While perusing Netflix the other day, I got a face-full of something I wasn’t expecting: Danny Trejo. I’d been completely unaware the man had starred in anything lately, but Netflix assured me that because I…
As some of you may already know, I’ve recently started going on assignment for Unreality. No big deal. What most of you probably don’t know, however, is that I’ve been continuing to go on assignment,…
I love superheroes. Always have, always will. Some might call me a nerd in this regard, but since that word doesn’t really mean anything anymore and I don’t live in a mid-80s rom-com, I’m cool…
Ever since the dawn of humanity, religion has played a monumental role in the cultural evolution of our species. We’ve still got the words “In God We Trust” on our currency, for chrissakes. And while…
I don’t know if it’s the summer heat, the relentless throngs of seasonal tourists, or the opiates I take with my morning gin, but by mid-summer, this New Yorker’s brain has all but turned to…
Pop culture enthusiasts have it pretty easy today. Remember those clunky things made of thinly sliced wood we used to lug around in our tie-dye JanSports? We’ve got e-readers and tablets now. Remember sitting near…
I stumbled upon some gear-grinding news yesterday: the future’s not looking so bright for quirky, intelligent shows like Community. According to Time Magazine, anyway. I’ll let the unfortunately named Robert Greenblatt, NBC’s entertainment chief, sum it…
It’s easy to decry the Hollywood machine for sharting out one half-assed reboot/remake/reimagining/re-whatever after another. Like, really easy. I’m sort of doing it right now. But as long as the people in charge operate under…
Last weekend, I was forced to watch a rerun of America’s Got Talent. Well, I wasn’t forced per se, but each bike at my gym has a TV attached to it, and the only one…