Archive for January 2010

What We Talk About When We Talk About the NFL, Conference Title Games

Jan 29th, 2010 | By JP | Category: Sports

With the Conference Championships over and a week of pointless bullshit until the Big Game (well, the Pro Bowl, but who cares, honestly) we’ll give an abbreviated recap this week of everything that happened last week and then next week we’ll get to talking about what’s about to go down in Miami.  That’s the plan, [...]



Are We Sure We’re Ready for This?

Jan 27th, 2010 | By JP | Category: Rants

The first time I saw a Lost promo on ABC this winter, my heart skipped a beat.
“Whoo-hoo! It’s coming back!” I cheered. “Finally, we’ll get some answers!”
My girlfriend and I have been anxiously awaiting the return of our favorite mind-melting TV show since last season’s finale. In case you aren’t a “Lostie” (a word of [...]



The Movie’s Terrible, but Sandler’s Great

Jan 25th, 2010 | By JP | Category: Entertainment, Featured Articles

Judd Apatow’s latest movie, Funny People, is wildly inconsistent and borderline depressing. It is a 150-minute film that should have come in at 120, which would have been possible without losing anything other than an ultimately unnecessary and unsatisfying arc featuring the director’s wife. It is indulgent, and it is unfortunate.
Apatow’s otherwise sparkling oeuvre seems [...]