The Couch Potato’s Guide to Saturday Mornings

By Geoff Carter Last January, the MeTV Network, which unabashedly calls itself “America’s #1 classic television network” announced a new morning show, Toon in With Me, which airs Saturday mornings and features classic cartoons. It’s sort of a variety show featuring special guests, comedy sketches, and interviews designed to lead into Saturday Morning Cartoons, a three-hour collection …
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The Couch Potato’s Guide to Hard Times

Film Review of Borat Subsequent MovieFilm By Geoff Carter Historically, during times of hardship and duress, people have tended to look to movies as vehicles for escape and diversion. Musicals like 42nd Street and Dancing Down to Rio and Busby Berklee’s dance extravaganzas were quite popular with audiences during the Great Depression. While The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind, as well …
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The Couch Potato’s Guide to a Balanced Diet

Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter It’s hardly a secret that we live in a culture of excess. Before the pandemic, Americans could—and did—go to a veritable (or actual) buffet of All-You-Can-Eat deals at Olive Garden, Sizzler, Old Country Buffet, Pizza Ranch, and many others—and I’m sure we’ll all be back bellying up to …
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The Couch Potato’s Guide to the Back of Your Mind

Film Review of The Father By Geoff Carter Florian Zelllner’s film version of his play, The Father, is not only a harrowing chronicle detailing a man’s struggle to deal with dementia, but deftly places the audience squarely into the puzzle box of memory, hallucination, and disorientation that resides at the core of this disease. Like a …
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The Couch Potato’s Guide to Blood Money

Artwork by Michael DiMilo Film Review of Judas and the Black Messiah By Geoff Carter Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah is not only a gripping biopic about the betrayal and assassination of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, and William O’Neal, the FBI informant who betrayed him, but it is also a thoughtful work that examines …
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The Couch Potato’s Guide to Getting Even

Artwork by Michael DiMilo Film Review of Promising Young Woman By Geoff Carter It’s the woman’s fault, right? If they dress provocatively, flirt, drink too much, or go out by themselves, then they get what they ask for, right?  Unfortunately, this neanderthal mentality still persists in frat houses, bars, locker rooms—and boardrooms—everywhere, and indeed, has …
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The Couch Potato’s Guide to Women in Film

By Geoff Carter In commemoration of Women’s History Month, the Couch Potato would like to express his vast appreciation for the epic struggles and hardships encountered by the women of the world as they have strived to earn their rightful place in society. To do so, after careful consideration, the Potato has named his top …
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The Couch Potato’s Guide to the Road Less Traveled

Film Review of Nomadland By Geoff Carter Nomadland is a movie that, like the people that inhabit it, travels unmarked roads into strange new territory. The movie is based Jessica Bruder’s book detailing her experiences traveling the country with a group of itinerant workers, mostly older Americans forced to go on the road in order to …
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