Culture Crash… Culture Crash: The New Sci-Fi Mystery Series “Devs” 22 Mar 202020 Mar 2020 https://youtu.be/sMJqr4UwAv0 Writer/director Alex Garland first burst onto the film scene in 2002, after he wrote the screenplay for the movie 28 Days Later. He then continued to write screenplays for…
Culture Crash… Culture Crash: The Appeal Of Mystery Movies 15 Mar 202014 Mar 2020 https://youtu.be/-Jsa3G1h2ac Welcome to Culture Crash, where we examine American culture – what's new and old in entertainment. Sometimes, there is nothing I want more than a deep, meaningful book or…
Culture Crash… Culture Crash: The Beauty of “Better Call Saul” 8 Mar 20208 Mar 2020 https://youtu.be/QchU_FxTVlI Welcome to Culture Crash, where we examine American culture – what's new and old in entertainment. In 2013, the TV show Breaking Bad was named the most acclaimed TV…
Culture Crash… Culture Crash: The Endless Twists In NBC’s “This Is Us” 1 Mar 202019 Mar 2020 https://youtu.be/SU5gC5VzO-s Welcome to Culture Crash, where we examine American culture – what's new and old in entertainment. When This Is Us premiered in 2016, it took the world by storm…
Culture Crash… Culture Crash: The Joy Of TV Comedy Specials 23 Feb 202026 Feb 2020 Welcome to Culture Crash, where we examine American culture – what's new and old in entertainment. Sometimes after a long day or a particularly tough week, I like to fall…
Culture Crash… Culture Crash: The Broadway Hit “Hamilton” Comes Alive Again 16 Feb 202014 Feb 2020 "But this isn’t a musical movie the way you’re used to seeing them. The release of Hamilton in theaters will not be a film adaptation like 2012’s Les Miserables or…
Culture Crash… Culture Crash: Remembering the Legend: Kobe Bryant 9 Feb 20208 Feb 2020 "The people we see on the big screen or magazine pages come to mean something to us, they mark specific times in our lives. But the death of an athlete…
Culture Crash… Culture Crash: Scary Winter Reads 2 Feb 202031 Jan 2020 "A movie adaptation of "I’m Thinking of Ending Things" is set to be released by Netflix later this year, directed by Charlie Kaufman. But I’d recommend people who enjoy…
Culture Crash… Culture Crash: Oscar Season 26 Jan 20205 Feb 2020 "As always, the nominations were hotly debated, especially with zero female directors being nominated in the Best Director category and just one minority actor, Cynthia Erivo, being nominated in any…
Culture Crash… Culture Crash: Dave Eggers: A Leader In Literary Writing 19 Jan 202021 Jan 2020 "Throughout his career, Eggers has pushed the boundaries of writing, and no book better illustrates his desire to innovate than his 2014 novel, Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the…
Culture Crash… Culture Crash: The WWI Epic, “1917” 12 Jan 202019 Mar 2020 The film employs the same technique that Birdman employed back in 2014 by making the movie look like one long continuous take. 1917’s cinematographer, the iconic Roger Deakins, who also…
Culture Crash… Culture Crash: The 2020 Blockbuster Lineup 5 Jan 202021 Jan 2020 https://youtu.be/54HQWIyouu0 http://traffic.libsyn.com/viewpointsradio/Culture_Crash-20-01.mp3 As with any year, the tentpole films are the ones we know about early, but 2020 should hopefully bring plenty of unexpected surprises along the way, too. 2019…
Culture Crash… Culture Crash: Does Disney Plus Stack Up To The Hype? 29 Dec 201921 Jan 2020 https://youtu.be/M43VkGgaXFo "For example, as a Verizon subscriber, I was given a free year of Disney Plus. And a little more than a month in, I have to say I am……
Culture Crash… Culture Crash: Uncovering Some Of The Decade’s Best Forgotten Films 22 Dec 201921 Jan 2020 https://youtu.be/7QR4YYGSiq0 "Of course no list can fully summarize an entire decade of art, but as the decade winds down, it’s worth looking back at some of the titles that stuck…
Culture Crash… Culture Crash 19-49: Diving Into The New Movie “Waves” 8 Dec 201921 Jan 2020 https://youtu.be/DIhKD9yQIcg Dizzying colors, aspect ratio changes, and a compelling score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross put the finishing touches on a swing-for-the-fences, East of Eden-esque epic about a generation…
Culture Crash… Culture Crash 19-48: Exploring HBO’s “Watchmen” 1 Dec 201921 Jan 2020 https://youtu.be/fLXfcQZ762M It’s a superhero show, but really, it’s an anti-superhero show. One unafraid of questioning the utility of a mask or poking fun at the absurdity of the whole charade.…
Culture Crash… Culture Crash 19-47: Exploring Hulu’s “Castle Rock” 24 Nov 201921 Jan 2020 https://youtu.be/8rY4OTCQ_24 Instead of just a show quote-unquote 'inspired' by Stephen King, season two of Castle Rock is remixing King’s work directly: characters plucked from the pages of different King stories…
Culture Crash… Culture Crash 19-46: The Joys of ‘Junk Food TV’ 17 Nov 201921 Jan 2020 https://youtu.be/FpkbctMXwy4 "Not every day can be a day when I feel up to the emotional weight of watching an episode of The Handmaid’s Tale or The Leftovers. Sometimes, I need…
Culture Crash… Culture Crash 19-45: How Technology Has Changed Sports-Watching 10 Nov 201921 Jan 2020 https://youtu.be/jzfwz4KafTU "Within minutes of last year's NBA Finals Game 1 ending, already the internet was full of memes making fun of the moment LeBron James yelled at JR Smith for…
Culture Crash… Culture Crash 19-43: A Review of “Gemini Man” 27 Oct 201921 Jan 2020 https://youtu.be/hnrKAho5EOw Ang Lee is a great director. He’s won two richly-deserved Best Director Oscars for "Brokeback Mountain" and "Life of Pi," and he’s a pretty compelling reason to give just…
