Intuitively, one would perhaps expect chess themes to mainly occur in advertisement for brainy things, like insurance, or computers, or stocks or something. But it…
CIPC #265: Family ties S1 E17, French lessons
When we talk about TV series on this blog, someone has usually been murdered. There is probably a cop in a foul mood around, accompanied…
CIPC #264: Album covers
A long time ago, I wrote a blog post about chess themed book covers, which greatly endangered my faith in humanity. A later post about…
CIPC #263: KikoRiki S2 E99, Chess
It is a truth universally acknowledged that children are getting worse and worse at pretty much every subject in school. Almost every vaguely modern phenomenon…
CIPC #262: Little nightmares 2
Time to talk about a video game once more! Little nightmares 2 is a puzzle-platformer from five years ago. In it, the player takes control…
CIPC #261: It! The terror from beyond space
Sometimes a title tells you everything you need to know. If your movie is called It! The terror from beyond space, it is bound to…
CIPC #260: Stouffer’s ad
I don’t know where this ad comes from, neither in space nor in time. The text and the company strongly suggest it must originate from…
CIPC #259: Alfred Hitchcock presents S2 E33, A man greatly beloved
What happens if you cross Winnie the Pooh with Psycho? This burning question that was on no one’s lips is answered in today’s subject. As…
CIPC #258: My cousin Vinny
After last week’s crime drama, there’s a courtroom comedy on the menu today. It is a film from 1992. At least, that’s the mainstream theory.…
CIPC #257: The silent partner
The silent partner was recommended to me by one of my readers – a silent partner, if you like. It is a 1978 movie about…