Note: This article contains spoilers. I have a love-hate relationship with The Twilight Saga. Aside from having horrible dialogue and egregiously melodramatic story lines, sometimes it’s just offensive if you’re remotely liberal, because Meyer’s conservative,…
The film Ruby Sparks is largely about being a decent human being by recognizing and absconding latent narcissistic tendencies. Our protagonist Calvin Weir-Fields (played Paul Dano) is a talented twenty-six-year-old writer living off the success…
Lately, I’ve developed an inexplicable addiction to Dawson’s Creek. Like many people, the appearance of James Van Der Beek on the relatively new sitcom Don’t Trust the B— in Apt. 23 (of which, Van Der Beek—who plays himself—is…
Absurdity and the Emptiness of Ritual On her wedding night, the bride tells her husband that she needs a minute. She goes outside to the golf course. A young man follows her. She turns to…
Season 1, Episode 6: “Charity Drive”–November 30, 2003 Episode Rewind: This is the one where… Lindsay joins a group of activists dedicated to preserving the wetlands and kills a frog immediately upon her arrival. Michael…
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) chronicles a young woman’s escape from a cult and her subsequent difficult transition back into society. Every name in the title refers to the same young woman (played by Elizabeth…
Episode Rewind: Season 1, Episode 4: “Key Decisions”—November 23, 2003 This is the one where… Michael sells the corporate jet. Because the buyer has no interest in it, and because the Bluth family needs a…
Episode Rewind: Season 1, Episode 3: “Bringing up Buster”—November 16, 2003 This is the one where… We first learn about George Sr.’s “Cornballer,” illegal everywhere, yet, still marketed successfully in Mexico. George Michael auditions for…
The film adaptation of The Lorax came to theaters March 2, 2012, on what would have been the 108th birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss. The film’s release date seems fitting, a tribute…
Episode Rewind: Season 1, Episode 2: “Top Banana”—November 9, 2003 This is the one where George Sr. keeps saying, to Michael’s and our confusion, “There’s always money in the banana stand.” Throughout episode two, Michael…
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