Category Archives: White Noise

Why Young Adult series all suck — but Hunger Games doesn’t

Harry Potter changed the world. The boy who lived has four hundred million copies and eight movies, all of which are in the 50 highest-grossing of all time, in his name as well as several acting careers that will never … Continue reading

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FUCK THIS SUMMER

There’s something magical about summer. Backyard grills, relaxing with friends, studios pushing the boundaries of what’s even theoretically profitable by throwing as much money as they can at the craziest kook they can find who knows how to operate a … Continue reading

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Using mathematics to predict the Planet of the Apes

In mathematics, an asymptote is a line that a graph can infinitely approach, but never quite reach. The most basic example is f(x)=1/x. It looks like this: As you can see, with x in the denominator, as x increases, f(x) … Continue reading

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Yes, it was a rape scene. Deal with it.

Early in Maleficent, the titular fairy (Angelina Jolie) is lulled into a sense of security by her childhood friend, Stefan (Sharlto Copley), and given a date-rape drug. The dying king had just announced that the man who brought him Maleficent’s … Continue reading

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They “Blended” an entire continent

Blended wouldn’t really be worth mentioning if it weren’t extremely racist. The film introduces single father Jim Friedman (Adam Sandler) and single mother Lauren Reynolds (Drew Barrymore) on a biblically awful blind date, then promptly sticks him and his three … Continue reading

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