Pop Culture Week In Review 4/12-4/18

Between David Letterman announcing his retirement and CBS revealing just days later that Stephen Colbert would be his replacement, I felt like that was enough pop culture news for at least a couple of weeks. Miraculously, the world kept spinning and other things actually transpired in the entertainment industry. Read More

The MTV Movie Awards: Why Are We Doing This Again?

26-year-old me: I don’t really get the MTV Movie Awards.

16-year-old me: What? What are you talking about? What’s not to get?

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Pop Culture Week In Review 4/5-4/11 | Colbert, The Office Time Machine, Nirvana, Garden State 2

Admittedly the only thing happening in my life this week revolves around the Craft Brewers Conference, but amid the secret bottle shares, What the Funk, and other nasty beer fart … Read More

Pop Culture Week in Review: March 29-April 4

Some weeks, I’m glad I wait until the last day possible to write my pop culture week in review (apologies and shout-out to the great PD editors who put up with my stubbornness). Because on weeks like this, there’s some late-breaking news and I sneak it in under the wire.

So without any further ado, let’s hit the pop culture week in review with a big shake-up in the world of television.

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The Full Circle of Motion Pictures

In the 17^th century, people were dazzled by the first image projector, dubbed the Magic Lantern. It used the sun or a candle as the light source, a concave mirror, and a painted lantern slide to project images on a wall. Audience members could be convinced that spirits were being summoned or the dead was being raised from the grave. Today, kids are bored when they’re watching their favorite computer animated show on a smartphone that fits into the palm of their hand. We’ve come a long way in the technology of motion pictures. However, some of the recent fads in the medium aren’t actually new at all. They’re over a hundred years old.

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HIMYM Series Finale Recap

Spoiler Alert! Do not read this post if you haven’t watched the HIMYM series finale.

I just don’t know what to think. I came in with just two things in … Read More

How I Met Your Mother Series Finale | What to Expect Tonight

Truly transcendent sitcoms are rare. The Andy Griffith Show, I Love Lucy, The Brady Bunch, Cheers, The Cosby Show, Seinfeld, Friends, Scrubs, Whitney and Two Broke Girls are a few … Read More

Pop Culture Week In Review | TRAILERPALOOZA!

Spring must certainly be in the air, because this week two companies did that sexy dance and got together, toasting a fresh start with pop culture hormones abounding.

Then again, … Read More

Pop Culture Week in Review 3/15-3/21

It was a busy week for the world of pop culture. Progress was made in legal battles, details of highly anticipated film and TV projects were announced, and Courtney Love tried to solve a mystery. As is the case with life, there were good things and bad things about the week. In the interest of ending on a positive note, let’s start by tackling the negative bits. I always was one to ask for bad news first.

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Lost Retrospective | Looking Back On The Series Ten Years Later

Ten years ago, 18.6 million people flipped the channel to ABC for the first ever episode of Lost. From the still unknown J.J. Abrams (when Alias was the only noteworthy … Read More

Pop Culture Week in Review 3/8-3/14

The Conversation I Had in My Head with Tristan About Writing This Week’s Review Me: Tristan, do I have to include Bieb’s deposition in my Week in Review?

Tristan: Yes, … Read More

Golden Road Brewing on “Workaholics”

This week, two of my favorite things collided: “Workaholics,” the Comedy Central show about three slackers who live together in LA, and Golden Road Brewing, the fast-rising and absolutely amazing craft brewery from LA. The “Beer Heist” episode (season 4, episode 8) found Adam, Ders, and Blake trying to impress some young co-eds by stealing them beer. Hilarity, of course, ensued. So did the very first TV product placement that I actually enjoyed watching.

Backstory/full disclosure: I’ve showcased Golden Road here on PorchDrinking.com before. I love the place. It ships its beers in cans, it’s only a few years old, and already it’s one of the hippest and most sought-after craft beers in Los Angeles. True story: I started shopping at Whole Foods because they have a wider variety of Golden Road beers on their shelves. It’s that great.

Anyway… PorchDrinking was founded on the principle of telling stories of friends who have adventures over great beer. This week’s “Workaholics” was just that. Let’s recap. Read More

Awesomesauce- TED Talks

In direct contrast to most of most of my peers who like to go out after work, be social, and have some fun,  my idea of an exciting Friday night … Read More

Pop Culture Week in Review: March 1-7, 2014 [PORCHIES Edition]

Did you see the Oscars? Whether the answer is “yes” or “no,” your co-workers/friends/family/Uber driver probably have given you their two cents on this week’s Oscars festivities. But c’mon. This is a pop culture WEEK in review, not just a recap of something that happened at the very beginning of the week. I could show you all the funny gifs of events from the Oscars or point out that PorchDrinking is amazing at predicting awards or even talk about how witty my fellow pop culture writers were on the live blog… but I won’t (I just did). Instead, in the spirit of the Oscars — and since it’ll be awhile before any real awards shows come around again — I present THE PORCHIES, a totally made-up awards ceremony I’m hosting right in the middle of this Pop Culture Week In Review. Get your tuxes ready!

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2014 Spring Movie Preview

The polar vortex, amiright?  The weather has kept me locked up in my apartment trying to pretend the world isn’t freezing to death outside.  But you know the problem with … Read More

PorchDrinking.com Academy Awards Live Blog

Join us this Sunday, March 2, at 6:45 pm EST, 4:45 pm MST for our second annual PorchDrinking.com Academy Awards Live Blog. Our team of wise-ass pop culture writers will … Read More

86th Academy Awards| Oscars Predictions

It’s that time of year again. Hollywood’s finest (and Jonah Hill) will be walking the Red Carpets of the Kodak Theater this Sunday. This probably means your office has put … Read More

Pop Culture Week In Review 2/21 – 2/28 | Heroes Reborn

Here we are again, Pop Culture Week In Review. I love/hate writing these because, unlike feature stories, they’re completely reactionary. Any color added is thanks to what’s happening throughout the week instead of some predetermined idea or narrative. It’s simultaneously exciting and frustrating to not know what you’re going to be writing about until the picture becomes clearer the closer a deadline gets, but if nothing else, it’s unique.

Like the beers we review, sometimes it’s refined, and other times it falls flat. Who knows how this one will go — all I’ve got is a few key ingredients. Let’s see how well they sit. Read More

Pop Culture Week in Review 2/15-2/21

What has been happening this week? I mean, seriously, other than the Olympics. TGI time for a Pop Culture Week in Review with Caitlin!

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Pop Culture Week in Review: February 8-14, 2014

Do YOU have Olympic fever?

Oh, sorry. I don’t really cover that in this week’s Pop Culture Week In Review. But here are some things you CAN look forward to: House of Cards! Drake! Shia LaBeouf! Aaron Paul! The Beatles! Fred Armisen! Cable Companies! An offer to refinance your mortgage at great new rates!

Okay, that last one was a lie. I just wanted to see if anyone actually read these things before scrolling to the big font. Here we go! Read More