Month: October 2013

In case you weren’t quite in the Halloween spirit: here is the Tiny Fuppets special on BUH

In case you weren’t quite in the Halloween spirit: here is the Tiny Fuppets special on BUH

“Tonight Frankensteins are friends, not foes” As I get older and Halloweens come and go, I find it harder to get into the spirit (because OLD!). But there are certain things that just tug on me heart strings like this Tiny Fuppets Halloween Special, making 

The Tim & Eric midnight Halloween special you need to watch on Adult Swim

The Tim & Eric midnight Halloween special you need to watch on Adult Swim

“You’re gonna have nightmares, that’s 100% guaranteed” We’ve seen them perform live, we’ve seen their Billion Dollar Movie, and now we’re back to where it all started with Tim & Eric Bedtime Stories, a 30 minute Halloween special (those quarter hour shows are bullshit!) airing at 

How to stop worrying and start loving <i>Dads</i>

How to stop worrying and start loving Dads

At the beginning of the end for a lot of shows this season during press tours, one comedy Dads received somewhat of a bashing (I too joked along with the negative reviews, tweeting awful Dads jokes like some Internet monster), particularly BuzzFeed’s totally unfair and ridiculous piece 

No sleep ’till <i>Dallas Buyers Club</i>: why Ron Woodroof’s story could prove to be this year’s film favorite

No sleep ’till Dallas Buyers Club: why Ron Woodroof’s story could prove to be this year’s film favorite

“I saw a guy who was a dreamer and who was lonely, isolated, and who could never finish anything[.] He was aimless and the irony is it took him having HIV to help him find a goal.” —Matthew McConaughey on his character Ron Woodroof I 

“Hope you brought your bikinis because it’s gonna get pretty wild in here…later….”: <i>Hello Ladies</i> “Pool Party” review

“Hope you brought your bikinis because it’s gonna get pretty wild in here…later….”: Hello Ladies “Pool Party” review

“It’s sexy, but it’s not vulgar…which is what the party’s gonna be like” Pool parties: because what other way are you going to get a bunch of hot chicks naked in the first 20 minutes of hanging out? With Stuart’s brilliant pool rendezvous in the 

A deal gone way, way wrong: hell for all in Cormac McCarthy’s first original screenplay that shines in Ridley Scott’s <i>The Counselor</i>

A deal gone way, way wrong: hell for all in Cormac McCarthy’s first original screenplay that shines in Ridley Scott’s The Counselor

“The truth has no temperature” In the latest Cormac McCarthy movie-make, we have a really good-looking cast to carry out the American novelists’ well-known literary voice that’s debuting for the first time creating an original screenplay in a way us viewers are supposed to love 

Betting season 3 of <i>GIRLS</i> is the best yet

Betting season 3 of GIRLS is the best yet

I love seeing how much Girls has evolved from their very first campaign and SXSW Festival premiere in 2012 to the now 3rd soon-to-air season of the HBO comedy of twenty-somethings starring none other than writer/director/producer Lena Dunham. And who doesn’t love indulging in some Girls? Looking back at the 

<i>Carrie</i>: just not as scary in 2013, but enjoyable nevertheless

Carrie: just not as scary in 2013, but enjoyable nevertheless

“Did you throw tampons at Carrie White?” In Kimberly Peirce’s (Boys Don’t Cry) 2013 version of the Stephen King novel and once already adapted (first by Brian De Palma) ’76 hit Carrie, we’re back in her sheltered and tortured world, this time played by Chloë Grace Mortez. If anyone 

TASTEMAKERS and GROUNDBREAKERS: <i>Hello Ladies</i> “The Dinner” review

TASTEMAKERS and GROUNDBREAKERS: Hello Ladies “The Dinner” review

“To an evening of good conversation and better friends” In the case of Stuart wanting desperately to date that stupid blonde girl on the Hollywood Boulevard billboard, this time he’s convinced he’ll meet his fantasy mate tagging along with Jessica to the gay club. Because 

Aye, aye, Captan!: Paul Greengrass’ <i>Captain Phillips</i> doesn’t need cinematic effects for its suspenseful thrills

Aye, aye, Captan!: Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips doesn’t need cinematic effects for its suspenseful thrills

“They’re not here to fish.” All is quiet in Vermont days before Captain Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks) is sent out on a mission to board a cargo ship to the Somalian shores where piracy threats traffic in all directions. But work is work, and the