Winter is Coming, with ‘The YouTube Effect’

July 10, 2023

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Now Playing (CREDIT: Drafthouse Films/Kanopy)

Starring: YouTube

Director: Alex Winter

Running Time: 99 Minutes

Rating: Not Rated

Release Date: July 7, 2023 (Theaters)

The YouTube Effect, the latest documentary from Alex Winter, is here to let us know that our most popular video-sharing website has had quite the devastating effect on humanity. Just how massive has that effect been? To quote Carl Sagan (who does not factor into this documentary at all), “Billions and billions.” While this is no great revelation, this state of affairs remains unnerving nonetheless. So what should we do? I for one will take inspiration from Winter’s most famous creation and suggest simply increasing the Iron Maiden-to-everything else ratio.

Grade: I Like Watching YouTube on the Big Screen (3 out of 5 Upvotes)

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 7/7/23

July 7, 2023

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Working that last miracle (CREDIT: TBS/Screenshot)

Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

Movies
–Insidious: The Red Door (Theaters)
–The YouTube Effect (Theaters)

TV
–Celebrity Family Feud Season Premiere (July 9 on ABC)
–The $100,000 Pyramid Season Premiere (July 9 on ABC)
–Miracle Workers: End Times Season Premiere (July 10 on TBS) – Mad Max vibes this time around.
–The Afterparty Season 2 Premiere (July 12 on Apple TV+)
-The ESPYs (July 12 on ABC)
–What We Do in the Shadows Season 5 Premiere (July 13 on FX)

Music
-PJ Harvey, I Inside the Old Year Dying

Sports
-U.S. Women’s Open (July 6-9 on USA and NBC) – The ladies are golfing at Pebble Beach.