Silicon Valley, CA - There are a few new features here at Receiving Me? that, according to a scientific analysis that you should pretend we did, warrant mentioning. From now until the great day of reckoning, Receiving Me? will be highlighting the top comment contributors to our periodical. (Front page, bottom left corner.) For those of you actually paying attention, … [continue]

If you are reading this and you live in America, you might be under the impression that The New York Times, the A.V. Club, and Whoever and Ebert are the arbiters of cinematic excellence and box office success. Perhaps you check Apple Trailers regularly to reassure yourself that Hollywood is working on at least nine super hero movies simultaneously and … [continue]

Any decade worth recalling has its signifiers. The little fragments of pop culture that we can all collectively agree hark from that day of yore. The 20s had flappers, the 30s had hobos, the 40s had noir, and the 50’s had a frozen smile covering alcoholism and despair. We are now entering the closing days of … [continue]