beloved breakfast food, the Pop-Tart. While the film does mention real companies and alludes to actual historical events — … Read more
The only thing wilder than someone remaking Road House in 2024 is the fact that the original Road House from 1989 exists in the first place. In its day, the film — a Patrick Swayze vehicle about the world’s most badass (yet soulful) bouncer — was mostly a punchline. It was nominated for five Razzie Awards and grossed … Read more
Twelve seasons into Ryan Murphy’s camp-laden horror anthology series American Horror Story, in which every season dives into a different type of horror narrative ready to form familiar threads into new shapes, we ask ourselves the question we’ve been asking for years: Why do we still keep tuning in? AHS isn’t always what anyone would … Read more