The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
February 3, 2012
Trailers of the Week: The Phantom Menace 3D, The Cold Light of Day, Get the Gringo and Much, Much More!
Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace in 3D (February 10) Dan Silver: The voice-over audition process for this promo probably went something like this:
Read morePark City’s Finest: The 20 Movies That Rocked Sundance and Slamdance
Watching great movies is always a joy—but knowing about great movies before your friends do, that’s priceless. After bingeing last week at the Sundance Film Festival (and its underrated sidekick, Slamdance), I can now expound on the next wave of cinematic treasures months before they hit the local art-house theater, casually destroying any friends who […]
Read moreNBC Comedy Recap: Parks and Recreation, 30 Rock and the Battle for Thursday Supremacy
Every week in this space, Grantland pop culture correspondent Andy Greenwald will run down the happenings and mishappenings in NBC’s Thursday comedy night done mostly right. (Note: The order reflects newsworthiness, not quality. Although occasionally the two just might overlap.) 1. Parks and Recreation To be warm, fresh yet familiar and never stale — this […]
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Five Questions on American Idol, Week 3: St. Louis Is Where They Found Carrie Underwood
All season, Grantland Idol experts Mark Lisanti and Jay Caspian Kang will answer five very important questions about each performance episode. This week, Kang is “on assignment” at the Super Bowl, so Lisanti will be joined by Fake Jay Kang, his best guess as to how the otherwise-occupied pozole enthusiast would answer each question. Yeah, […]
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Has America’s White-Hot Hatred of Horses Killed HBO’s Luck? (Yes. Yes It Has.)
HBO has already committed to a second season of the horse-racing drama Luck, which is good news for the type of person who prefers to watch TV and never know exactly what’s happening. This is a person like myself (I continue to defend John From Cincinnati). I enjoy viewing scenarios that are simultaneously active and […]
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Reality Fantasy Scorecard: When You Absolutely, Positively Have to Pee on the Dance Floor
This GRTFL is being dispatched from Indianapolis during the lead-up to the Super Bowl. As I write this, the muted bass of hip-hop vibrates the hotel window, the hoots and hollers of revelers tickle my ears, and the creepy desperation of middle-aged, drunken “clients” in ill-fitting suits oozes through every wall. Did I go to […]
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February 2, 2012
Rembert Explains: Special Soul Train Memorial Edition
Editor’s Note: Welcome back to our series Rembert Explains the ’80s. Every so often, we’ll e-mail 24-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, unlike any other, was selected by Rembert Browne. […]
Read moreHoward Stern Won’t Let Letterman Let Go Of His Leno Hate
The Late Night Wars are long over — Letterman’s survived into his 30th year, Conan’s found his place on basic cable, and Jay Leno, diminished but unkillable, still gets to drive home from Burbank each night and polish a 1925 Doble Steam Car with a $150,000 diaper that once swaddled the bottom of an infant […]
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Five Questions on American Idol, Week 3: Sorry, We’re Not Going to Reference Portlandia
All season, Grantland Idol experts Mark Lisanti and Jay Caspian Kang will answer five very important questions about each performance episode. This week, Kang is on assignment at the Super Bowl, so Lisanti will be joined by Fake Jay Kang, his best guess as to how the otherwise-occupied Diva Master would answer each question. This […]
Read moreGreat Moments in Nerd Trolling: the Watchmen Prequels
Yesterday — in a press release that accomplished in seven paragraphs what could have been taken care of with a list of titles and street dates and the words Tell your god to ready for blood — DC Comics announced plans to revisit the Watchmen universe in seven new miniseries that will act as prequels […]
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The Sad, Sad Song of Demi Moore … and Other Horror Stories From This Week’s Tabloids
US Demi: “From the way Demi Moore was behaving on one January night, she may as well have been a college kid at a dive bar on spring break.” The 49-year-old actress “looked out of her mind” partying with her 23-year-old daughter, Rumer. “She was dancing wildly, lifting up her shirt to show off her […]
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