I loved Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, but for me, the Flaming Lips album that lost my attention was Embryonic. They used to be one of my favorite bands of all time until that album. I’ve been listening to them ever since the early ‘90s and their accidental breakout hit “She Don’t Use Jelly” and have loved (or at…

What, no Barney Stinson reference? For shame, A.V. Club!

By that logic, I should’ve just stayed at home and watched a rerun of “Real Time.” Having the opportunity to see him live is what got me out of the house that night.

As I wrote in my original post, the theater was “in the round,” so all the people who bought tickets on the other side of the stage (the side that ended up being closed off) were moved to my section, and I was moved back 10 rows. Sorry, but I can't explain it any better without showing up to your house with a diorama…

I lost a lot of respect for Maher when I saw him live. When I got to the theater, I was told that the show hadn’t sold enough tickets, so it went from being “in the round” to just half-round, which meant my seat was pushed back 10 rows. Was I compensated for the price difference? Nope. Granted, I suppose that’s more…

I just posted my own poem about Trump on Facebook yesterday and didn’t see this news article until now. May as well post it here (Warning: it’s obviously not anywhere near as good as the above poem):

I read the novel, and “Waking the Dead” is one of the rare examples of the film definitely being better than the book. Besides the book focusing way more on the political stuff and less on the romantic story, not only is Fielding less sympathetic, Sarah is too. (Warning: There are spoilers ahead for those who haven’t…

It’s definitely the most attractive she’s ever
looked. It’s one of the reasons I married my wife, actually, since she looks a
little like her (except not as skinny).

The acting in “Waking the Dead” is so unbelievably (for the lack of a better adverb) real. All the characters, even the minor ones like Fielding’s brother and dad, feel lived-in like they really are those people and have been them for years, and a camera crew just happened to capture their lives for a moment. It helps…

Along with “Before Sunrise” and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” I would add “Groundhog Day,” my favorite movie of all time, and two other, highly underrated movies that I consider to be among the most romantic: “Untamed Heart” with Marisa Tomei and Christian Slater and “Waking the Dead” with Jennifer Connelly…

Seriously, how the hell is “Lemons” not on here? Everyone was talking about that episode when it aired. Was the choice just too obvious? I also loved the line, “I love this country, even when it sometimes doesn’t love me back.”

As if the election result wasn’t horrifying enough, it also ruined an otherwise great season of “South Park” last year. I was loving the season until Trump won, which Parker and Stone clearly hadn’t anticipated, and then they were like, “Well, what do we do now?” Didn’t work out too well. Less so for our planet.
Can…

I feel like there are two types of reactions to this “twist”: people who loved it and people like me, who I admit are in the minority, who didn’t really feel it qualified as a twist (at least in terms of story). It seems the people who loved the twist are big superhero fans and especially enjoyed “Unbreakable.” I’m…

If by "anyone" you mean various websites, critics, and word-of-mouth, then yes.

The Insane Clown Posse decrying a “noisy world”: “Fuckin’ irony, how does it work?!”

Sorry, but the words “smart” and “Last Action Hero” shouldn’t be anywhere near each other. I quote “The Simpsons”:
“There were script problems from the start.”
“I’ll say. Magic ticket my ass!”

I specifically saw this movie this weekend (instead of simply renting it) because everyone was talking about the BIG TWIST at the end, so it wouldn’t be ruined for me. (They give away the twists in online headlines now.) I sat down in the theater and waited for the twist. And kept waiting. And waited some more. Then…

Same song I want for my funeral: Billy Joel's "Summer, Highland Falls." ("They say that these are not the best of times/but they're the only times I've ever known…")

That bit about not having the satisfaction anymore to slam down a landline phone seemed to be taken verbatim from one of Seinfeld’s old routines. I’m not saying he purposefully stole it; I’m guessing it was more an accidental, subconscious steal, since I know Seinfeld and Gaffigan are friends. (At least Seinfeld made…

I don’t know. I loved the first half of this two-part season finale (Mindy St. Claire was hilarious—both the episode and the character), but that last twist in the second half might have been one twist too many for me, I’m afraid. It bums me out that the delightful, whimsical Michael who was so fascinated by humans…