THE MAGNIFICENT MURRAYTHON: PART III
By Brad Grandrino Wes Anderson is one of those directors whose unique style is either loved or loathed. Admittedly it […]
‘THE BAD NEWS BEARS’ TURNS 40
By Kevin Redding For my money, two of the greatest sports movies ever made came out in 1976: Rocky and […]
‘THE WITCH’: PRIMEVAL, PROGRESSIVE AND PETRIFYING
By Dan Poorman We will conquer this wilderness. It will not consume us! William, The Witch Sorry, Will, but it totally […]
FIRST WATCH 2015: MEMORABLE FILMS AND TV, OLD AND NEW
By The Taste Basket Team It’s that time of year, when the world falls in love… with “Best Of” lists. […]
THE TASTE BASKET PODCAST: A BASKETFUL OF CHRISTMAS!
Sit beside a cozy fire, sip on some hot chocolate, and bask(et) in the Christmas glory as you listen to […]
POD-RACISM: THE HARMFUL DIVERSITY OF ‘STAR WARS’
By PJ Grisar When that definitive Star Wars text first crawled onto the screen in 1977, the world had never […]
‘KRAMPUS’ MAKES CHRISTMAS WHACKO AGAIN
By Dan Poorman A Christmas Story. Gremlins. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Home Alone. The Nightmare Before Christmas. Hell, even Jingle All The Way. These are the […]
THE MONSTER MASHKETEERS # 6!
Dan here. What can I say? Halloween is here, but only for a fleeting moment, so be sure to take […]
THE MONSTER MASHKETEERS # 4!
Ahhh, the wonders of growing up in the late 90s! I mean, sure, the decade saw its fair share of […]
THE MONSTER MASHKETEERS # 3!
In our third entry, we hear from “Mashketeer” Brad from New Jersey, home of the Jersey Devil! Brad discusses his […]
THE HALLOWEEN PODCASTKET!
In their first ‘cast since May, Dan and Kevin brush the dust off their metal USB microphones and engage in […]
JOURNEY THROUGH THE HALLOWEEN STORE!
By Kevin Redding Over the weekend, I traveled to a Spirit Halloween store huddled in the back corner of a […]
REVIEW: ‘CREEP’ IS A REFRESHINGLY DISTURBING NEW MUMBLECORE GEM
By Court Jarrell Ugh. Another low-budget, found-footage horror flick. Haven’t we dredged the bottom of this well enough? Apparently not. […]
HALLOWEEN TIME IS UPON US!
By Kevin Redding Strap in, folks. The spookiest, and truly most wonderful, time of the year is right around the […]
A WORD ON OUR UNEXPECTED, HEART-STOPPING HIATUS (WHICH ENDS NOW)
We’re ba-aaack. What can we say? We got busy. We binged on Halloween, we missed Thanksgiving, and now it’s mid-December. […]
WELCOME!
Hello and welcome to The Taste Basket. No, we are not a food blog. Instead, our usage of the word […]
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