Leah Steuer, Laura Schumacher, and Olivia Riley unpack murder, memes, and multiple turtlenecks on TV’s newest and weirdest network procedural, Prodigal Son.
Join Dillon and Erica for deep video game lore, egregious Olive Garden content, and why you should probably go see Birds of Prey instead.
As briefly teased in our 2020 Playback Film Awards post, today we offer deeper looks at some of this year’s more unique nominees. ACTRESS IN…
In which Erica, Tim, Laura, and Tom try to untangle the insane performances and twists and turns of the magnificent Universal Pictures flop Dolittle.
What follows, as it did last year, and the year before that, is what the Oscars would like like if a critics group consisting of…
Everyone knows the Adam Sandler schtick. His perennial persona is easily identified by a short list of generic traits: goofy, sarcastic, lazy, uncouth, and—perhaps most…
Earlier today, hundreds of puzzle enthusiasts from around the world gathered on the MIT campus to compete in the fortieth annual MIT Mystery Hunt, a…
Joker—One of 2019’s biggest successes at the box office, grossing over $1 billion worldwide against a budget of less than $70 million—has become the…
Peak TV, meet Peak Playback. Looking back on the chaotic landscape of television in 2019, the staff had a lot of opinions. So we’re bringing back…
Peak TV, meet Peak Playback. Looking back on the chaotic landscape of television in 2019, the staff had a lot of opinions. So we’re bringing back…