Oh my God. It’s been almost 24 hours and we’re still hungover from last night’s Mad Men (could it have been anymore depressing?). “Commissions and Fees,” the second last episode of the 5th season, left us with the bone-dry feeling of winter on the brink…

Popularly known for his controversial America poem “Howl” (among his other side hobbies), we’re thinking “Sunflower Sutra” is a better fit for today’s celebration of Allen Ginsberg’s 86th birthday. “We’re not our skin of grime, we’re not our dread/ bleak dusty imageless locomotive, we’re all/beautiful…

A lot of incredible animals have emerged throughout the billions and billions (and billions) of years Earth has been evolving, the majority of these species inhabiting our vast oceans (remember the neon glow jellyfish?). And for a San Francisco woman Merideth Patterson, who’s labeled as…

One of the side benefits of TV’s continued renaissance is that more and more actors are opting for the small screen over the big one. As a direct result the general hotness of TV characters has risen about 64% just within the past decade (don’t…

Wow, what an episode. “The Other Woman” kicked us right in the ass, then left us heartbroken wanting to cry (then turned around and curbed stomped us last minute): Joan prostituting herself for Jaguar, Peggy quitting. But in the end, Don won Jaguar; to most…

“The gods have no mercy, that’s why they’re gods” Cersei Lannister Hype is a bitch. When a TV show, movie or book (they still print those, don’t they?) is cursed with excessive hype, it’s almost impossible to judge and critique based on its own merits.…

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oZDKFoCqAw&w=560&h=315] The trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson’s newest epic, The Master, dropped at Cannes this past week, and it looks to be just as beautifully and bizarrely psychotic as his all of his other films (There Will Be Blood, Magnolia, Boogie Nights). The clip, which…

We were introduced to Father’s Office visiting Santa Monica after friends had made the suggestion for lunch and we were delighted with our experience, because who wouldn’t enjoy some well-prepared burgers and some tasty brews? The restaurant’s casual feel and self-seating arrangement is definitely relaxing…

You can never go home, as the saying goes, but the rough truth of it is that sometimes, you just have to try. This week, in an episode co-written by Judd Apatow, Hannah returns to her childhood home in Michigan to join her parents in…

“What kind of king do you want to be?” – Lady Talisa “I don’t know. The good kind?” – Robb Stark  Robb Stark has long been one of my favorite characters and I haven’t always been entirely sure why. Sure, he is a likable individual…