I distinctly — and fondly — remember how shocking “American Pie” was when it came out in 1999, starting with Jim’s dad (Eugene Levy) walking in on Jim (Jason Biggs), continuing through the pie scene […]
Don’t let the fact that it’s based on an ’80s TV series you’ve probably never seen turn you away; “21 Jump Street” is, rather inexplicably, the funniest movie to hit theaters in a good long while.
The idea of getting a weekly dose of the girl from “(500) Days of Summer” was irresistible when “New Girl” (8 p.m. Central Tuesdays on Fox) debuted last fall, but the public seemed to think a regular […]
“Young Adult” (2011) might be the most depressing movie ever made, but despite that high praise, I have to caution that it’s not for everybody. About a decade ago, I recommended “The Good Girl” (2002) to […]
First episode impressions (TV review): Kevin Smith is our guide through enjoyable days in the life of comic-store clerks in New Jersey.
I just got done reading Chuck Klosterman’s novel “The Visible Man,” which deals with the nature of reality. In a wider sense, all pop entertainment deals with the problem of reality, because fiction is the […]
My top show of 2007 was a web series — “quarterlife” — and three of my top 10 of 2008 were web series, headlined by “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.” I was even titling my year-end […]
“Napoleon Dynamite,” the 2004 movie, hit a sweet spot of comedy that no previous movie had even aimed for, let alone achieved. Not everyone understood why it was funny, but for those who did, it […]
Fall 2011 served up so many good shows, and so few of them have been canceled, that it’s easy to overlook the midseason premieres. Yet the networks have found a few open slots. I have […]
After a batch of truly terrible previews for Disney-Pixar movies (not only did the movies look bad, the trailers themselves were interminable), my screening of “The Muppets” (a franchise that Disney now owns) finally began — and, […]