Scott Thurlow

Pop Culture Roundup Roundtable: November 2020

TLS head back for a second round of a catch-all discussion of various pop properties we’ve been checking out in our “free time.”

AFI Top 100 #029: Double Indemnity

TLS conspires to commit insurance fraud and murder in one of, if not the, classic film noirs of all time. [Aggregate score: 10]

Literature: Pale Horse, Pale Rider by Katherine Anne Porter

In a fever dream of intense storytelling, TLS reviews one of Katherine Anne Porter’s semi-autobiographical ‘short novels.’ [Aggregate score: 10]

AFI Top 100 #012: The Searchers

Saddle up, pilgrims, as TLS tackles what is allegedly the ‘greatest American Western’ according to the AFI. [Aggregate score: 5]

Games & Gaming Culture: Next Gen Launch Prep

With next gen launch just around the corner, TLS takes a final look into some of the last minute details, information, and possibilities before drop date.

Film & TV: The Trial of the Chicago 7

TLS puts Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 on trial.
[Aggregate score: 8]

MOTS-O-Ween 2020: Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)

As is tradition, TLS ends off our annual horror extravaganza by getting cursed to review the 6th entry in the Halloween lineup. [Aggregate score: 6.75]

MOTS-O-Ween 2020: The Faculty (1998)

TLS goes back to high school to deal with a classic body snatcher style alien invasion. [Aggregate score: 8.5]

MOTS-O-Ween 2020: Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

TLS stays up all night to fight Freddy with Johnny Depp in the first entry of Wes Craven’s legendary franchise. [Aggregate score: 7.25]

MOTS-O-Ween 2020: Omen 3: The Final Conflict (1981)

TLS sides with Satan, or at least the Antichrist, in the third iteration of the Omen series. [Aggregate score: 5.25]