Tag: House of Cards

• Favorite TV Shows of the 2010s

  See also: my favorite books, albums, and films of the 2010s. I spent a lot more time reading and watching movies over the last 10 years than watching TV, but here are the 10 series I enjoyed the most. 10. Catastrophe. For keeping it (brutally) real. 9. House of Cards. For the pulpy thrills of…

  Dec 16, 2019

  # best of, Big Mouth, Breaking Bad, House of Cards, lists, Parks and Recreation, Rick & Morty, television, The Crown

• House Of Cards

  As the second season of House of Cards begins Friday, it’s worth remembering that the Netflix political drama last left us with a prayer. In last season’s finale, Frank Underwood, the politician who has schemed his way through a twisted plan of revenge, enters a church, gets on his knees and looks skyward. “Every time I’ve spoken…

  Feb 17, 2014

  # House of Cards, Kevin Spacey, politics, review, television, The Bible, Think Christian

• 13 In ’13: A Pop Culture Omnilist

  Standard operating procedure for making year-end culture lists says to rank your ten favorite films/albums/books, but I’ve recently soured against this convention. Choosing a pre-determined number of “the best” among many great works, as all award shows do, is great entertainment but entirely arbitrary. So this time around, I decided to institute my own arbitrary…

  Jan 14, 2014

  # 12 Years A Slave, An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth, Before Midnight, best of, books, Chris Hadfield, film, Francis Spufford, Gravity, Haim, Her, House of Cards, Like Someone in Love, lists, Lucius, movies, music, Neil Gaiman, review, Rod Dreher, Short Term 12, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, This Is Martin Bonner