There’s no question that television in 2023 was greatly impacted by the strikes by the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA, which brought Hollywood production to a halt from May until November. So for the...
Holiday albums have existed since at least 1945, when Bing Crosby released “Merry Christmas,” a collection of 8 Christmas songs for Decca Records. Since then, countless popular music artists have released full holiday albums to...
Best Holiday Album Playlist
- November 23, 2023
- Tagged as: bonus, Christmas, christmas special, Holiday, holiday album, holiday music, Music, Nostalgia, playlist, playlists
Want to hear music from the Top 16 discs debated in the 2023 Holiday Special episode devoted to the Best Holiday Album? We made a playlist for you! We’re so thoughtful. Listen below, or CLICK HERE for…
It has been nearly 100 years since Macy’s launched its Thanksgiving Day Parade outside the department store’s flagship Herald Square location in 1924. Since then, it has become the world’s largest parade, and has delighted...
Best TV Detective
- November 13, 2023
- Tagged as: Crime, Detective, Procedurals, Season 8, television, TV
They solve crimes and captivate our attention. Detectives on TV! Since at least the late 1930s, detectives have been a staple of television shows. Most are procedurals like the “Law & Order” contingent, a bunch...
The Aughts — the years between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2009 — were a tumultuous period, to say the least. Still, those difficult times produced some spectacular new works of American pop culture,...
Best “Doctor Who” Companion
- October 30, 2023
- Tagged as: 00s, 1960s, 1970s, 2000s, 2010s, 70s, British, Doctor Who, Geek, Nostalgia, sci-fi, Season 8, television, TV
Since the TARDIS first appeared on telly screens via the BBC on November 23, 1963, The Doctor has had dozens of Companions — typically ordinary humans who join the time-traveling alien on wild, wacky, wonderful,...
Since the early 2000s, super-hero films have become box-office sensations that have generated billions, spawned innumerable sequels and related projects, and delighted millions more fans than the comic-book source material ever reached. But even before...
Horror has been embraced by the film industry almost since its beginnings. The moving image is ideally suited to evoke the chills and thrills inherent in the genre. And perhaps greater than any other genre,...
Best 90s Soundtrack
- October 9, 2023
- Tagged as: 1990s, 90s, 90s music, Music, Nostalgia, Season 8, soundtrack
The films of the 1990s were big, bold, and left a lasting impression on audiences and future filmmakers alike. The best 90s soundtracks were no different. After the 1980s saw an explosion in commercially viable...
Is there anything more heartbreaking than a beloved TV show building up to a much-anticipated final bow, and then utterly blowing it? It happens more often than it should. In some cases it’s a big...
Some of the most iconic stars in music history didn’t start out as solo acts. They emerged from already-successful bands, and in some cases went on to solo careers that dwarfed the careers of the...
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