Stories By Matthew Newlin

Movies & TV
Eight Reasons To Watch HBO’s ‘Girls,’ Regardless Of Your Gender
February 3, 2026Everyone makes mistakes. And making mistakes won’t ruin your life. Everyone has rough patches, especially when...

Politics
Republicans Invade Primetime
February 2, 2026When I logged onto the Twittersphere after the show to congratulate @LenaDunham on a job well...

Movies & TV
Community Recap: ‘History 101’ (Season 4, Episode 1)
January 29, 2026“Troy and Abed back from summer!” Actually, it’s Community back from an unnervingly long break between...

Movies & TV
Community Recap: ‘Paranormal Parentage’ (Season 4, Episode 2)
January 27, 2026Previous episodes like “Epidemiology” and “Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps” have lampooned genre films and...

Movies
Movie Review: Oz the Great and Powerful
January 19, 2026But, where the 1939 movie was an unbelievably forward-thinking work of art that inspired filmmakers for...

Movies
SXSW Film Festival Day 1: Evil Dead’s a Winner
January 17, 2026The real treat of the night was director Fede Alvarez' remake of the classic B horror...

Movies
SXSW Film Festival Day 2: It’s Whedon’s World
January 17, 2026If South By Southwest has taught us anything, it's that this is Joss Whedon's world and...

Movies
SXSW Film Festival Day 3: Is The MPAA All Bad?
January 16, 2026I was able to attend my first panel discussion on my third day at SXSW. Cleverly...

Movies
Early Review: Don Jon
January 15, 2026Don Jon is Jon Martello (Gordon-Levitt), a New Jersey meathead who only cares about a few...

Movies
SXSW Film Festival Day 5: Guns, Ghosts and Psychos
January 15, 2026As a sign of how important SXSW has become across a variety of media, A&E premiered...














