Today
I saw Temple Grandin this weekend and it's fantastic; not the kind of award bait they make fun of in Tropic Thunder, but rather a film that captures the spirit of its subject, with a stellar central performance by Danes.—BK
Good argues that, after 15 years of players' union banishment, the guys who were replacement players in 1995 should be allowed to have their likenesses in MLB video games.—BK
Keith Olbermann disagrees.—BK
Feb 5, 2010
Did we learn nothing from the classic 1986 Michael Keaton comedy Gung Ho?
Behind the scenes of this week's nomination announcements.—JS
Finally, a name for clever/perplexing headlines like Gator Attacks Puzzle Experts. (Let newspaper editors have their fun; they're a dying breed.)—JS
Feb 4, 2010
Fans of other teams make the sad and not even remotely convincing cases for their suffering being greater than those of us who follow the Vikings.—JM
Part II: more of the same.—JM
Feb 3, 2010
Isn't it comforting to know that someone is out there making these lists so we don't have to?—BK
Newsweek's annual Oscar roundtable is one of the magazine's long-standing treasures, and this year's edition brings Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Morgan Freeman, Woody Harrelson, Carey Mulligan, and Gabourney Sidibe together to talk shop.—BK
Feb 2, 2010
A great write-up of one of the modern era's greatest comedies. "What amazes me about the movie is that Murray and Ramis get away with it. They never lose their nerve." That's the hardest thing to do in today's mass-audience comedies, and the key to its lasting appeal.—JS
The rare opportunity to read Breathed talking about Bloom County is one worth seizing. In a perfect world, I'd apply for three weeks' paid leave to just sit and enjoy the new five-volume anthology.—JS
Feb 1, 2010
Why you should pay more attention to how much detergent you use to wash your clothes.—BK
See above.—BK
Jan 29, 2010
There is definitely such a thing as too much of a good thing.
And, in some cases, 11 minutes that can really ruin your weekend. (I'm telling you, this "time-in" idea is a winner!)—JS
Get ready for Michael Bay movies to feel even more like a crack high.—JS
Jan 28, 2010
Teachers unions might not be able to protect the ineffective and incompetent for very much longer. If that's the case, everybody – apart from the ineffective and the incompetent – wins.—JM
A piece in defense of Jay Leno. Nothing in here is technically refutable... but she doesn't bring up the bit about how Jay promised the show to Conan but then, in effect, didn't leave when he said he would. Even so, an interesting take.—JM
Jan 27, 2010
A spoiler-free look at what's at stake for the upcoming final season of Lost.—BK
Being a Royals fan is so painful, it has led Joe to discover a new addition to Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's famous five stages of grief.—BK
The lessons seem to be: a) learn more than one acting note, b) don't let the action hero paradigm shift on you, and c) never get old.—BK
Jan 26, 2010
Here we have everything that's wrong with the American criminal justice system, encapsulated by one juror's experience.—JM
If I were him, I'd focus my State of the Union only on this stuff - hard to have a sagging approval rating when you're crusading against the greedy megatycoons!—JS
Jan 25, 2010
It was wrong on many levels. Now let us never speak of The Office clip show again.—BK
If you had to put a nail in the Team Coco coffin, with a little class and perspective, this might be the way to do it. (Still, fuck Leno.)—JS
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