In 2008, I was reading film news blogs daily, and I remember we all got a chuckle when Aaron Sorkin joined Facebook, announcing he was working with producer Scott Rudin on a movie about the site. It seemed like silly at best, crass at worst. Sorkin was (and is) respected, but not immune to indulgent…
I’ve mentioned in past articles that I feel a little bit underqualified or redundant when I try to encapsulate the greatness of some of the things on my list. Well, never will that be more true than for today’s entry. Grant is a bigger fan of U2 than most people are a fan of anything.…
High adventure. Big, beautiful worlds. Fun action gameplay. Exploration and puzzles. Epic boss fights. These are a few of the hallmarks of the acclaimed, long-running Legend of Zelda series. Chances are that you are familiar with the series if you’re reading this, so I won’t spend any time making the case for why Zelda is…
I’m going to write this, but I will note from the outset that I am woefully underqualified to. Not only have I just seen one season of this show — a breathtaking, addicting, incredible season, but just one — but we happen to have a devoted OC acolyte on staff. Grant cites it as one…
Every 25 entries, I’m going to take a break listing my favorite things to talk about something I don’t like: Wow, way to pick a low-hanging fruit, right? Still, I feel that I am qualified to comment on the badness Twilight. Not only have I read the first book and watched the first movie, but…
I found Sepinwall’s blog some time around 2008 when I was Googling around, trying to find some reviews of Freaks and Geeks. His episode-by-episode recaps of all sixteen episodes of the one-season-wonder were exactly what I was looking for. It wasn’t just F&G he covered, though. He wrote about a myriad of comedies and dramas,…
Judd Apatow is a comedy writer-director-producer who has directed or produced some of my favorite comedies of the past decade. Apatow first worked in television, with an eye on producing even early in his career. He co-created The Ben Stiller Show just two years out of college and won an Emmy award. After that was…
I think it’s safe to say that no band has had a career trajectory quite like Weezer. The rises and falls are numerous, and nobody is quite sure what their legacy is. Let’s walk through it. Sounding like a cross between The Beach Boys, Big Star, and The Rolling Stones, they did not fit into…
The Doobie Brothers. The Steve Miller Band. James Taylor. Simon and Garufnkel. Lynyrd Skynyrd. John Denver. Elton John. These are among the artists who I loved before I loved music. Their songs I heard at home and on the radio, their greatest hits albums I played in my first CD player. They’re musicians who laid…
Blankets. This book, guys. I barely remember this book. I’ve intentionally shoved it aside. What they hell am I supposed to write here? When I finished reading Blankets the first time, I put it down and said aloud to my family (we were on a road trip) “This book was great, but I’m not sure…