Monthly Archives: October 2011
Meryl Monday: Nora Ephron on Meryl Streep’s ability to play anyone
Nora Ephron reminds us that Mery Streep can play us better than we can play ourselves.
Seven Last Minute Halloween Costumes for the TV Fanatic
Still looking for a Halloween costume? Pop Culture Nexus presents six simple costumes you can create just by raiding your closet.
Willow the Sexy Ghost
What you need- very short skirt, tight blouse (particularly one that shows off midriff), eyeshadow, dark red lipstick, and a white bed sheet.
Smart Teenage Detective
What you need- jeans, black shirt, green jacket with numerous pockets, and a camera.
Pilot on Serenity
What you need- brown baggy pants and a Hawaiian shirt.
Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce employee
What you need- suit, skinny tie, hair gel, cigarette, and a glass of scotch.
College Professor
What you need- jeans, red tie, blue oxford shirt, and suit jacket. Add a fedora and whip for style.
Member of the Colonial fleet
What you need- gray sleeveless shirt, black tank top, and green cargo pants.
Party Down Caterer
What you need- black pants, white dress shirt, and pink bow tie.
Have A Happy Halloween!
“Chucking Around” by Johnny D-Lights
Johnny D-Lights blogger Angelle reviews Friday’s Chuck premiere. Read it here.
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Film Friday: Ghostbusters
Looking for film to watch this weekend to get you in the Halloween spirit? Try Ghostbusters.
This week’s Film Friday is the popular 80s sci-fi comedy Ghostbusters. The film is about three parapsychologists in New York City who capture ghosts for a living. Chaos ensues and they are called upon to save the world. While the film was never nominated for an Oscar, it stars all your favorite 80s actors: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis.
So jump into Ecto-1 and get ready for an amazing ride!
Happy Halloween!
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Quotes of the Week: ‘The Walking Dead,’ ‘Community,’ ‘Grimm,’ & More
Troy on 'Community,' Ron Swanson on 'Parks & Rec,' and The (Reformed) Big Bad Wolf on NBC's 'Grimm'
It was a spooky week of Halloween-themed episodes, not to mention a few reimagined fairy tales. Here are some highlights from this week:
Once Upon A Time 1×01 “Once Upon A Time”
“Frozen in time stuck in Storybrooke, Maine. That’s what you’re going with?” -Emma
The Walking Dead 2×02 “Bloodletting”
“It’s a waste of time, all this hopin’ and prayin’. Cause we’re gonna locate that little girl, and she’s gonna be just fine. Am I the only one Zen around here? Good Lord.” -Daryl
Gossip Girl 5×05 “The Fasting and the Furious”
“If only you could be me for a day and I could be you, and we’d both get what we want. But since we’re not in a Jason Bateman movie, we have to think of another plan.” -Chuck
Suburgatory 1×05 “Halloween”
“We’re performing an exorcism tonight. But we don’t have a lot of time. Hoarders comes on in an hour.” -Lisa
Community 3×05 “Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps”
“You ruined a Britta party. That’s like letting poop spoil.” -Troy
Parks & Recreation 4×05 “Meet N Greet”
Lowe’s Employee: “Hi there! Is there a project you’re working on?”
Ron: “I know more than you.”
The Office 8×05 “Spooked”
“Every Halloween I tell him the same thing: you can’t bring weapons into the office. And every year he says the same thing: as soon as I get my weapons back I’m gonna kill you.” -Toby (referring to Dwight)
Grimm 1×01 “Pilot”
“How do I stay good? Through a strict regimen of diet, drugs, and Pilates.” -The Big Bad Wolf
What were your favorite quotes from this week? Hit up the comments section, or tweet us @PopCultureNexus!
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Top 5 Tuesday: Favorite Halloween Episodes
Left to right: Dwight on 'The Office,' Marshall and Lily on 'How I Met Your Mother,' and Dean Pelton on 'Community'
Happy Top 5 Tuesday, everyone! Halloween is almost here, which means this week of television should be full of comical costumes, spooky hijinks, and bite size candy. Let’s look back on our top 5 favorite Halloween-themed episodes…
1.) “Halloween” (Buffy) – What could be funnier (or scarier) than seeing Buffy as a corseted damsel, Xander as an armed soldier, Willow as a scantily clad ghost, and Cordelia as…Cordelia? No one does Halloween better than Joss Whedon. This episode will forever be one of my favorite Halloween-themed TV episodes. (Honorable mention: the season four Halloween episode “Fear Itself.”)
2.) “Epidemiology” (Community) – The zombie episode of Community was pure brilliance, especially with its hilarious juxtaposition of zombies and the music of ABBA. It was an oddly perfect combo.
3.) “The Slutty Pumpkin” (How I Met Your Mother) – This is probably one of the greatest episodes in HIMYM history. It featured Marshall’s defense of the Ewoks (“The rebellion would have failed without the Ewoks”), a number of amusing costumes from Barney (each of which came with its own terrible pickup line), and Marshall as a gay pirate–I mean, Captain Jack Sparrow.
4.) “Halloween” (The Office) - Dwight came to work dressed as a Sith Lord. The jury’s still out on whether it was a costume, or if that’s his true form.
5.) “And Then There Was Shawn” (Boy Meets World) – BMW‘s horror movie spoof episode was hilarious, but also terrifying. The gang was locked in the high school and chased by a mysterious killer, falling into classic horror movie traps. In the end, it turned out to be Shawn’s nightmare, but that didn’t make it any less frightening.
What are your favorite Halloween episodes? Leave a comment, or tweet us @PopCultureNexus.
‘Once Upon A Time’ reviewed by Johnny D-Lights
Blogger, John Dellaporta, gives us his thoughts on ABC’s new television show, Once Upon A Time. Read it here.
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‘American Horror Story’ reviewed by Johnny D-Lights
The blog, Johnny D-Lights, has a new writer-Jesse Palmer Jesse Palmer! Read her first post on American Horror Story here.
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TV Twitter Reactions: Once Upon A Time premiere
Image by abc.com 'Once Upon A Time'
- @purehero I liked the pilot, it reminded me a bit of
#Fables by Bill Willingham - @sareelify I think Rumpelstiltskin has some potential, but I’m unsure where the show is going b#onceuponatime
- @ianmorrill Holy shit
#onceuponatime really sucks - @alliegiancarlo Once Upon A Time is absolutely brilliant, and will hopefully fill the hole in my soul that was left by LOST
#onceuponatime#ilovenewtv - @kaylyngelhar Watching
#onceuponatime … Actually kind of into this!
probs gonna be DVRing this every week - @teesa1
#onceuponatime. OMG awesome! Worth the wait!! - @MrJasonAnthony
#onceuponatime was good. A lot of potential there. - @JDMLostandFound The
#OnceUponATime pilot was awesome. Best pilot I’ve seen this year.#Mustwatchtv - @scottfrilot
#OnceUponaTime is pretty great. Lots of nods to#Lost. I think I’ll give it a try.#ihavetogoback -
@OnlySarine
#Onceuponatime was kinda disaster-ish - @Madi_Corinn12 Watched
#OnceUponATime sooo amazing.(: - @DearHeartxoxo I’m confused….
#OnceUponATime - @DSosnowski2728
#OnceUponATime was awesome!!! - @TheadamB Watched
#OnceUponATime tonight. Looks very promising. - @daana_ loved
#onceuponatime, all your favorite fairytales put in one - @TenelKa
#OnceUponaTime was awesome tonight! It reminds me so much of#Fables but in a good way. - @bookgirltk
#onceuponatime was#epic ! Yay for fairytales - @sews4dollars I’m sufficiently interested to watch the next episode.
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