Sachin’s Best of 2025 (and maybe 2026!)Sachin Hingoo looks back on the 2025 films that brought him joy, the ones that didn’t, and the 2026 films that promise to do so! Jan 08 26January 08, 2026Article at The Cultural Gutter
Get Ready For A Game ChangerThe ‘Game Changer’ series from the creators at Dropout.tv is doing comedy, improv, and even musicals in a way Sachin Hingoo feels good about watching. Jul 24 25July 24, 2025Article at The Cultural Gutter
Going For It: 2024’s Best ThingsSachin Hingoo runs down some of his favourite things on screens big and small in 2024! Jan 09 25January 09, 2025Article at The Cultural Gutter
Trailer Time: The Techno Thriller of ‘Black Mirror’ Returns for Season Six!It’s been too damn long (four years!) since Charlie Brooker and his team of disruptors unleashed their dark techno-nightmare of Black Mirror into the world, but those of us that have been waiting with bated breath for the sixth season of the scariest… Apr 26 23April 26, 2023Article at Biff Bam Pop!
I’m Still Not Sure What Reputable MeansI told myself I wouldn’t do this. For the second year in a row, I’ve let Switcheroo Month, the time of year when us Gutterfolk write about reputable art instead of disreputable art, sneak up on me without an idea of what piece of reputable art I’d… Apr 06 23April 06, 2023Article at The Cultural Gutter
Review: Greatness Lies Within Guillermo del Toro’s “Cabinet of Curiosities”When it was announced that Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, The Shape of Water) had attached his name to an anthology series called Cabinet of Curiosities, the hopes of lovers of spooky stuff around the world were raised. But could del Toro pull off… Nov 03 22November 03, 2022Article at Biff Bam Pop!
Podcast: TV or GTFO Episode 19 – ‘ALF’It’s been a minute! Four whole years worth of minutes, to be exact, but Sachin Hingoo and Gary Heather are back with our podcast about beloved and not-so-beloved TV series, TV or GTFO! On TV or GTFO we recap and review the series premiere of a show,… Nov 23 21November 23, 2021Article at Biff Bam Pop!
TIFF 2021: Yeon Sang-ho’s ‘Hellbound’ Packs Religious Extremism into a Horrifying SeriesA tragic, shocking, inexplicable event with hundreds of witnesses. A religious group that attempts to explain and justify it to a stunned public. An extremist element of that group, radicalized and radicalizing that public on the internet –… Sep 20 21September 20, 2021Article at Biff Bam Pop!
Viceland’s DARK SIDE OF THE RING: BENOIT Speaks About The UnspeakableContent warning: The following review contains the true details of a murder-suicide and the deaths of a woman and child. Less importantly, it also contains some spoilers for the premiere episode of Viceland’s Dark Side of the Ring, Season Two. It was… Mar 20 20March 20, 2020Article at Biff Bam Pop!
Podcast: TV or GTFO Episode 15, “Cleopatra 2525”In this episode of TV or GTFO, Sachin and Gary explore the dystopian-future sci-fi series about women being driven underground and forced to battle an all-seeing male overlord. Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale? No, it’s… Wait, this can’t be right,… May 05 17May 05, 2017Article at Popshifter
Podcast: TV or GTFO Episode 14, “Dinosaurs”On TV or GTFO, we try to keep things pretty light, and never expect that things will take as dark a turn as they do on this week’s episode. If we’re not mistaken, this is the first show we’ve covered in which a baby dies! Is it another gritty police… Apr 12 17April 12, 2017Article at Popshifter
Podcast: TV or GTFO Episode 13, “Seinfeld”We have a very special episode of TV or GTFO this week, and we’ve invited New York City-based freelance writer/general layabout, Seinfeld superfan, and friend of the show, Liz Heather along for the ride! It’s fitting that this episode comes out… Feb 17 17February 17, 2017Article at Popshifter
Podcast: TV or GTFO Episode 12, “Out Of This World”A show about teenager with near-infinite power, who can bend the very fabric of space and time. A show about the shocking revelation that our main character is half-alien, and her father is millions of miles away from Earth, communicating only… Feb 10 17February 10, 2017Article at Popshifter
Podcast: TV or GTFO Episode 11, “Baywatch”It took eleven episodes of TV or GTFO and not one, but two pretenders to the “king of beach-based crime drama” throne, but we’ve finally decided to tackle the OG, the undisputed champion of the lifeguard detective genre, Baywatch! We’ll discuss the… Feb 03 17February 03, 2017Article at Popshifter
Podcast: TV or GTFO Episode 10, “Family Matters”This week on the TENTH episode of TV or GTFO, Sachin and Gary finally acknowledge the show whose lead character, Steve Urkel, is somehow, one of the most iconic TV personalities ever. Family Matters ran from 1989 to 1997, amassing a whopping 215… Dec 16 16December 16, 2016Article at Popshifter
Podcast: TV or GTFO (Mini!) Episode 9, “Poochinski”Poochinski! It’s the classic tale of the filthy horndog detective (played here by the late Emmy award-winning actor Peter Boyle) whose soul is transferred into the body of a filthy bulldog and made to solve crimes. With that kind of bulletproof… Nov 18 16November 18, 2016Article at Popshifter
Podcast: TV or GTFO Episode 8, “Breaker High”On this episode of TV or GTFO, we’re going to introduce you to a little-known indie actor named RYAN GOSLING, via the extremely Canadian hit (???) series, Breaker High! Watch as Ryan and his pals sail around the world to several countries (inasmuch… Oct 21 16October 21, 2016Article at Popshifter
TV Review: Empire S3 E01, “Light Into Darkness”The life of a Lyon is never easy. Constantly hunted, often abused, and subjected to the threat of confinement. When Season 2 of Empire wrapped up, the Lyon family was in shambles. Hakeem (Bryshere Y. Gray) and Laura’s (Jamila Velazquez) fairytale… Oct 06 16October 06, 2016Article at Popshifter
Podcast: TV or GTFO Episode 7, “Pacific Blue”On this week’s TV or GTFO, Sachin and Gary review the extremely 1990s “Baywatch on Bikes” series, Pacific Blue. Running from 1996 to 2000 on the USA Network (also the home of a similar Baywatch ripoff, Thunder In Paradise), this five-season wonder… Aug 19 16August 19, 2016Article at Popshifter