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The 5 Worst Pop Culture Moments of 2015 (Catherine version)

December 19, 2024 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Ashley Madison and Patricia Arquette feature on Cat’s least memorable of the year

Filed Under: Featured, Media Tagged With: Ashley Madison, Best and Worst, Catherine Eaton, Full House, Hoverboards, Patricia Arquette, Worst of 2015

Boyhood starts the Award Season with three wins at NYFC Awards

December 2, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

Linklater’s films, Ethan Hawke says, don’t need to hyperbolize life

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Boyhood, Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, Richard Linklater

Boyhood, Harry Potter, and maintaining the magical world of youth

September 2, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

Really, why is an elf more magical than a whale?

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Boyhood, Ethan Hawke, Harry Potter, Never Ending Story, Pan's Labyrinth, Patricia Arquette, Richard Linklater

First Trailer for Richard Linklater’s Boyhood released

April 25, 2025 by Christopher ZF 2 Comments

Our first look at Linklater’s 12-year project. I kind of cried watching it.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Boyhood, Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, Richard Linklater

Random List: top TV or Movie Characters with State Names

April 4, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

Some listicle fun for your Friday. Johnny Utah!

Filed Under: Movies, TV Tagged With: Keanu Reeves, Minnesota Fats, Patricia Arquette, Raising Arizona, The Office

Top Posts

  • Top 10 Films of 2017, and other things we loved in the year’s movies
  • Rescuing Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi from the Clutches of Fanboys
  • Phantom Thread review: P.T. Anderson’s swirling and strange love story
  • Allure trailer: Evan Rachel Wood’s new psychodrama looks intense AF
  • Five Takeaways and Five Picks from the 2018 Oscar Nominations
  • The Final Year review: A look at the last year of the Obama Administration
  • Mudbound review: Poetic, Sincere, and a Little Bit Problematic
  • The thread that ties P.T. Anderson’s films together
  • Appreciate this phrase: Academy Award Nominee Sufjan Stevens
  • The Post review: Spielberg continues defending the norms of democracy

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