By Chris Baily
If you haven’t seen this already, check out this amazing new phone fellow Poptenner Jamie Antonisse showed me a few weeks ago. That’s right – you’re looking at the first cell phone/digital video projector! And it’s got some other crazy features like a global voice translator. (Babel Fish anyone?)
Definitely try to make it through the whole intro video – and when…
By Hawkes Klein
Of all the things I’m scared of a pandemic flu isn’t one of them (weird right?). I am 400% certain that it wouldn’t affect me and I’d be one of the “chosen few.” It’s like when you want to know who you were in a past life and you think “maybe I was royalty!” when probably you were an illiterate…
By Ji-Un Kwon
I’m proud of what we’ve achieved, but I’m not content. I’m pleased with our progress, but I’m not satisfied.
So it’s been 100 days now. 100 days and it still hasn’t worn off. The image alone of President Obama standing at that podium is enough to make your heart swell with pride. And then he speaks. And it’s still a bit…
I’ve suspected for a long time that there might be holy or eschatological implications for the coming of the Andrew WK. The evidence is all there, but today’s article in New York Magazine seals the deal. The evidence is officially overwhelming.
Why Andrew WK Is Probably the Messianic Christ
1. His songs are all about bringing people together and celebrating positive energy and…
By Jeremy Kotin
You know you’ve done it. You know you’ve woken up the next morning regretting it. And if you think you haven’t, well, then you’re simply not looking back at some of those old texts that you sent at 2, 3, 4, 8 in the morning after a real bender that you really truly wish you hadn’t sent.
As with all embarassing…
By Peter Brauer
Holy cow. Where did my socks go? American Experience: We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears totally knocked them off. I just watched it last night on PBS, and now I have to donate. This is the third in a series of five, hour and a half long reenactment based documentaries. This episode tells the devastating story of the Cherokee as…
By Jeremy Kotin
1. SHOW The Singing Forest
This confusing yet engrossing drama of deeply interconnected characters racing around New York City packs a surprising punch and belly laugh depending on which part of the three hours you’re experiencing. Craig Lucas’ script might be all over the place, hopping from NYC in 2000 to 1930s Vienna to 1940 London, drawing stark lines between multiple…
May approaches, and many of us popcorn movie fiends are joyfully anticipating the special brand of euphoria that comes with numb butts, arctic air conditioners, screaming babies, SnoCaps, and- ah yes, brainless summer entertainment. Summer Blockbusters are my guiltiest (legal) pleasure (kidding) and as pathetic as it sounds, you won’t find me in the theater between the months of September…
Matt Ellsworth and I met while making Second Skin, a documentary I directed on virtual worlds. He’s one of the boys from Indiana who loves to game. Our conversations over the years have led to a few things, one of them was finding a common love for Johnnie Walker Black Label, and the second was a penchant for postulating about…
The geek have officially inherited the Earth, as was prophesied in Psalms 37:7 (more or less) so many bearded men ago. It’s a fairly recent thing, having happened somewhere between Google’s ascent to ubiquity, the second installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the eyebrow-raising popularity of Weird Al’s White & Nerdy. And since history is told by the…
How much does James Cameron ride George Lucas’ dick? Only enough to base an entire movie, Avatar, on the final battle sequence from the last good film in the Star Wars franchise, Return of the Jedi. Each film has its ragtag band of native creatures, each film pits basic bush weaponry against mechanized slaughter machines, each film has exploding trees.…
Come with me, friends, to another time. Let’s say 1998ish. Ross and Rachel rule the airwaves, ER is hailed as the Best Drama Evar. As the sun sets on Seinfeld, critics mourn its passing, proclaiming that we’re not likely to see a show of its brilliance ever again.
I watched an episode of Seinfeld yesterday. It’s still funny, despite the canned…
I sincerely hope I made every attempt to be fair and honest and if I left off a film you love, please know that it was not with malice and there are only ten spots. I even split them into two genres because taking any of these off the list kind of made my heart hurt. Also, feel free to…