Jeff Nishball admits to a dirty (and cluttered) little secret…
The 12 Most Pointless Remakes Ever Remade
Beyond self-indulgent remakes, beyond ill-considered remakes, beyond even pointless remakes, there lies… the LaBeouf.
Sandy Hook Truthers are Afraid of the Dark
Sam Sattin believes the Newtown conspiracy theorists use the Internet as a place to peddle claims on the existence (and fear of) malevolent “others”, because the actual truth is just too scary to face.
Ike and Tina: A Second-Hand Indignation
Amanda Nazario tries to reconcile the legendary musical talent of Ike Turner with what is known about his vicious history of domestic violence.
5 Rules for Achieving True Nerd-dom
Sam Sattin grew up among the snorting ranks. The latex-allergied and the comically stuttered. And now he wonders whatever happened to all the REAL nerds?
Basterds Unchained: The Revenge of Artistic License
Samuel Sattin peels at the onion of criticism for Django Unchained, and discovers that what matters most are the discussions themselves.
Capital One Bowl Week: 18 Things I Learned
Or, eighteen of the things I learned while watching Capital One’s Bowl Week on ESPN over the holidays.
The 12 Best People of 2012
Sean Beaudoin compiles the dozen best people of the year—drawn from the avalanche of overall excellence we experienced as a culture. Also, their less impressive counterparts.
The Ghost of Scowling Past
Peter Mountford doesn’t believe in Santa—or God for that matter—but that won’t stop him from duping his kids into both.
DOMA-sticity or Has Antonin Scalia Gone Completely Barking Mad?
Tom Gualtieri insists that DOMA and Prop 8 are bias laws without basis in the U.S. Constitution.
Superman and Innovation – Who Will Be the Maccabees?
Sam Sattin wonders, how do we tell the difference between the revolutionary and the trivial?
The Time I (Almost) Defined a Generation
James Greer looks back at his most spectacular failures as Senior Writer at Spin Magazine and marvels at how close he was to giving Generation X its name.
Rove Hack: The Anonymous Conspiracy
Did hacker group Anonymous foil Karl Rove’s evil election-stealing plan? Greg Olear offers evidence that this conspiracy theory may be true.
Schemers and Dreamers: The Popcorn Machines That Never Were
Sam Sattin had always regarded his grandfather as a little bit crazy, but lately he’s come to embrace what connects him to the family patriarch.
TV’s New Golden Age and Why Homeland Won’t Be Remembered
Greg Olear had high hopes that Homeland would join the ranks of the truly elite television dramas. Here, his criteria for what makes a TV show superb.
The Dudes of YA, a “Lit-Erotic” Photo Spread
Sean Beaudoin offers a survey of the guys trying to stake their claim in the female-dominated genre of Young Adult fiction.