The real solution to bad fandoms
Another day, another fan harassment campaign. This time, it’s over Taylor Swift’s new album. Paste Magazine tried to avoid the predictable ire by publishing...
Doctor Who sent me down a rabbit hole and you have to come with me
So I guess this is how I usher in the new era of the No-Brainer on Buttondown. Sorry for any glitches, especially with the footnotes! I still haven't quite...
The Golden Brainie Culture Awards of 2023
Finally.
Why does this memorial to one of the world's most famous playwrights look like... that?
A No-Brainer investigation.
Know before you go: the NYFF standby line
I think I got film-bro hazed?
Seriously though, what the hell is an "emotional truth"?
Let's ask a guy named Ron
Only you can stop Jimmy Fallon
An emergency dispatch.
Christopher McQuarrie, welcome to your tape
The Dead Reckoning post.
The definitive ranking of the best Hank Green cancer tweets
Fair warning: most of these are talking about piss.
Can something good PLEASE happen on TV, for the love of god
A cry to the heavens.
In defense of Trent Crimm
Trent Crimm, the defendant.
A self-indulgent post after a tough week
Feel free to skip this one.
The concerning recrudescence of gender-based violence in The Last of Us
One of the most insightful shows on television has a glaring blind spot.
Only you can stop David O. Russell
An emergency dispatch.
A love letter to The Last of Us' frog maestro
If this is the soundtrack to the apocalypse, then I'm on board.
I want weird Annihilation noises on my desk by Monday morning
Quick bites from episode one of "The Last of Us."
The Golden Brainie Culture Awards of 2022
It’s still 2022 on my coast, so it’s not too late for yet another year-end list, right?
Who made the most out of YummersGate?
There can only be one top dog.
On finally understanding "The Great Gatsby"
I've seen the (green) light.
That goddamn "Barbie" movie has already committed a grave sin
Sad!
Folks, we've lost Lady Gaga
An emergency dispatch.
The unspectacular failure of "Obi-Wan Kenobi"
Though I probably should have seen it coming.
RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars needs an overhaul
A proposed solution.
Severance woke up and chose mess
Unfettered chaos makes the old feel new again.
Only you can stop Jared Leto
An updated emergency dispatch.
Wrong about the thing
Oh my god they admit it.jpg
A momentous discovery for all the saps out there
Tread lightly though.
Olympics diaries: the little antenna things on the bobsleds
The unedited accounts.
In defense of Machoke
It just wants to flex!
An overlong grumble about a very simple problem in West Side Story
#JusticeForAnybodysCharacterArc.
The apotheosis of Tom Wambsgans
Siobhan Roy meets her monster.
Timmy and Adam's excellent adventures
Ubiquity, cyclicality, and my favorite character name of the year
Only you can stop men from method acting
An emergency dispatch.
I love the Dune ass worms
And I won't apologize!