Pop Culture Week in Review 10/4 – 10/10

The Flash is a Hit

The CW’s The Flash premiered Tuesday to a sizable audience of 4.5 million viewers and has received praise from critics. The show follows the origins of Barry Allen, better known as the Flash, who received the ability to travel at superhuman speeds after being struck by lightning in his laboratory. While Marvel Comics continues to crank out blockbuster movies based on their characters, DC Comics have recently turned their gaze to the small screen. Arrow, Gotham, The Flash, and Supergirl are all based on DC material and will be available for your viewing pleasure from the comfort of your own home.

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9 (More) Movies Based on Websites & Apps

It’s no secret that media is moving from so-called “traditional” formats (going to a theater, turning on a television when a program is scheduled to come on, etc) to the web. I’ve talked before about cord-cutters – those of us who don’t have cable because we consume our TV and movies on the Internet. And we’re seeing new content on platforms like FunnyOrDie and Netflix instead of in the theaters.

Well… tables have turned a little bit.

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Pop Culture Week in Review: September 20-26

No awards shows this week. No big breaking news. Yes, fall shows are back, but this is a POP CULTURE week in review, not a TV recapping session.

Plus, my computer ate about 800 words that I had written, so I’m doing this late, and I’m doing it dirty. Let’s get started! Read More

Pop Culture Week In Review: 9/13 – 9/19

Shaking Things Up At Saturday Night Live

A lot of stuff went down at SNL that I would normally cover, but our very own Caitlin VanMol handled it quite beautifully … Read More

SNL: Who’s Out, Who’s In

The 721st season of Saturday Night Live premieres next Saturday.  If you’re planning on tuning in to see more Brooks Wheelan tattoo stories or some familiar faces standing in the … Read More

Pop Culture Week in Review | 9/6-9/12

James Cordon officially official replacement for Craig Ferguson

You may remember Cordon from that episode of Doctor Who or that episode of Sherlock or that play you meant to see but … Read More

Awesomesauce | Relay App

By now, our mass hysteria regarding Apple’s worst kept secret (an iWatch…duh!) is over, and we can focus on more important things; like your new favorite app!

Of course, everybody loves a good GIF (what’s funnier than watching a 10 second loop of a dog licking a glass door, or some lady falling flat on her face over and over? Answer: nothing), so I knew right after downloading it that Relay was going to be a lot of fun.  At its most basic, Relay is a GIF messenger, but the real delight of the app is in the details. Read More

Top 5 Things to Expect from iPhone 6

Tech nerds everywhere are emerging from their dark cavernous dwellings, pausing episodes of HBO’s Silicon Valley, brushing off can of Red Bull and bottles of BAWLS, and in many cases … Read More

D-BOX: The Newest Cinematic Experience

Armed with my three pound bag of popcorn and bucket sized soda, I shuffled cautiously into the dark theater like I have hundreds of time before. Squinting through the dim … Read More

Pop Culture Week in Review: August 30 – September 5, 2014

Not a great week in pop culture, I’m afraid. The biggest water cooler conversation of the week happens to be the sad fact that several celebrities had their personal nude photos stolen from their phones and/or iCloud storage. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, please don’t go look them up. It’s bad. Anyway, I’ll get to that.

First, let’s start with some happier news in pop culture. Let’s kick off this normal Pop Culture Week in Review, and THEN get into Drew’s recap of Righteous Indignation Week in Review! Read More

Pop Culture Week in Review: August 23-29, 2014

Gonna try to keep it quick this week, Pop Culture nerds. Seven highlights from the past seven days. Our PorchDrinking pop culture team is a bit tired, still exhausted from the long-and-kinda-snoozy Emmys. Speaking of which, let’s start this pop culture week in review with a recap of TV’s biggest night.

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2014 Emmys Live Blog

Join us tonight at 7:30 Eastern, 5:30 Mountain for our annual PorchDrinking.com 2014 Emmys Live Blog. Our pop culture writers will bring the snark and the hilarity and we’d love … Read More

Pop Culture Week in Review 8/16-8/22

Sons of Anarchy has a return date

SOA will return for its final season on September 9th.  Kurt Sutter has revealed how many SAMCRO members will bite the dust in … Read More

Emmy Predictions 2014

The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards will be handed out next Monday, August 25th. Everyone says this every year…. but there are a LOT of great nominees. Tough to predict who will come away with the awards, but I’m going to try to do just that.

Please note these are entirely subjective opinions, and also please note that I’ve lost my roommate pool of Emmy predictions for the last two years. So take these with a grain of salt. Then watch our live blog Monday, and rub it in when I’m wrong. Read More

Pop Culture Week in Review 8/8-8/15

It was a sad week this week, guys. We lost Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall. There’s nothing I can say that hasn’t been said about these legends, so I’ll just let a couple others do the talking. Read More

Event Preview | Chive Fest Denver

When: Saturday, August 16th 12 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Where: City Park, Denver, CO

They call themselves the “Best Little Festival in the World” and you know what, with the … Read More

Roundtable Discussion | Remembering Robin Williams

Family, friends, and fans were crushed to learn of the untimely passing of actor, comedian, and all around great guy Robin Williams, Monday, August 11, 2014 from an apparent suicide following a long battle with severe depression. He was 63.

President Barack Obama issued the following statement from the White House Monday.

Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president, a professor, a bangarang Peter Pan, and everything in between. But he was one of a kind. He arrived in our lives as an alien — but he ended up touching every element of the human spirit. He made us laugh. He made us cry. He gave his immeasurable talent freely and generously to those who needed it most — from our troops stationed abroad to the marginalized on our own streets.

Many of our staff felt the loss of Robin Williams more deeply than perhaps expected; after all, we didn’t know him personally. However, those who did know him well have said that Robin Williams’ talent was matched only by his kindness. His body of work speaks for itself, as does the outcry of support, love, and grief all over social media. Robin Williams was kind on a grand scale; he was able to touch millions of lives through his movies and imbued audiences with a sense that somewhere out there, someone cares about you.

We wanted to pay tribute to this man who touched so many so deeply by remembering all Robin Williams’ moments that affected us in some way.

Heads up, there is some NSFW content below. 

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Pop Culture Week in Review 8/2 – 8/8

Weird Al at the Super Bowl?

A Change.org petition for Weird Al Yankovich to be the halftime performer for this year’s Super Bowl has gained over 65,000 signatures so far. … Read More

Top 5 Celebrity Punches | Look what you made me do, Orlando Bloom

Last week, we all became aware of the Punch Heard ‘Round the World.  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again- some people just need to get punched in … Read More

Pop Culture Week In Review | There Are No New Ideas Edition

The pop culture world has lost all sense of creativity, there are no new ideas. Reboots, movies based on books, sequels, it’s all just a little too much!

The 50 … Read More