Michael Showalter interview
Sometimes you get to interview one of your comedy heroes.
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Revisiting 2025's two best movies
'Sinners,' 'One Battle After Another,' and community.
Scrubbing back in
In which I make the case for Bill Lawrence in the television creator pantheon.
The two movie marketing white flags
How to make trailers when everything is going really well.
'Goat' is proof the sports movie formula almost always works
Even a perfectly average sports movie is still a sports movie ... if you do it right.
The time I interviewed Holly Hunter
I used to be able to do extremely fun things for work, to the extent that they all blurred together.
Now that's what I call 'The Muppet Show'
Congrats to Seth Rogen for sinking the layup people have been clamoring for for decades.
Every golf tournament should be as chaotic as the Phoenix Open
I once went to the most chaotic and fun golf tournament in the U.S.. No, not Holey Moley.
The myth of the Hero Cop
"The Rip," "Mercy" and cops that have never existed.
Give us the trash
We live in a trash pile and we must feed on the trash. It has been in woefully short supply.
We are so back
Big ups to HBO for bringing television back into our lives when we need it most.
A very old interview with Buster Posey
A timely look back at a conversation I had with one of my favorite athletes.
movie review
This thing is barely on
Bradley Cooper's movie tackles divorce, the latest human experience he doesn't understand.
Falling in love with Minneapolis in just 3 days
Some words about a trip I took some time ago.
food
My secret Taco Bell tasting
A trip to the Taco Bell test kitchen.
movie review
A lifetime of Noah Baumbach
George Clooney plays himself in "Jay Kelly," kind of.
sports
Meet me in Temecula
Revisiting the best Christmas sports meme of all time, one last time.
The Bizarre Experience Of Sitting Inside The ‘Quietest Room On Earth’
How quiet is "complete silence?" I found out eight years ago.
writing
Loser mentality
A story about weight loss and life. And a life of weight loss.
movie review
Dream a little 'Train Dreams' of me
Sometimes you just need a movie to relentlessly kick your ass.
movie review
The angriest man alive
"The Running Man" succeeds at the specific thing it's trying to do, which may not be what people want.
movie review
2 Wicked 2 Furious
Is "Wicked For Good" Wicked-y wack?
apple tv
'PLUR1BUS' is my idea of a good time
Rhea Seehorn just can't have nice things.
music
Borders and Boundaries
A perfect album turns 25.