Introduction Too many ads Mad Men and Breaking Bad are dirty words Fudgie the Whale Will Batman 3 be 3D? “Learning from Your Mistakes” by The Volume Brothers
Joel Murphy Sometimes I honestly wonder if there are “mad” scientists out there actively trying to kill all mankind just because they can. That may sound ridiculous, but look at the history. Scientists have built things like the Large Hadron Collider that, in the wrong hands, could theoretically be used to suck Earth into a…
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Aaron R. Davis In terms of the Internet, I am old. I don’t think 34 is that ancient — I’m a year younger than Drew Barrymore, after all, and she’s still getting away with her flighty fairy act in movies — but when it comes to the Internet, I may as well be a dinosaur….
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Courtney Enlow There is something inherently familiar about famous people. Being so ubiquitous and showing so much emotion in their works and performances, we feel as though we know them, even though they are complete strangers. Naturally, some of us desire to know more. The problem with finding out more is that it often involves…
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View trailer Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Director: Oliver Stone Writers: Allan Loeb and Stephen Schiff (written by); Stanley Weiser and Oliver Stone (characters) Stars: Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin, Carey Mulligan MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for brief strong language and thematic elements. Synopsis: Gordon Gekko and Co. return to confront our nation’s current…
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Being a lighthearted pop culture site, we generally do all we can to avoid discussing politics. We are much better equipped to discuss Lindsay Lohan’s latest drama or Ben Stiller’s lack of talent than this country’s current political climate. That being said, when a politician running for treasurer in an obscure county in Ohio decides…
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Introduction Fall TV returns Looking back at high school Goodfellas’ 20th anniversary Lars and Joel Time “Walk Away” by The Bolts
Joel Murphy When a network television show enters its sixth season, it’s easy for the writers to simply flip the show over to autopilot. If your series has made it that long, you’ve clearly found a formula that works, so why not keep writing the same stories over and over again, freeing your mind up…
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Today, we brought you an interview with one of our favorite authors, Mary Roach, author of Packing for Mars. Now, you can win a copy of that book. So how can you win Packing for Mars? It’s simple – just convince us why you should win. How you convince us is entirely up to you….
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When last we saw author Mary Roach, she was on the road promoting her book Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. Two years, one TED conference and one guest spot on The Daily Show later, Roach is once again promoting a new book, Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void, which was released five weeks ago and is currently ranked 15th on the New York Times best seller list for nonfiction.
