the bear
Some days, 'The Bear' eats you
Thoughts on the popular FX "comedy" four seasons in.
Bill Hanstock
dc
'Superman' returns to his goofy roots
A lovely return to form for a hero who needed a fresh look.
tv
I have questions about a 47-year-old episode of 'The Love Boat'
And you thought "Poop Cruise" was bad.
movie review
'F1' is precisely the movie it needed to be
Every good sports movie has a formula. Perhaps a formula ... one?
Never even left the parking lot
When R.E.M. announced their first tour in six years in support of their latest album, Monster, in 1995, my sister and I knew that we absolutely had to go. My older sister, who had moved out for good in 1991, had taken me to my first-ever "real&
movies
How to remake your dragon
This isn't really about the remake of How to Train Your Dragon.
movies
The Bruce Springsteen Movie exists
Well, the trailer dropped for Bruce Springsteen: The Movie, starring lil' itty-bitty Jeremy Allen White. It's a pretty bold gambit to release this the year after the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, and an even bolder gambit to release it just a few months after A
simpsons
Steamed hams
A marvelous revelation about Superintendent Chalmers.
parenting
It's tough
Trying to make sense of parenting, six years in.
movie review
Scheme a little scheme
Wes Anderson's latest is another masterpiece that many people will hate for reasons known only to themselves and their god.
television
Everyone here hates everyone here
No one in the entertainment industry has anything nice to say about it, and they're going to keep making media about that.
mission impossible
Reckoning hard, or finally reckoning?
I'm asking you to read about Mission: Impossible ... one last time. (For now.)