The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
April 27, 2012
Who’s the Most Talented of Hollywood’s Precocious, Endangered Child Geniuses?
From Safe to The Phantom Menace, which endangered child is most gifted?
Read moreVideo on Demand Report: Starring Mark Wahlberg and Nazis at the Center of the Earth
The Headliner Contraband When did Mark Wahlberg turn into Charles Bronson? He’s so much better as part of an ensemble than as an everyman. This movie has a hat trick of character actors know for playing “scummy”: Lukas Haas, Ben Foster, and Giovanni Ribisi. Wahlberg better watch his back as Channing Tatum perfects his own […]
Read moreApril 26, 2012
Rembert Explains the ’80s: “Your Love” by The Outfield
Welcome back to our series Rembert Explains the ’80s. Every so often, we’ll e-mail 25-year-old Rembert Browne a video from the 1980s that he hasn’t seen. Rembert will write down his thoughts as he’s watching it, then we’ll post those thoughts here. This week’s installment was selected by Grantland Editor-in-Chief Bill Simmons: “Your Love” by […]
Read moreThree Doses of Waka Flocka Flame
Rappers are an interesting, inconsistent bunch. Outside of the hard, über-confident exterior that most rappers present to the public, it’s a complete toss-up as to what they’re like in real life. There are the huge divas, those who try to mirror their lyrics a little too perfectly, the solid percentage who have almost nothing, personality-wise, […]
Read moreAfter the Worst-Rated Debut of All Time, Is the CW Even a Network Anymore?
Sometimes just saying something is enough, right? Major League Baseball calls its championship the World Series, despite only representing teams based in North America. Zsa Zsa Gabor’s sketchy husband claims to be a Prince when he merely kicked a soccer ball with some royal kids. As Canadian rapper Drake put it, “I’m the greatest, man, […]
Read moreSurvivor: One World — ‘Never Say Die’ on Lady Island
After almost 30 days on the island, the survivors are starting to get that greedy gleam in their eyes, and all of the paranoia and deception that everyone’s been talking about for 11 episodes is finally percolating. Kim is having a harder time being everybody’s lean, tan best buddy; Kat is struggling with the idea […]
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Five Questions on American Idol: The Top Six Kill the Queen
All season long, Grantland Idol experts Mark Lisanti and Jay Caspian Kang will answer five very important questions after each performance episode. The end is so near they can taste it, and it tastes like a puppy’s tears. One Good lord. Mega-SMH. What did you think of Queen Night? Kang: Just when I was starting […]
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Grantland Reality Fantasy League: Evelyn’s Superfly Smash of Doom
You learn a lot about yourself watching trashy television. This week during my continued the exploration into the murky depths of the cable grid, I really learned a lot. I learned that I occasionally root for those on the wrong side of the law. That I sometimes root for those who are quick to resort […]
Read moreJames Cameron Heads to Space to Look For Unobtainium
Does a new asteroid mining program that James Cameron is investing in have an ulterior motive?
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Ashton Kutcher’s Sexual Walkabout … and Other Horror Stories From This Week’s Tabloids
Us Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis: “Friends with benefits?” Kelso and Jackie “took a mini-vacation together” to Carpinteria. They stopped at a roadside stand where “Mila bought sunflowers and blueberries,” then had sushi for lunch. “They hadn’t seen each other for years” but got back in touch during a That 70’s Show reunion segment for […]
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