Has anyone else read that Michael Steele interview from GQ? It's truly, truly a thing to behold.

It's kind of long, but I promise it's worth the read. If you don't have time right now, here's an overview on one of the NY Times blogs.

Rest in peace, RNC. You've had a good run.

Apparently the guys from Lonely Island love making fun of white people with dreadlocks as much as I do. Enjoy!

So "Button" is the only best picture nominee I haven't seen. I don't care who wins, as long as it's not "Slumdog." No, it wasn't BAD, it just wasn't great. I don't understand the hype around that movie ( Read more... )

Okay, so, the NY Post recently posted this cartoon, and claims it's "a clear parody" and not at all racist ( Read more... )

For those of you who haven't heard the awful news, a live-action American version of "Akira" is set for release in 2011. I'm sure you can all imagine what a mind-bogglingly awful trainwreck (motorcycle wreck?) it is going to be.

But at least people are making funny parodies already.

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So can I still use this icon after Tuesday, or what?

1) WALL-E
2) Wendy and Lucy
3) The Dark Knight
4) Encounters at the End of the World
5) Milk
6) Frost/Nixon
7) Doubt
8) Hamlet 2
9) Be Kind, Rewind
10) The Witnesses
Honorable Mention: Run, Fatboy, Run

Worst of 20081) Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (Yes, I actually wasted 90 minutes of my life on this piece of crap ( Read more... )

At the behest of A.O. Scott's glowing review in the NY Times, tonight I saw Wendy and Lucy. Sure enough, I cried on and off all throughout the movie. I cried in the bathroom, I cried on the subway, and then when I got home I couldn't even describe it to Kevin without bursting into tears yet again. It was so minimalist, but at the same time I ( Read more... )

Hope everyone who celebrates Christmas enjoyed it yesterday. I made out like a bandit and have been watching my new "Black Books" DVD's all morning. It's the funniest show ever and I can't believe nobody's heard of it. Here, watch some clips. And last night I started in on "My Custom Van" by Michael Ian Black and the first essay has thus far ( Read more... )