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James Bond Needs a Hug.

Last weekend I saw The Queen and Casino Royale—two movies that had little in common, other than the fact that both featured protagonists who are kind of angsty. Not in a Laguna Beach “OMG is Jason going to dump me” way, but in an “Am I out of touch with my loyal subjects” way and [...]

Now where’s all that bubble wrap?!

WE’RE MOVING!!!!!!!!!!
We are moving to POPCULTUREYAY.COM
Come with! All of our blog friends–and by “all” I mean Amanda and Pete–please visit us at the new site! We are still figuring out how to make it look pretty, but there’s some content there already.

Movie Ratings System

I think “thumbs up” is probably trademarked, and maybe popcorn buckets are too, but for now, the popcorn buckets are our ratings system of choice. And it goes like this:

The Way Normal People Do

You know that expression, “the greatest thing since sliced bread”? Well what’s so great about sliced bread? Have we learned nothing from Hollywood? Carbs=Satan. I think the new standard in excellence is the creation of television series on dvd. Hours of endless fun in one little box. Not sold on the life changing effects of [...]

A Letter to BJ Novak

BJ Novak (Ryan from The Office) recently posted an open letter to his friends and fans. I felt compelled to respond.

Ignore the Aerie girls and stay. on. the. couch.

If you watch Gilmore Girls but you don’t watch Veronica Mars, you should be ashamed of yourself. Television…nay, make that the whole of America…NEEDS this show. And there are only 20 episodes ordered for the 3rd season. That’s not great, people. And if you’re not watching, that two episode deficit is your fault.
There is [...]

Y’know, this house is bigger than our old one!

New year, new Web site. We’re working out the kinks, and it’ll be a while until some design and structure decisions are finalized. But some people had ants in their pants, and so…we launch. Yay!