The point of the Love Story series here is to examine your response to your favorite things. What in your life creates an atmosphere for you to fall in love with some movie or some television show? I’ve know for some time that I wanted to write about my love for Freaks and Geeks, but I couldn’t […]
Ed. Note: Our “Love Story” feature encourages writers to tell the story behind their love for their favorite movie, band, or television show. Today, Kat writes about My So-Called Life. I like, LOVE, My So-Called Life. If rolling film credits signaled the end of my adolescent years, I know My So-Called Life would have been reported […]
This week on iliw: Amanda rounded up and ranked covers of John Denver’s “Country Roads”: “This song’s heart never changes, even when the lyrics and locations do. Home calls us back, and it’s a beautiful call.” Kat recommended a lovely Nicole Atkins song for Tunesday: “Every time I listen to ‘Maybe Tonight,’ my heart transforms into […]
Ed. Note: Our “Love Story” feature encourages writers to tell the story behind their love for their favorite movie, band, or television show. Today, Kat writes about American Horror Story. I was groomed to love American Horror Story. In my earliest childhood years, my father had a room devoted entirely to his radio disc jockey equipment […]
I am a television nerd, and I know that’s no big reveal for anyone who knows me well. I have had a long, sometimes tumultuous relationship with it. I’ve given it up for Lent, I’ve binged on it, I’ve had a healthy diet with normal hour restrictions. Right now, I’m going on my third year […]
These days, popular television show and film character quizzes are bobbing their heads above the surface in abundance. I attribute their wild popularity to our innate curiosity and desire to learn more about ourselves. And honestly, what is more entertaining than to learn about yourself in accordance with your personal viewing appetite? Also, I’m going […]
Ed. Note: Our “Love Story” feature encourages writers to tell the story behind their love for their favorite movie, band, or television show. Today, Kat writes about Doctor Who. Confession – I love Doctor Who! With this in mind, I decided to embark on a personal quest to unveil what it is exactly that keeps […]
Note: this post reveals key plot points through the Season 6 finale. Some decisions weigh so heavily on you that you know your life will change forever, either way. This isn’t one of those decisions. Nevertheless, deciding to throw in the towel on Sons of Anarchy was not easy.
Bart: We worked so hard, and now it’s all gone. We ended up with nothing because the three of us can’t share. Milhouse: What’s your point? Bart: Nothing. Just kind of ticks me off. I started watching The Simpsons when I was roughly the same age as Lisa Simpson. I was seven-going-on-eight when it first started […]