So You Think You Can Dance: All Stars

Lauren Cheal — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 05:38:20 +0100

It is crazy that we are already down to the top 10 here. Last week, we lost Dareian, Matthew, Janelle, and Amelia. This week starts out with a tribute to Gene Kelly, who would have been 100 years old when this aired. In the audience is Gene's widow, Patricia Kelly who looks like...

So You Think You Can Dance: Mia Michaels Night

Lauren Cheal — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 01:08:55 +0100

Smell ya later, Janelle.

Major apologies for how behind we are here. I have been away. We pick back up after a two week hiatus for the Olympics (and my absence on top of that). I miss the Olympics, y'all. Four weeks ago, I thought that Janelle deserved to be in the bottom, and I still do, of course. Tiffany and Georg...

Best of the Week: January 9-13, 2011

April Yorke — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:26:18 +0100

At (Cult)ure we're in the business of producing written words, but that doesn't mean that we don't enjoy things like spoken words or words set to music or things that don't have words at all. So each week we'll bring you a small collection of non-written things that we enjoyed.

Best Podcast: On Being, "Roseanne Cash"

Maybe I was always...

2011 (Cult)y TV Outliers: Treme's Sonny

April Yorke — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:44:27 +0100

No sooner did we publish the (Cult)ys, our first annual ridiculously specific TV and cinema awards, than all manner of other awards I could have given started to flow freely in my brain. I've decided to call these forgotten awards "outliers"* and post them as they come to me, so they can live in infamy (or just on the internet. One or the other). So, let's kick it off with . . .

Dancing With The Stars: The Brawl for the Mirror Ball

Lauren Cheal — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:10:50 +0100

The finals are here! It seems like we have been at this for a very long time. And by we, I mean me. Hope Solo was thankfully sent home last week, leaving us with three deserving finalists. We have the inspiring J.R. Martinez (a veteran who was badly injured while serving the U.S. m...

The Vampire Diaries: Leverage

April Yorke — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:58:59 +0100

Despite rocking all over the place the week prior, Alaric is nowhere to be seen in last week’s The Vampire Diaries, “The Reckoning.” I guess he needed to recharge the AWESOME before dropping it on us again (next time!). In the meantime, Caroline’s obsession with d...

Vampire Diaries: Just a little S2 reminder before S3 starts tonight!

April Yorke — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:56:32 +0100

Here's something: I discovered/realized that I never posted or even wrote a recap for The Vampire Diaries' Season 2 finale, "As I Lay Dying," but I did keep my notes. I type them while I watch, as my viewing companions can attest. With the exception of correcting a typo or two, I've decided ...

So You Think You Can Dance: And the winner is.....

Lauren Cheal — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 23:54:38 +0100

The votes have been cast, the dances, done. We have made it to the end of the road, and it is time for the best episode of a very good show- the finale results! This is when the show brings out the very best routines of the season, all at once. Amazing! Let's get to the fun.

We ...

True Blood: Resurrection FAIL

April Yorke — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:26:28 +0100

I’d share with the extent of my disappointment with the last couple episodes of True Blood, but, since my 32 day-old computer died, I can’t really. Suffice it to say that I put a hell of lot of effort into “I Wish I Was The Moon” and none into “Cold Grey Light of ...

True Blood: Am I Evil?

April Yorke — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:37:01 +0100

Last night’s True Blood, “Me and the Devil,” was another week of not much going on, but a lot of pieces were moved into place for things to go batshit in the weeks to come. For now we’re treated to some heavy philosophy, bouncing from religious freedom to heaven and hell to the nature of evil. Spectral Godric makes a ve...

The Lexicon: "Now THAT's How You Scrub a Fuckin' Bloodstain."

April Yorke — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:16:02 +0100

The Lexicon: an occasional feature in which we identify movie/TV lines worth repeating.

Source: Al Swearegen (Ian McShane), Deadwood, "Suffer the Little Children" (S1, E8)

Usage: A job well done.

Sarcastic or sincere: Sincere. You could use it sarcastically, but I would wager that you aren't doing it right. There are better ways to mock someone than abusing one of the greatest fictional characters ever created on one of the greatest shows of all time.

Bearing in mi...

