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…
If there’s one thing I appreciate about my favorite small-screen comedies nowadays, it’s good writing. The well-crafted gag, the expertly executed one-liner—these things stick with you. Water cooler fodder, if that’s still a thing. When…
There aren’t many films I’m willing to spend $12–$16 to see these days, but you can bet Prometheus made the cut on my 2012 list of theater-worthy blockbusters. I got the chance to watch it in 3D last week,…
If there’s one thing video games have always been able to deliver, it’s an escape from the humdrum of daily living. Whether you’re kicking back to Skyrim or the latest Fable, these distractions allow the…
As I’ve mentioned before on Unreality, I’m a huge fan of Saturday Night Live, and think this entire season has been pretty damn solid. With one talented host after another taking the stage in recent…
Ron Swanson here. The first quarter of 2012 is over, which means different things to different people. For my part, it means the burden of redeeming something the government calls “sick days.” As an eater of hearty breakfasts…