Articles by John Semley
- music What song do you want played at your funeral? By Danny Gallagher, Scott Von Doviak, David Anthony, Andrea Battleground, Brandon Nowalk, Evan Rytlewski, Jason Heller, Joel Keller, John Semley, Noah Cruickshank, Sonia Saraiya, Claire Zulkey, Sam Adams, Cory Casciato, Kevin McFarland, Steve Heisler, Josh Modell, Pilot Viruet, Rowan Kaiser, Ryan McGee, Emily St. James, Marah Eakin June 21, 2013 | 5:00am
- film “How can the same shit happen to the same guy twice?”: 14 unnatural movie sequels By Cory Casciato, John Semley, Kevin McFarland, A.A. Dowd, Zack Handlen, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Marah Eakin May 27, 2013 | 5:00am
- tv “Illusion, Michael. A trick is something a whore does for money”: 20 inept magicians in pop culture By John Semley, Danny Gallagher, Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank, Josh Modell, Joel Keller, Marah Eakin May 20, 2013 | 5:00am
- film Welcome to the end of the world, have a Coke: 10 cases of prominent post-apocalyptic product placement By John Semley, Noah Cruickshank, Zack Handlen, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Emily St. James, Tasha Robinson April 24, 2013 | 5:00am
- film Product misplacement: 20-plus brands given unhelpful movie associations By John Semley, Noah Cruickshank, Zack Handlen, Scott Tobias, Joel Keller, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Tasha Robinson April 22, 2013 | 5:00am
- tv Head up high, feet on the ground: 16 onscreen drug trips that don’t go over the top By Nathan Rabin, Cory Casciato, John Semley, Josh Modell, Scott Tobias, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Claire Zulkey, Tasha Robinson, Genevieve Koski April 15, 2013 | 5:00am
- tv “Don’t worry about the government”: 13 fictional political machines that are too stupid to be sinister By Cory Casciato, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Joel Keller, John Semley April 10, 2013 | 5:00am
- film What did Roger Ebert mean to you? By Nathan Rabin, John Semley, Noah Cruickshank, Zack Handlen, Joel Keller, Matt Wild, Noel Murray, Marah Eakin, Claire Zulkey, Sam Adams, Tasha Robinson April 5, 2013 | 5:00am
- tv Empathizing with art By Nathan Rabin, John Semley, Kyle Ryan, Jason Heller, Steve Heisler, Noah Cruickshank, Joel Keller, Sonia Saraiya, Ryan McGee, Marah Eakin, Brandon Nowalk, Emily St. James, Claire Zulkey, Sam Adams, Tasha Robinson March 29, 2013 | 5:00am
- film No training, no medical license, no problem!: 20 scenes where civilians perform surgery By John Semley, Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank, Josh Modell, Zack Handlen, Scott Tobias, Marc Hawthorne, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Tasha Robinson, Genevieve Koski March 25, 2013 | 5:00am
- tv “What a nightmare!”: 21 TV episodes that do dream sequences right By John Semley, Noah Cruickshank, Zack Handlen, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Oliver Sava, David Sims, Emily St. James, Claire Zulkey, Tasha Robinson, Genevieve Koski March 18, 2013 | 5:00am
- aux R.I.P. Clive Burr, Iron Maiden drummer By John Semley March 14, 2013 | 3:36pm
- aux Perfect pop culture? By Nathan Rabin, John Semley, Jason Heller, Josh Modell, Zack Handlen, Carrie Raisler, David Anthony, Joel Keller, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Ryan McGee, Sonia Saraiya, Emily St. James, Tasha Robinson March 8, 2013 | 6:00am
- music New releases from Plow United, Shai Hulud, The Bronx, and more By John Semley, Jason Heller March 6, 2013 | 7:30pm
- tv Fictional foods we want to try By Cory Casciato, John Semley, Kyle Ryan, Jason Heller, Scott Von Doviak, Joel Keller, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Sarah Collins, Ryan McGee, Sonia Saraiya, Brandon Nowalk, Emily St. James, Claire Zulkey, Tasha Robinson, Genevieve Koski February 22, 2013 | 6:00am
- music Tonight, let’s be lovers: 18 songs about one-night stands By Nathan Rabin, John Semley, Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Jason Heller, Josh Modell, Marc Hawthorne, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Marah Eakin, Tasha Robinson, Genevieve Koski February 11, 2013 | 6:00am
- music Best album-opening one-two punches By Nathan Rabin, John Semley, Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Jason Heller, Josh Modell, Zack Handlen, Scott Tobias, David Anthony, Marc Hawthorne, Sarah Collins, Joel Keller, Noel Murray, Ryan McGee, Marah Eakin, Emily St. James, Tasha Robinson February 8, 2013 | 6:00am
- music This month’s top noisemakers include Iron Reagan, Cult Of Luna, and Holy Grail By John Semley, Jason Heller February 6, 2013 | 7:30pm
- film Hollywood’s trash, our treasure: 17 salvageable flops from the late-winter dumping ground By Nathan Rabin, John Semley, Zack Handlen, Scott Tobias, Vadim Rizov, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Noel Murray, Tasha Robinson January 28, 2013 | 6:00am
- music This month’s top noisemakers, including Year Of The Goat and Agitator By John Semley, Jason Heller January 2, 2013 | 6:00pm
- tv You’ve got to go on waiting for the miracle to come: 63 of our most anticipated entertainments of 2013 By Nathan Rabin, Cory Casciato, John Semley, Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Jason Heller, Steve Heisler, Josh Modell, Zack Handlen, Joel Keller, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Noel Murray, Ryan McGee, Emily St. James, Sarah Collins, Tasha Robinson, Genevieve Koski December 31, 2012 | 6:00am