By Olivia Crandall Few people would describe Gwyneth Paltrow as chill. But in the new Netflix series The Goop Lab, the actress-turned-lifestyle-guru and her staff of witchy yet incredibly attractive believers act as missionaries for a new era of devil-may-care wellness. Paltrow and team go to great lengths to show…

By Michael Burns We live in a cynical age. As a culture, we’re less inclined than ever to trust institutions, corporations, or the media. While this cynicism manifests brilliantly in shows like Succession or It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, perhaps no network has milked it as effectively and hilariously as…

By Myles McDonough Human beings are gluttons for emotional punishment. And Larry David knows how to dish it out. Between Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, our culture has spent more than thirty years laughing at the beloved comedian’s characters and the uncomfortable situations in which they find themselves. Whether it’s…

By Andrew Paul Marilyn Manson’s 1997 “Dead to the World Tour” was anything but its name. The controversial performer played nearly 180 international shows in little over a year, minus the multiple dates cancelled or delayed due to church protests, town bans, and bomb threats. When not sporting a thong…

By Myles McDonough Spoiler Warning: Cats and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Why do you go to the movies? If it’s to see impressive set pieces and cool character designs, you probably left Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker overcome with joy. And with good reason: Creepy Exegol is…

By Ross McIndoe Spoilers for the John Wick series to follow. The assassins of John Wick work within a secret society that extends around the world, complete with a mysterious, multi-tiered government, and even its own currency. The gold coins which these contract killers use to pay for everything have…

By Myles McDonough By now, we all know or at least suspect that Disney has hijacked our brains to make us obsessed with a certain big-eared puppet who has gone on to become the internet’s littlest meme factory. Baby Yoda, with his soft, tiny body, stubby limbs, and ginormous eyes…

By Michael Burns Spoiler Warning: The Good Place Season 1–4. There is a widely overused quote from Samuel Beckett, from a story that nobody has ever read (“Westward Ho”), that goes: “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” While The Good Place creator Michael Schur…