I'm just someone who knows for a fact that there are cats out there who maybe don't deserve to be swaddled in a blanket and carried out of a flaming townhouse by an American hero.
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It’s an ordinary Tuesday in the second week of June, and that means the kids aren’t doing shit.  And it means I – the sub – am not doing much to change that. It’s the first time all year it’s not pitch black during 1st hour.  Instead of being at the mercy of a...
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One Day, the latest book from David Nicholls (Starter for Ten, The Understudy), snapshots the lives of Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew – Em and Dex, Dex and Em – on St. Swithun’s Day over twenty years beginning with their first encounter on the night of their graduation from the University of Edinburgh.  A...
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Listen, if this was as dumb as you think it is, then why would I have spent the last hour at my desk, laughing like a drunk baby?  Just click “play” and prepare yourself to enter a 47-second world where cats act like people and then look directly into the camera; you won’t be...
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I am going to destroy this train.
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They’re all here: Struggling heroine, mysterious hero, camouflaged army guy, selfish coward, glamor girl, ugly girl, and Cameron Frye. They’re paper thin, they’re never going to be “Lost,” and their build up of mysteries before the inevitable trip down Revelation Mountain just isn’t going to hook you into watching seven blank character slates try to out-act...
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When asked about your favorite band, you lift up the back of your shirt to reveal your huge Aerosmith tattoo?  Dream On, Sucker.  Cut!
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I was hired as a dog walker the day the Eagles first signed Michael Vick. It was like getting drafted after a terrorist attack.
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AMC, like FX, has come out of the woodwork in recent years with a toolbox full of well-acted, high quality narratives featuring interesting cinematography.  And if you saw the special sneak preview of “Rubicon,” which is set to premiere just after “Mad Men” on August 1 starring James Badge Dale from “24,” and “The...
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It’s been way too long since we’ve had a runoff between an original song and its cover version. As a reminder, Cover v. Original works like this:  A contributor presents covers and originals in a post.  Readers debate over which is better in the comments.  Final verdict is given about one week later. This...
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