I know, I know, this movie opened a month ago and nobody really cares about it anymore, but they’ll be reviews of new movies (End of Watch, Trouble with the Curve, Dredd 3D) later today too. For now, I’ll just make this quick… What Works: The old school claymation has an entirely different look and…
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Mom Jokes: Board of Directors
Schwartz, Cohen, and Ginsberg, were all close friends since childhood. They decided they wanted to go into business together. Schwartz says “All right, I’ll invest 100,000.” Cohen says “Okay, I’ll invest 200,000.” Ginsberg says “Well, I’ll put in 1,000.” Cohen says “If I’m putting in 200,000 I’ll be the president and CEO of the corporation. Schwartz,…
The Emmys, Who Might Win…More Importantly, Who SHOULD Win
Unlike The Oscars, which have almost no surprises by the time the other five dozen movie awards shows have already come on, The Emmy awards are extremely hard to predict. That’s because the only other televised awards shows that deal with TV (The Golden Globes, and The SAG Awards) also deal with movies, and, therefore, pretty…
Bubba’s Sex Tips: Bubba Ogles…I Mean, “Reviews” the Kate Middleton Tit Pics
[This article won’t be very long, because, well…how long does an article about nudie pics really need to be? They say a picture’s worth a thousand words, and that goes quadruple when the picture involves boobs.] As everyone by now knows, “Princess” Kate Middleton (and if calling someone “princess” as an actual title doesn’t make…
Quick-Hit TV Reviews of Louie, Up All Night, SNL Special, The Office, and Parks and Recreation
NBC’s comedy block was back tonight, and FX had one of the most significant (plot-wise) episodes of Louie ever. Let’s get to it… Louie: This often brilliant, sometimes frustrating show is widely touted as the best comedy on TV, with the caveat that it’s not really a comedy show so much as a show centered…
Mitt Romney vs. well, Pretty Much Everyone (Independents, Poor People, Mexicans, Letterman, and His Wife)
A by-now infamous video surfaced on Mother Jones that shows Mitt Romney disparaging, well, pretty much everyone… 5. Mitt vs. Mexicans…In the video, he acknowledges the fact that his father was born in Mexico (though leaves out that it was because his grandfather was a fugitive who wanted to practice polygamy), and then says that…
Live From New York…Visiting the One-Year Occupy Wall Street Anniversary
This may be a day late and a (billion) dollar(s) short, but I was fortunate enough to be in New York on the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement, and I made special effort to check out Zuccotti Park, where they had staged their most notable protest in months. [I also went back…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: The Master…Less About Scientology Than Psychology
Any new Paul Thomas Anderson movie (Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love, There Will Be Blood) is an event in certain circles, the film critic equivalent of a new Marvel Comics movie. His latest follows a troubled WWII veteran (Joaquin Phoenix, sensationally animalistic yet nuanced) who feels adrift when he returns home, but…
TV Reviews: Boardwalk Empire, Revolution, SNL, Guys with Kids, and The New Normal
Fall TV is back, and so is cramming in a lot of reviews for new shows and season premieres alike… Boardwalk Empire’s Season Three Premiere: It’s funny the way we like some characters and not others, isn’t it? Breaking Bad’s Walter White is my absolute favorite character on TV, and I acknowledge that he’s a…
Entertainment Editorial: 10 Fall Movies To Be Excited About (and Five Not to Be)
It’s great to pretend that critics go into movies entirely neutral about them, but, honestly, they don’t. There are just always going to be some movies you look more forward to than others. It was true when I did a similar list in the summer, and especially true in the Fall…where Hollywood rolls out their…
Petty Issues: A Rogue’s Gallery of the Usual Assholes, Ryan, Romney, Chris Brown, and a Couple Kardashians
Ordinarily, there’s just one asshole of the week, but this has been an exceptionally busy week… Asshole of the Week 4th Runner-Up: “The Juice” O.J. Simpson. Earlier this week it was reported that O.J. Simpson believes Khloe Kardashian is his biological daughter (her mother, Mama Kardashian, had an affair with O.J. when her husband Robert…
Does 9/11 Still Matter? And, For That Matter, Do Islamic Terrorists?
By asking if 9/11 still matters, I don’t mean in the way a Civil War battle will always be historically noted nor in the way December 7th, 1941 will always live in infamy. I’m asking if it still matters in a major, organic way in people’s lives and the way they make decisions. Yesterday marked…
September’s Book of the Month Club Selection Is…Amy Waldman’s The Submission!
Usually, whenever I start the month I have no clue what that month’s pick will be. I run down a list of books I’ve read in the last six months (or am currently reading) and narrow down to one I think is the strongest for that month. None of that is true for Amy Waldman’s…