Shows

Film & TV: First Cow

In what is possibly the first bakery attack, TLS commits small time milk robbery in latest A24 flick, First Cow. [Aggregate score: 7]

Literature: The Daughters of the Moon by Italo Calvino

TLS discovers who among us are moon children and who are the ravenous consumers while discussing this dreamy, fairytale-like story.
[Aggregate score: 5.5]

AFI Top 100 #054: M*A*S*H

Somewhere at the corner of offensive and uncomfortable, adjacent to unfunny, lies M*A*SH. [Aggregate score: 2]

Games & Gaming Culture: Summer Digital Showcases 2020

TLS recaps a few of the digital/direct game showcases so far this season in lieu of the usual E3 and similar expos.

As mentioned in the ep, check out the Devolver Digital Direct 2020 show.

AFI Top 100 #006: Gone With the Wind

It pretty much blows. [Aggregate score: 3.75]

Games & Gaming Culture: Weird War II

Get out your Spear of Destiny and strap on your witchcraft-powered jetpack as TLS goes on a tour of video games that feature occult, supernatural, and/or fantastical technology alongside the traditional WWII era and setting.

Film & TV: Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen

TLS discusses the new documentary, “Disclosure” by executive producer, Laverne Cox, which focuses on the depiction, lives and experiences of trans persons both within and beyond the film and television industry.

Literature: The Knowers by Helen Phillips

TLS wishes themselves a happy death day while reviewing this solid slice of a short story.
[Aggregate score: 7]

Film & TV: Honey Boy

TLS checks out a missed film from last year, the deeply personal and fascinating story about little boy LaBeouf and the man on the moon.
[Aggregate score: 9]

Film & TV: Escape from L.A.

TLS joins known badass, Snake Plissken, in an absurd though somewhat entertaining romp through John Carpenter’s mid 90s vision of a dystopian America.
[Aggregate score: 6]