Have you heard the expression “better late than never?” No, that doesn’t cut it for you? Well how about this rationale: “There’s no way to know what books are truly underrated until we’re already five months into the next year.” Anything? No? Well, I tried..but here it is “I should have written this months ago,…
Category: Entertainment Editorial
5 New TV Shows to Watch This Summer
Summer doesn’t have to be a dead-zone for television (although, let’s face it, it still pretty much is…no matter how many shows you watch normally, that number is probably cut in half during the summer). Cable has made their TV seasons year round, and there’s signs that many broadcast nets want to do the same….
The 5 Best Shows You’re Not Watching [And 5 Worst Ones You Are]
The ratings for most current TV shows are almost exactly inverse to how good they truly are. It’s a crazy upside down world where NCIS is the top-rated show on TV after God knows how many seasons (seriously, how long has that show been on? 7 years? 17 years? I would believe either answer), and…
10 Summer Movies I’m Looking Forward to (And 10 I’m Not)
The Summer movie season has already started, and I’m left wondering when it ever ended since nearly every other week sees a Marvel superhero, young adult adaptation, or some other big budget CGI non-sense. I’ll admit that this is not the strongest summer for movies, and very few of the bigger budget sequels look promising,…
What the Hell was “The Good Wife” Thinking? Inside Their Big Mistake
[Major spoilers…IF you haven’t already managed to have last night’s shocking episode ruined for you by the internet.] “The Good Wife” is on a creative hot streak this year with many proclaiming it their best one. It’s not easy for a show to do that in their fifth season. It’s downright IMPOSSIBLE for a CBS…
Oscar Hosts: NO More Ellen or Billy Crystal, NEW Hosts Every Year
Welp, Ellen Degeneres hosted the Oscars last night and was exactly how you’d expect: bland, tedious, indulging in long set pieces that promised only mild chuckles from the outset and barely delivered those in execution. I guess the Academy Awards do this every time they have a “risky” host (like Seth MacFarland last year) and…
Why Paula Patton and Robin Thicke Should Stay Together
I love media and pop culture, but it’s not often I really get too invested in celebrity couplings. “Hollyweird” marriages aren’t built to last, and there’s no sense getting too attached to them, is the general thinking. Except that the marriage of Paula and Robin actually was. Theirs was a real, pre-fame relationship that’s been going strong…
Can the New “Late Night” Host Seth Meyers Please Let SNL Go?
We get it Seth, being on SNL as Weekend Update anchor and being the head writer on the show during an excruciatingly tedious period (when blandos like Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, and Fred Armisen reigned supreme) is the best thing that ever happened to you. We know that you looooooooved it there, and were seemingly going to…
Jimmy Fallon’s First “Tonight Show”…Great, If You Love Bland
I have a deep, dark secret. I have a secret that would make me such a social leper I can’t tell anyone about it. The truth is: I don’t like Jimmy Fallon. I know, I know, I know I’m supposed to. I know that Fallon’s too-genial, toothless brand of comedy is supposed to instantly endear him to…
Jay Leno’s Final “Tonight Show”
I’ve never been a big Jay Leno fan, and I actually found it hard to watch The Tonight Show the last few years as ole lazy-joke Leno made more or less the same 10 jokes every night (OJ’s guilty, Clinton likes sex, hyuk yuk yuk). I can’t say Jimmy Fallon is any better though, but…
Every 2013 Movie From Worst to Best!
165 movies were seen by me in 2013, and now it’s time to list what I thought of them all, below is the worst, the mediocre, and the absolute best of 2013! As always, just because two films share the same letter grade doesn’t mean they’re equal, and the rankings reflect how I would stack…
Every Movie I Watched in 2013 From Worst to Best!
165 movies were seen by me in 2013, and now it’s time to list what I thought of them all, below is the worst, the mediocre, and the absolute best of 2013! As always, just because two films share the same letter grade doesn’t mean they’re equal, and the rankings reflect how I would stack…
Oscar Nominations: Who Was Snubbed, Who Got Lucky, and Who Was Really Snubbed
Certain things enter into the collective culture, and it’s very hard to shake them. So when a lot of people say “Emma Thompson will be nominated for Saving Mr. Banks” for a performance that nobody really loves or “Inside Llewyn Davis will be nominated because the Coens are never not nominated” for a film that most people…