The End Gets Real
Of all the disaster films coming out this year, it’s pleasantly surprising to see that the best one by far is the comedy This Is The End, written by bar-mitzvah class buddies Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Think about it—you’ve got all-star casts in not one, but TWO “White House… [Read More]
Frances Ha, Queen of New York
These days I’m so eager to share information. It’s the information age, they say, so I guess that’s quite all right. While I watched Frances Ha, I couldn’t help but make a mental list of all the people in my life that I needed to share this film with. My… [Read More]
‘Game of Thrones’ and the “Now What?” Syndrome
Okay, so the Red Wedding went down earlier this week, along with Catelyn, Robb, Talisa and one of maybe six hundred major plotlines. You’ve had a few days to decompress, reached out to those you care about, and resolved to stick with them and get through these hard times in… [Read More]
Three things you should’ve done with the hour you didn’t spend watching Game of Thrones last week
As any sensible person would be, I was outraged when I found out there would be no Game of Thrones last week. After promptly punching out the nearest window, I looked at my bloodied hand and realized I might find some other way to occupy the time I would have… [Read More]
TV Nostalgia Hits a High
With just a few days remaining before the release of 15 brand new Arrested Development episodes on Netflix, the hype built up over the last year is raising into a crescendo. All fans of the show—whether they watched the series when it first aired, binged on its DVD/Netflix availability long… [Read More]
Cult Classics 101
Each year, hundreds of movies hit theaters and pretty much just get classified as good or bad—thanks in part to Rotten Tomatoes’s Tomatometer, word of mouth, and people’s general willingness to only see black and white, but never the gray area in between. Clearly, that’s a mistake. In the gray… [Read More]
Mad About Being Mad About ‘Mad Men’
The other day I read a fantastic article by Andy Greenwald of Grantland about what complexities and secrecy have made Mad Men (in his opinion) the best show on television. Now, I’m a huge fan of television, much like Greenwald himself—but I used to pay little attention to what the… [Read More]
We’re All in Agreement: This is the Best Time of the Year
It’s March 28th. The weather is getting warmer, girls are replacing their vibrant pants with under-butt-revealing shorts, guys are rolling up their respective shorts another cuff’s length, and everyone, well everyone’s just in a better mood. Let’s examine a few important genres of this American life and pinpoint the reasons why: Sports… [Read More]
Why Guys Can Relate to ‘Girls.’ The Show.
This season of Girls tested the limits of its viewership in a way no series before it has done. Lena Dunham placed her characters in strange, cringe-worthy, and straight up outrageous situations, then no doubt watched closely to see how we’d react. Jessa built off of her immature and premature… [Read More]
Oscar Talk: Who Won, Who Lost, Who Was Probably On Blow
Won Christoph Waltz Fluent in German, English, and French. Wins a second oscar for playing essentially the same clever-bastard role he did in Inglorious Basterds (less Nazi this time, granted) over Tommy Lee Jones, Alan Arkin, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and Robert De Niro. How can I get a dinner reservation… [Read More]
