Ellen Muth is one of the harder to categorize actresses out there. As George Lass — the audience-surrogate reaper on “Dead Like Me” — she went around with a depressive look all the time. Of […]
In the summer of 2006, I gave “Beyond the Break” a C+ in a review, ranking it behind its contemporaries “Falcon Beach,” “South of Nowhere” and “Degrassi: The Next Generation.” Now it’s back (The-N started running Season […]
I don’t think I’ve seen the Julia Stiles-Heath Ledger movie of the same name, or if I did, it made no impression on me. So I don’t know what the title means, but I do […]
I’d like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to a wonderful piece of technology: the DVR. Now, I’m not saying it’s the greatest invention of all-time. But it’s at least in the top five, […]
1. A lot of people use their baby as their Facebook profile picture. Wouldn’t it be awesome if an actual baby had a Facebook page? It would probably be more compelling than their parents’ pages.
For two weeks once every four years, gymnastics is the most popular sport in America. Like everyone else, I was drawn into the drama of whether Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liukin and the Americans would bring […]
On Tuesday, new albums by Dinosaur Jr. and the Lemonheads came out, as my Facebook friend Matt reported. “It’s like it’s 1996 again,” he happily noted, and I agreed. Last week, I was hanging out […]
From the “better late than never” file, Christophe Beck’s “Buffy” score is finally available on CD. It actually came out in 2008, and I just stumbled across it the other day in Best Buy. But 2008 was […]
1. I notice comedians now apologize for jokes if they offend someone. Can you imagine if musicians had to apologize for bad songs? “Sweet Home Alabama” attacks my eardrums every time I walk into a […]
1. I notice there has been a lot of anti-Shia LaBeouf sentiment lately. Geez. What did he ever do to you?