The mix that lies before you is the work of a colorful team, clashing over the necessity of amputated body parts in The Wolfman and gauging the “wonky”-ness of the last episode of “The Office.”
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All Posts by Justin Klugh
[mix tape] Poptimal’s Summer mixtape
2 Sentence Review: Skip Bayless
Skip Bayless is best likened to a Teddy Ruckspin malfunctioning because somebody put a tape in the back that says “nonstop bullshit.” You are bad at your job, Skip; you are clueless about sports, don’t deserve your exposure, look like a horse, have zero professionalism, and in general, were the most irritating ESPN personality...
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Dear Grad Student: An Exchange
WHO'S SOCKS ARE BUNCHED UP IN MY MOUTH?!
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2 Sentence Review: “Parenthood”
The collection of stars from Parenthood‘s cast range everywhere from Coach to Six Feet Under to Gilmore Girls to Die Hard. The writing works itself away from cliché (despite the show being one) when it comes out of the mouths of talented actors, to the point that I’ll wedge in a family dramedy between 24 (yes,...
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2 Sentence Review: Iron Man 2
Mickey Rourke, either they left a bunch of your story on the cutting room floor, or you just tried to make as much as you could out of what they gave you, because there is not really any reason for your character to have been played by an A-list, Oscar-nominated actor just to show...
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2 Sentence Review: Hella Nation by Evan Wright
You know that globetrotting, people-meeting, mustachioed journalist fantasy you want to live one day? “Generation Kill” creator Evan Wright has lived it, and in this anthology of Rolling Stone pieces, his thorough, widespread writing introduces us to everyone from addicts and misanthropes to heroes and dog-fuckers, deepening one’s view of this sin and song-laden...
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[Cut] None of Our Business
Loud talking so that everybody knows your story? Cut. This one’s usually on a train or a plane, or somewhere where you are stuck with these assholes who grab their voice like a rubber ball, and hurl it about the cabin, allowing to bounce violently off every available surface, spilling people’s drinks, hitting them...
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2 Sentence Review: I want to go to the zoo with Roy Halladay
The blog’s entire purpose is right there in the title. And the admin, Zoo With Roy, doesn’t care how many MS Paint art pieces, penguins, lion cubs, and images of baseball’s best pitcher it takes to convince you that his dream will one day come to what will most likely be a hilariously awkward...
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2 Sentence Review: Trailer for “Date Night”
So, I guess the idea here is that with their respective NBC sitcoms still flying pretty high despite obvious declines, Carell and Fey can jerk out whatever quirky rom-com they want in exchange for big cash payoffs. Many, many people will trust this combo to make something promising, but with writing like “I don’t...
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2 Sentence Review: Guy on my Corner with a Guitar
It’s cool that when I’m leaving for work you’re tuning your instrument and crooning softly to yourself, and when I’m on my way home, you are wailing on that acoustic guitar with a rock/rhythm and blues style that could net you a couple of weeks on “American Idol.” But I think you’d need to...
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