Comedically, this is one of Girls’ weakest episodes. Luckily, there’s a lot of good character stuff happening. Like so many of the best television shows, Girls—especially this episode—seems to be about characters’ lack of control. In “Hannah’s Diary,” none of our women are in control: Even…

In a little over a month Neil Young and Crazy Horse will release their new LP Americana, their first album together since Broken Arrow, released back in 1996. The songs on the album include reworked American classics such as “She’ll be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain,” “This Land is Your…

“Anyone can be killed.” Arya Stark While season one of Game of Thrones was incredibly enjoyable and truly great at times, there is no denying that it was rather disjointed. The first four episodes were mostly introduction to this Thronesian world, which was certainly welcome…

It’s safe to say that GIRLS has found its feet. With “All Adventurous Women Do,” the intent of the show is revealed: It is not going to be, as so many Brooklynites had feared, a rumination on the difficulties of being cut off from your…

Last night we saw James McTeigue’s (V for Vendetta, The Matrix) The Raven, and to our surprise we didn’t hate it. In fact, we really enjoyed it and found ourselves in “OH MY GOD WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY DOING? HURRY UP!” mode, anticipating what would happen next…

Veep, a new HBO comedy series directed by Armando Iannucci (In the Loop), is a hilarious look at the “other side” of the political realm and just how funny and vulgar these politicians can be throughout their day-to-day endeavors, all while they are trying to maintain…

“The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. From it we have learned most of what we know. Recently, we have waded a little out to sea, enough to dampen our toes or, at most, wet our ankles. The water seems…

Though for us “Record Store Day” happens quite frequently, resulting in a lot of great classic finds that can sometimes make a significant dent in our bank accounts, today is the officially declared National Record Store Day. All over the US record stores are hosting events…

Alex Rodriguez! Better known as “A Rod,” this New York Yankee has been selected among millions of people in the world to play Salvador Dali’s assistant and famous drag queen Potassa in the future biopic The Surrealist directed by Philippe Mora (The Gertrude Stein Mystery or…

We’ll take Ciaté’s Caviar Manicure polish with a little bit of salt and toasted bread and butter. OK fine, they aren’t really made up of fish eggs. But the London beauty manufacturer’s one-of-a-kind nail polish that resembles Sturgeon roe (or a delicious sprinkled cupcake) will leave your…