Film & TV
Pretty Little Liars Recap:
Psychological selfies ensue.
REVIEW:“Think Like a Man Too”
It probably would’ve been better if someone had been thinking like a good screenwriter.
Pretty Little Liars Recap: “Surfing the Aftershocks
The liars return to school, and Ali mourns her mother’s death. Too bad going back to “normal” just means more secrets and lies. Things are getting kinda crazy––on a sliding scale.
Netflix Pick of the Week: How to Survive a Plague
Powerful and important
Netflix Pick of the Week: Orange is the New Black
Le Duh.
Summer Movies That Aren't Sequels to Get Hyped About
22 Jump Street? Captain America 2? No one’s saying they’re bad, just that we’ve seen it before. Here’s a list of some movies that might actually surprise us.
A Fictional Four Years: Your Guide to College TV
TV shows about college, but not so much knowledge
Review: "The Other Woman"
Cameron Diaz is out to prove she's not over the hill, and she and her fellow female castmates deliver a fairly raucous, if at times uneven, comedy.
Best of Online Streaming
Choosing a streaming TV service is kind of like choosing a dessert. It’s full of regret and if you could afford it, you would eat all of them.
Best of Philly: Movie Theater Edition
Sometimes the Rave doesn’t have every movie your cinematic appetite craves (pun intended), so we’ve made a simple guide to Philly’s most accessible theaters with suggestions for which indie installments you can go see right now. Point is, the Ritz rules.
Best of Penn: TV References Edition
Hollywood, scared that the masses might not get the joke otherwise, generally sticks to plot lines about attending Harvard, Yale, and Princeton to suggest that a character is smart. Below are some instances where a Penn (okay OR a Wharton) reference trampled that trope.
A Guide to Religious Films
We heard “Noah” was a pretty good movie, considering it’s all religious and stuff. In light of the holiday threeway coming up, we thought we’d revisit some religious classics.
What to Watch and Where
We recommend you save “Game of Thrones” for a more private setting—titties out of context can be a little confusing and no one’s looking for another Van Porn incident. Study breaks in the form of a TV episode are good for the soul, though, so we’ve got some recs for what to watch, wherever you may be.
Netflix Pick of the Week: “Inequality for All”
In the midst of this year’s Oscar buzz, the New York Times described Leonardo DiCaprio’s roles in his recent films “The Great Gatsby” and, of course, “The Wolf of Wall Street” as “putting a face on the ambivalence that capitalism continues to inspire.” Collectively, Americans admire, envy and despise—all at once—what we now refer to as the 1%. The wealthy, it appears, are the beacon of hope to many Americans who see their success as the result of the American Dream. “Inequality for All,” a 2013 documentary narrated by former Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich, attempts to put these things into perspective by highlighting the growing problem of income inequality in the Unites States.
Money Movies: An Economic History in Film
Because who wants to take "History of American Capitalism" when you can just watch a bunch of movies instead?
HIMYM Recap: “Last Forever” (Series Finale)
Nine seasons and this was all we got? Beyond the good intentions behind this jumbled finale, there were some straight up logic flaws in the iconic show’s final sendoff.
Trailer of the Week: "The Giver"
The release of the first trailer of “The Giver” captures a glimpse of the upcoming film adaptation of one of everyone’s favorite novels growing up, “The Giver.” Starring Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep, the film tells the story of Jonas (Brendon Thwaites), an eleven–year old boy who lives in a utopian society where one ultimately has no freedom to determine his or her own future or identity.
Dispatch: HIMYM "Last Forever Parts One and Two"
The series finale of HIMYM aired this Monday. Here's a play by play.
Funny Women You Should Know
These ludicrous ladies are on their way to becoming household names. Just please don’t say they’re “the next Tina Fey.”
