Joe Blevins

12/26/17

Pass the Combos: 18 foods you only eat while traveling

This week’s question comes from A.V. Club alum Becca James:

Nathan Rabin,

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya,

Nick Wanserski,

Kevin Pang,

Annie Zaleski,

A.A. Dowd,

Josh Modell,

Esther Zuckerman,

Joe Blevins,

Becca James,

Caitlin PenzeyMoog,

Erik Adams,

Alex McLevy,

Danette Chavez,

Noel Murray,

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky,

William Hughes,

and Jesse Hassenger

PublishedDecember 26, 2017

1/27/17

“Get out of bed!”: Music that gets you going in the morning

This week’s question comes from A.V. Club contributor Becca James:

Nathan Rabin,

Caroline Siede,

Laura Adamczyk,

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya,

Annie Zaleski,

Gwen Ihnat,

Esther Zuckerman,

Katie Rife,

Joe Blevins,

Kelsey J. Waite,

Becca James,

Sean O'Neal,

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky,

Alex McLevy,

William Hughes,

and Jesse Hassenger

PublishedJanuary 27, 2017

1/20/17

NBC reaches out to red states with military pilot For God And Country

The major television networks are currently in the early stages of that nerve-wracking time known as pilot season.…

Joe Blevins

PublishedJanuary 20, 2017

1/19/17

Jane Lynch to play Janet Reno in Discovery Channel’s Manifesto

Some intriguing casting news has emerged from Discovery Channel’s upcoming fact-based FBI drama Manifesto. It looks…

Joe Blevins

PublishedJanuary 19, 2017

1/19/17

Bill Burr’s new stand-up special arrives on Netflix January 31

These are good times for anyone who enjoys the caustic, often scathing, yet fundamentally humane comedy of…

Joe Blevins

PublishedJanuary 19, 2017

1/18/17

Mark Hamill joins the voice cast of animated Lovecraft film

In an announcement guaranteed to pique the interest of sci-fi convention attendees everywhere, Star Wars stalwart Mar…

Joe Blevins

PublishedJanuary 18, 2017

1/18/17

The original iPhone is now obsolete, except as a souvenir of 2007

Die-hard traditionalists holding onto their first generation iPhones from a decade ago should maybe possibly think…

Joe Blevins

PublishedJanuary 18, 2017

1/17/17

George Harrison’s memoir and solo albums are being reissued

George Harrison, the so-called “quiet Beatle,” had plenty to say following the demise of the popular English combo,…

Joe Blevins

PublishedJanuary 17, 2017

1/17/17

An undead Drew Barrymore adorably feasts on the living in <i>Santa Clarita Diet </i>trailer

An undead Drew Barrymore adorably feasts on the living in Santa Clarita Diet trailer

The California real estate market is notoriously cutthroat, but Drew Barrymore seems to take that much too literally…

Joe Blevins

PublishedJanuary 17, 2017

1/16/17

Jeopardy! tries to appease the internet with meme-inspired categories

Are you happy, internet? Alex Trebek is 76 years old, and on the January 12 edition of the deathless quiz show Jeopar…

Joe Blevins

PublishedJanuary 16, 2017

1/16/17

Superman’s blue leotard is going up for auction

Someone’s cosplay is about to get way more authentic as the familiar blue-and-red adult onesie worn by the late…

Joe Blevins

PublishedJanuary 16, 2017

1/13/17

14 musicians who would make great film composers

This week’s question comes from A.V. Club reader Rob Grizzly:

Nathan Rabin,

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya,

Kyle Ryan,

Nick Wanserski,

Esther Zuckerman,

A.A. Dowd,

Joe Blevins,

Kelsey J. Waite,

Becca James,

Sean O'Neal,

Alex McLevy,

Matt Gerardi,

William Hughes,

and Jesse Hassenger

PublishedJanuary 13, 2017

1/12/17

That career-spanning “Weird Al” box set is finally available for pre-order

He’s not in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame (yet), but musical parodist extraordinaire “Weird Al” Yankovic can now…

Joe Blevins

PublishedJanuary 12, 2017

1/10/17

Rock group The Slants take the fight over their name to the Supreme Court

Can a band legally trademark a name that many would consider an offensive racial slur? That’s the unusual and highly…

Joe Blevins

PublishedJanuary 10, 2017

1/10/17

Tomorrow, Norway will say goodbye to FM radio

It looks like the country of Norway has managed to do what a million replays of “Stairway To Heaven” could not: kill…

Joe Blevins

PublishedJanuary 10, 2017

1/10/17

The fifth and final season of <i>Bates Motel</i> promises to be creepy as hell

The fifth and final season of Bates Motel promises to be creepy as hell

A day of reckoning is approaching for Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore, who play the unwholesome mother-son team at…

Joe Blevins

PublishedJanuary 10, 2017

1/6/17

22 pop culture resolutions for 2017

This week’s query is our annual first question of the year:

PublishedJanuary 6, 2017

1/4/17

Read This: The elusive appeal of Jack In The Box’s terrible, beloved tacos

They’re greasy, revolting, and alarmingly unhealthy, not to mention unpleasant to look at. But America just can’t…

Joe Blevins

PublishedJanuary 4, 2017

1/3/17

Deadpool was the most pirated movie of 2016

If the success of a movie can be judged by the number of people who want to see it without paying for it, then Deadpo…

Joe Blevins

PublishedJanuary 3, 2017

1/3/17

The internet is slowly killing off those curly quotation marks

It looks like the internet has claimed another victim. The music industry, bookstores, basic human decency, and now…

Joe Blevins

PublishedJanuary 3, 2017