True Blood: Vamp Up

April Yorke — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:58:43 +0100

Ho, boy. Last night’s True Blood, “If You Love Me, Why Am I Dyin’?” had a whole lot of only a few of things: horrible Crystal in horrible Hot Shot, approximately 1000 new faces from Puppy Eric, and rape. Talking about it, threatening it, seeing it happen. If you know me, then you know that&rsq...

True Blood: Well, That Was Saucy

April Yorke — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 03:14:56 +0100

If “She’s Not There,” was set up, then last night’s True Blood, “You Smell Like Dinner,” is rapid payoff. Sure, a lot of it is just pushing forward everyone’s season arcs, but it feels less like soapy wheel spinning (secrets and lies) and more like actual things happening. Sa...

The Lexicon: "Oh, you're gonna get hop-ons."

April Yorke — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:41:59 +0100

The Lexicon: an occasional feature in which we identify movie/TV lines worth repeating.

Source: Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman), Arrested Development, "Key Decisions" (S1, E4)

Usage: Shit happens.

Sarcastic or sincere: Either way, depending on the way in which you mean it. If you want to express sympathy, be sin...

The Lexicon: "I'll Have a Vitamin Water Please"

April Yorke — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:19:47 +0100

The Lexicon: an occasional feature in which we identify movie/TV lines worth repeating.

Source: Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen), Gossip Girl, "Summer Kind of Wonderful" (S2, E1)

Usage: Awkward conversation ender. It's your new "end scene."

Sincere or sarcastic: Sincere. You sincerely want this conversation to...

How to Make "Blows Dick for Skittles" Sound Witty

April Yorke — Wed, 25 May 2011 20:05:47 +0100

By dropping period trappings on that ass, of course! Playbill has series of two minute shorts called "Jersey Shore Gone Wilde" in which dialogue is lifted from Jersey Shore and given an Oscar Wilde treatment. The results are far more hilarious than they should be. Check it after the jump!

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Alright, so it still sounds like "blows dick for skittles," but in a way worth repeating.

Gossip Girl: You Really Can’t Have a Season Finale Without Georgina

April Yorke — Wed, 18 May 2011 20:40:20 +0100

Remember last year when Gossip Girl finally learned how to do a finale right? This year, with Monday night’s “The Wrong Goodbye,” they went us one better: not only was Georgina on the scene to wreak adorably unhinged havoc, she sniffed out a kindred in a matter of minutes. Attagirl. Otherwise, Se...

Supernatural: Maybe Dark Side Superman Has a Point

April Yorke — Fri, 13 May 2011 21:37:31 +0100

Some of our dear readers have been asking me why I haven’t returned to recapping Supernatural since . . . oh, 2010. That is a long time, isn’t it? So, it looks like I haven’t recapped since Sam came back. Real Sam instead of my beloved Soulless Sammy. Part of is the obvious: recapp...

Vampire Diaries: Sometimes There’s Honour in Revenge

April Yorke — Thu, 12 May 2011 22:17:14 +0100

I’ve left it way too late to give you a proper recap of last Thursday’s The Vampire Diaries, “The Sun Also Rises,” but feel I must write something, so here goes: relentlessly advertizing it as the episode before the season finale, even though it focused on the season-long obsession (the sacrifice...

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So You Think You Can Dance: All Stars

So You Think You Can Dance: Mia Michaels Night

Best of the Week: January 9-13, 2011

2011 (Cult)y TV Outliers: Treme's Sonny

Dancing With The Stars: The Brawl for the Mirror Ball

The Vampire Diaries: Leverage

Vampire Diaries: Just a little S2 reminder before S3 starts tonight!

So You Think You Can Dance: And the winner is.....

True Blood: Resurrection FAIL

True Blood: Am I Evil?

The Lexicon: "Now THAT's How You Scrub a Fuckin' Bloodstain."

True Blood: Vamp Up

True Blood: Well, That Was Saucy

The Lexicon: "Oh, you're gonna get hop-ons."

The Lexicon: "I'll Have a Vitamin Water Please"

How to Make "Blows Dick for Skittles" Sound Witty

Gossip Girl: You Really Can’t Have a Season Finale Without Georgina

Supernatural: Maybe Dark Side Superman Has a Point

Vampire Diaries: Sometimes There’s Honour in Revenge