Look, I’ll be watching every new episode of The Office this season. I’ll probably act kind of reluctant and surprised, afterwards, when I invariably say, “Yeah, it was pretty good!” That opinion will be slightly more predictable and slightly less reliable than Thefoodreviewer’s take on “Pizza Rolls.” I’ll end up buying the season on DVD. …
Sitch rolls into the ambulance with Pauly at his side. In the house, Vinny and the Meatballs console themselves in that last vestige of family togetherness, the kitchen. Soon, they will breathe fresh air and reflect upon the futility of violence, even consider the subtle hints of their own surprising mortality, but for now, this …
TeenNick’s new late-night 2-hour block of shows, The ‘90s Are All That seemed compelling enough to me that I upgraded my cable package at a time when “going cable-less” is an increasingly attractive proposition. The upgrade includes the addition of some other channels I’ve already enjoyed, like MLB Network and IFC, but it was TeenNick …
Forty-two years ago today, a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a mafia-run gay bar in Greenwich Village, turned into a riot and a pivotal moment in the LGBT rights movement. I knew nothing about this event, or the systemic harassment and oppression that led up to it, prior to the American Experience feature, Stonewall …
Early in the series, The Office had a slow smallness to it unlike anything on television. It was willing to linger where other shows would skip ahead, which allowed the audience to practically participate in the tension. The slow smallness gave dimensions to characters who could’ve easily been one-dimensional. Of course, there were stories, too: …
Three moments struck me as particularly poignant and of one accord in “Goodbye, Michael,” Steve Carell’s final episode as the star of The Office. Each (like much of the rest of the episode) put a nice shine on the strangely beautiful development that we’ve witnessed over the past seven seasons, both in the Michael character …
From a relatively young age (probably 12), It’s A Wonderful Life has been my favorite Christmas movie, and one of my favorites of any genre. One of my proudest academic achievements was answering every It’s A Wonderful Life trivia question posed by my 10th grade History teacher, who came back the next day with more …