The 7 Most Underrated Horror Films Ever

Rodney Dangerfield felt their pain.  What is it that keeps certain films from gaining the full extent of the credit they are due?  It happens in every genre, but cinema’s black sheep, horror, has been held back for decades by the squeamish, the uptight, and the close-minded.  So to be an underrated horror film is [...]

Footloose and Seven Other Crappy Remakes

The recent release of the Footloose remake has me thinking.  Why?  As a true blue slacker I can appreciate that the films I loved growing have become classics and are (more often than not) likely to bring heavy paydays a second time around.  However, the remakes usually suck.  I did a list a few months [...]

Bucky Larson and 5 Other Bad Adam Sandler Movies

There’s a part of me that likes Adam Sandler.  Or at least the idea of the lovable loser that stands up to bullies and loves the elderly and the underdog.  I’ve enjoyed parts of all Sandler’s films and especially enjoyed his dramatic turns in movies produced by someone else.  However, I don’t know how many [...]

R.E.M.'s Five Best Songs

After almost 30 years of pioneering alternative rock music, R.E.M. announced this week that they were calling it quits.  The Athens, Georgia outfit were groundbreakers in the alternative, college rock scene of the 1980’s that also produced such acts as The Replacements and The Pixies.  Their 1991 single “Losing My Religion” thrust the band into [...]

The 5 Best Boxing Movies Ever

The latest entry in the genre of boxing/fighting films, The Warrior.  The movie stars Joel Edgerton and Tom Hardy as estranged brothers Brendan and Tommy Conlon who face each other in a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) showdown.  A powerful Nick Nolte plays their father.  Initial reviews for the film have been positive, and fight films [...]

7 Best Body Swap Movies Ever

The Change Up premiered starring Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds as, respectively, a married-with-children and a single ladies man who swap bodies while pissing in a fountain.  The idea of walking around in someone else’s shoes is certainly a mantra that has been around a long time and (especially in the late 1980’s) a plot [...]

7 Thoughts About Dancing With The Stars Season 13

ABC’s Emmy Award nominated reality hit Dancing With the Stars kicks off its thirteenth season on Monday, September 19.  DWTS is increasingly becoming one of the best-loved reality programs on television, following the tested formula of using B-List celebrities and current and former athletes to battle for the top prize.  Pittsburg Steelers star receiver Hines [...]

Ashton Kutcher's 5 Best Roles Besides Walden Schmidt

On September 19, Season 9 of Two and a Half Men debuts with its newest cast member, Ashton Kutcher.  It has been widely rumored that episode one will include the funeral of Charlie Sheen’s character, followed by the introduction of Walden Schmidt, the newest fictional roommate of John Cryer and Angus T. Jones.  Though I [...]

2011 Emmy Snubs

The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards show airs live this Sunday on FOX.  Comic genius Jane Lynch is the host and (not surprisingly) a nominee.  While the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences generally does a decent job of selecting its nominees, and the categories are numerous (close to 100), and the number of nominees per [...]

2011 Emmy Predictions

The 2011 Prime Time Emmy Awards ceremony is this Sunday, September 18.  Today’s greatest comedic actress, Jane Lynch, will host the show, which guarantees it will be an entertaining broadcast.  Mad Men leads all series with 19 nominations, followed by HBO’s new drama Boardwalk Empire with 18.  Count me as one who was also thrilled [...]

5 Songs Inspired By The September 9-11 Attack

It’s obviously unnecessary to point out that this weekend marks the 10-year anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers.  Somehow, as a nation we have found a way to rebuild, but moving on is more difficult.  Stories have circulated this week from the pop culture world about sporting events or [...]

Eddie Murphy's 10 Greatest Roles

Recent rumors were confirmed today that Eddie Murphy has been chosen to host the 2012 Academy Awards Presentation.  Murphy has flown under the radar of late as most of his recent films have done poorly at the box office, save The Shrek franchise.  Murphy remains, however, a Hollywood heavyweight having been nominated for an Oscar [...]

7 Best Mockumentaries of All Time

The newest entry in the mockumentary genre, Apollo 18, opened this week.  Though they’ve been around since the 1950’s, it has only been since the breakthrough popularity of This is Spinal Tap that fake documentaries have really hit the cinematic mainstream.  The term “mockumentary” has even appeared in some form in the Oxford English Dictionary [...]

7 Celebrities Died In August 2011

While it’s certainly rare that a month passes without the death of a celebrity or pop culture figure, every so often it seems that the floodgates are opened and tragedy strikes more than usual.  August 2011 was one of those times.  And even though the list of those that passed does not include major names [...]

5 Victims of the Madden NFL Curse

The newest version of the ultra-popular Madden NFL video game was released this week.  Madden NFL 12 is the latest in the franchise that began in its current form in 1993.  EA Sports has made a fortune over the years selling millions of copies of the game.  Madden NFL is one of the best-selling gaming [...]