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Columns/Features

How ‘Lost’ Ruined ‘Westworld’ and The Rest of TV

If Lost has a legacy, it is its narrative structure: A season-long subplot that tantalizes viewers by raising more questions than answers during the...

Seth LeviDecember 14, 2016

Columns/Features

‘Stranger Things’: A Dissenting Opinion

Make no mistake, Stranger Things is an expertly told story. It’s also yet another example of a TV show or movie that basks in...

Seth LeviAugust 26, 2016

Columns/Features

Would You Want To Live In a World With Superheroes?

We love comic book movies. Even the bad ones tend to make a lot of money. Besides the explosions and action sequences, there is...

Seth LeviJuly 27, 2016

Art/Collectibles

Designing The World of 007 is as Important as Who Plays Bond

Once again, the James Bond torch is going to be passed, and people are debating who would make the best Bond. But what is...

Seth LeviJune 20, 2016

General

‘The Popcorn Movie’ Defense

Spring is well underway, which means get ready for a lot of big budget action movies that critics greet with “meh” reviews and audiences...

Seth LeviApril 20, 2016

General

EXCLUSIVE: Harrison Ford to Star In More Unnecessary Sequels

I’ve got exciting news: Now that we’ve learned what happened after to Han Solo in the 30+ years since Return of the Jedi, and...

Seth LeviMarch 23, 2016

General

Final Thoughts on DOWNTON ABBEY: It Was Set During The Wrong Years

At the conclusion of Downton Abbey this week a friend made a comment to me: They should make a show about Lady Edith’s daughter...

Seth LeviMarch 9, 2016

General

Why Can’t Good Guys Be Into Autoerotic Asphyxiation?

I was recently watching Mr. Robot for the first time, and the one thing that really bugged me was that the villain is into...

Seth LeviFebruary 24, 2016

General

What Tony Stark Can Teach Us About Donald Trump

About two weeks ago the CEO of Marvel Comics made a $1 million donation to Donald Trump’s veterans’ benefit, which left some people outraged....

Seth LeviFebruary 10, 2016

General

What The Academy Has To Do If It Really Cares About Diversity In Movies

The Academy Awards are not simply about recognizing excellence in filmmaking. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences mission is to promote the...

Seth LeviJanuary 27, 2016

General

In Defense of George Lucas

With Episode VII coming out, I’m going to have to shill for George Lucas. As the years go by, people dump on him more...

Seth LeviDecember 16, 2015

General

MASTER OF NONE: You Cannot Be an ‘Everyman’ And Own a Herman Miller Eames Lounge Chair

Aziz Ansari’s Master of None deserves much of the praise it’s receiving for tackling race in popular culture and how technology has affected our...

Seth LeviNovember 18, 2015

General

Why INDIANA JONES is (Sadly) Anachronistic With Today’s Audience

Hints from Steven Spielberg that there might be an Indiana Jones 5 quickly brought groans from the internet. It was yet another opportunity for...

Seth LeviNovember 4, 2015

General

Why Did My Six-Year-Old Self Like BACK TO THE FUTURE’?

Written by Seth Levi Growing up in the 1980s my three favorite movies were: Return of the Jedi Indiana Jones and the Temple of...

Seth LeviOctober 21, 2015

General

Why a TERMINATOR Franchise Will Never Work

For the second time an attempt to reboot the Terminator franchise has been aborted. As dull as the last two films have been, that’s...

Seth LeviOctober 7, 2015

General

When To Bail on a New Show

The fall TV season is upon us with plenty of new shows vying for our viewing time. So how long do you give a...

Seth LeviSeptember 23, 2015

General

In Defense Of Movie Studio Executives

Since the disastrous debut of the Fantastic Four reboot, two competing narratives have surfaced that attempt explain what when so wrong. One is that...

Seth LeviAugust 26, 2015

General

Was THE SOPRANOS Actually ‘Prestige TV’?

We’re apparently living in a golden age of TV where the characters, themes and plots on shows are more complex and morally ambiguous than...

Seth LeviAugust 12, 2015

General

Watch BoJACK HORSEMAN Now

The best show Netflix has produced isn’t House of Cards or Orange is the New Black — it’s BoJack Horseman. The second season was...

Seth LeviJuly 29, 2015

General

Is it Time for Superheroes to Use Guns?

This is an age-old debate that I believe it’s time to re-litigate now that we’re in the age of darker, grittier superhero movies and...

Seth LeviJuly 15, 2015

General

HBO’s Terrible Sunday Lineup

We’re only two weeks into HBO’s summer Sunday lineup, but I’m going to go ahead and call it a disaster. This is a low...

Seth LeviJune 29, 2015

General

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK Needs To Decide If It’s Comedy or Drama…

I’ve spent the last week binge watching the new season of Orange is the New Black. With each episode my feelings towards the show...

Seth LeviJune 17, 2015

General

GAME OF THRONES Needs a Female Equivalent of Tyrion

It’s happened every season, but this year the criticism against how women are portrayed on Game of Thrones has ratcheted up. While much of...

Seth LeviJune 3, 2015

General

MAD MEN Finale: Don Shouldn’t Have Had A Happy Ending

The overarching theme of Mad Men has been that people don’t change. Characters, and most notably Don, make the same mistakes over and over...

Seth LeviMay 20, 2015