Stories By Matthew Newlin
Movies & TV
Eight Reasons To Watch HBO’s ‘Girls,’ Regardless Of Your Gender
September 30, 2024Everyone makes mistakes. And making mistakes won’t ruin your life. Everyone has rough patches, especially when...
Politics
Republicans Invade Primetime
September 29, 2024When 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)
September 24, 2024“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)
September 23, 2024Previous episodes like “Epidemiology” and “Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps” have lampooned genre films and...
Movies
Movie Review: Oz the Great and Powerful
September 14, 2024But, 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
September 12, 2024The 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
September 12, 2024If 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?
September 11, 2024I was able to attend my first panel discussion on my third day at SXSW. Cleverly...
Movies & TV
Early Review: Don Jon
September 11, 2024Don 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
September 10, 2024As a sign of how important SXSW has become across a variety of media, A&E premiered...