Year One

Base to Obama: Come In, Please

RJ Eskow | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


RJ Eskow

Obama seems to be deliberately moving his party rightward in order to capture the political spectrum from center/right to left. He wants to become the Tony Blair of American politics.

Movie review: Funny People

Marshall Fine | Posted 08.30.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

I never would have predicted that, at the end of Funny People, I'd have more kind things to say about Sandler than Apatow.

Releasing my Inner Ramis: Buddhist Subtext of Year One

Perry Garfinkel | Posted 07.25.2009 | Entertainment


Perry Garfinkel

Year One: a whole new opportunity for Harold Ramis to do what he does so well -- under the guise of slapstick guffaws, subversively preach goodness over badness.

The Box Office in Review for 06/20/09

Scott Mendelson | Posted 07.22.2009 | Entertainment


Scott Mendelson

I can only guess that The Hangover is continuing to expand beyond the frat-boy core, a theory which will be tested when Transformers 2 steals each and every frat boy away next weekend.

Interviewer Stones Jack Black And Michael Cera; Makes Mouth-Music With David Cross (VIDEO)

Posted 07.20.2009 | Comedy


Matt Zaller has been known to go to great lengths to put his interviewees at ease. He stripped for Matthew McConaughey and made fart noises for Paul R...