Reviews

AFI Top 100 #062: American Graffiti

TLS travels back to 1962 to discuss number 62 on the AFI, George Lucas’ “American Graffiti.” The Wolfman says, have a popsicle! [Aggregate score 6.75]

Film & TV Special: Network (Broadway Production 2019)

We get mad as hell in a not-quite review, but more of an impression/discussion of the recent Broadway production of classic AFI film Network (which we did review previously) featuring Bryan Cranston in the role of Howard Beale.

Literature: The Game of Smash and Recovery by Kelly Link

TLS grapples with the problems of A.I. and identity in this intriguing although often opaque short sci-fi story. [Aggregate score: 7.5]

Literature: The Effluent Engine by N.K. Jemisin

Sail away on a methane-powered dirigible with TLS as we embark on a steampunk spy thriller/romance in this story. [Aggregate score: 7]

Film & TV: Gigli

Well… Green Book won Best Picture. Here’s Gigli.

[Aggregate score 2.25]

Film & TV: 2019 Oscar Recap

It’s MOTScars season again, and anarchy reigns as TLS proceeds without a show-host in their discussion of the good, the bad, and the snubbed films of the 2019 Oscars.

Join us for this very special episode as Steevo and Scott try to balance Ian’s shame with Chris’ insufferable monologues.  Cue the music!

Film & TV: 2019 Academy Awards Rundown with Morgan Goldin or: The Morganaissance

Another year, another Oscars discussion with returning friend of the show, Morgan Goldin. We go in depth about the nominees, what we liked, what bugged us, and what films we thought were snubbed.

Morgan is a filmmaker himself and his work can be found at www.morgangoldin.com.
He also does an annual supercut rundown of his favorite films from the year before. Here is his 2018 video.

AFI Top 100 #033: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

TLS gets themselves committed in order to review this AFI film about life in a psyche ward. [Aggregate score: 9.75]

Film & TV: Eighth Grade

TLS confronts their awkward and traumatic middle-school memories that surface in Bo Burhnam’s, “Eighth Grade.” [Aggregate score 9.5]

Literature: You, Disappearing by Alexandra Kleeman

We attempt to hold onto what we’ve got while it lasts during a review of this dreamily evocative short story.
[Aggregate score: 8.25]