The State of Scary TV
‘The Returned’ and ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ join ‘The Walking Dead’ in offering high-quality horror.
October 6, 2011
Henry’s Kitchen Part 2: How to Make Henry’s Anytime Chili for One
There just aren’t many videos out there whose first five seconds can cause both an explosion of laughter and a wave a sadness to crash over me, but comedian Henry Phillips’ second episode of his “Henry’s Kitchen” series does just that. As the mournful piano soundtrack lumbers through its minor chord progression and a pair […]
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Radiohead Cancels, Jeff Mangum Surfaces
Radiohead didn’t show up to play the Occupy Wall Street protests, as was rumored late last week. But Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel did. It’s a little like expecting the 82nd Airborne Division and getting the Luxembourg Navy, and that makes it all the more fitting. The protests will likely end up a lot […]
Read moreGreat Moments in Twitter History: #DevilGingerInMyHome
Sometimes bad things happen to good people (me obviously being the good person in this story). Such was the case this year when my 15-year-old stepdaughter broke the only rule I ever set in our home: NO GINGERS ALLOWED. She knew this rule and chose to disobey it by bringing a cold, clammy devil dragon […]
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October 5, 2011
How Well Were This Fall’s Major TV Cast Changes Handled?
Evaluating the cast turnovers of the new season.
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Lars Von Trier Announces Plans to Shut Up
Today controversial Danish director Lars Von Trier removed his foot from his mouth for long enough to close it for good. After a surprise visit from his local constabulary to follow up on the possibility that Von Trier had violated a French law forbidding the public justification of war crimes (!) when he made his […]
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The Deleted Scenes Hall of Fame
Almost Famous, “Stairway to Heaven” Boogie Nights, “Porn Awards” Bill Simmons: Here’s what I want from my “greatest deleted scene ever.” It needs to stand on its own as an entertainingly rewatchable YouTube clip. It needs to come from an iconic movie, or at the very least, an iconic movie to me. It needs to […]
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Q&A: Hugh Jackman on Real Steel
It’s a blight on Hollywood’s good name that they’ve taken this long to provide us with a movie about boxing robots. Arriving in theaters on Friday is Shawn Levy’s Real Steel, in which Hugh Jackman stars as an absentee dad who bonds with his young son (Dakota Goyo) as they train an eight-foot automaton to […]
Read moreNas: I Was Amy Winehouse’s “Mr. Jones”
What kind of fuckery is this??!!? Just when we thought the divine tragedy that was Amy Winehouse’s death could get no blacker we must now contend with the truth that it was indeed Nasir Jones who made Amy miss the Slick Rick gig.
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