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Silver Linings Playbook: A Review
To all my fellow crazies, dancers, and B. Coop enthusiasts, Let’s talk Silver Linings Playbook. I’m sure I’m not the first person to say this, but oh. em. gee. For those of you who know me well, you...
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Who’s Jews: Golden Globes Edition (via HipsterJew.com)
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has just announced their 2013 Golden Globe nominees which honor some old faithfuls and some newbies. Spielberg’s grandiose freedom/equality/democracy lovin’ and...
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Review: The Guilt Trip
Like a good girl her holiday weekend with pals, this past Saturday I headed for movie mecca and went to see The Guilt Trip. While some feared seeing this movie as much as they fear calling their...
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Congrats Kids
On all your awards + raucous partygoing at the Globes last night. More awesome backstage Polardoids via Vulture here. We see you, Salma + Paul. Next stop: Kodak Theater.
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New Feature: Under the Radar – Rory McCann
To our sweet, beautiful readers: welcome to a new series in which we carefully, methodically profile those special few actors who, for various reasons, are flying Under the Radar but deserve much...
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She’s BACK!: Veronica Mars Movie Gets Kickstarter Bump
As a super, duper DUPER fan, I can hardly contain myself. There in all likelihood will be a Veronica Mars movie, and it’s all thanks to “the proud and the few” (via Gawker). We used to be friends....
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How to Cope: Celebrity Crushing
Crushing on celebrities: a necessary coping mechanism for women everywhere. Am I right? I think I am. Whether you’re in recent-breakup/pint-of-ice-cream-on-the-couch mode, or...
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Bippity Boppity Boobs: It’s Disney Princesses Gone Wild in this Spring...
FRIENDS: We’ve snagged another awesome contributor. Introducing: Willie Myers, here to tell us about Spraaang Breaaaak and any other pop culture hilarities he stumbles upon. (He’s seen every episode of...
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Man of Steel: A Review
LADIES: Back away from the Superman. He is mine, and I am taking him to Bonetown in my dreams tonight. When I say “Superman,” I’m referring specifically to Henry Cavill, studly star of Chris Nolan’s...
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New Column! Mediapothecary
Babies. Let’s start with the assumption that it’s a cold hard world out there and day to day you and I and everyone is faced with just an extraordinary amount of situations. Situations you’d rather not...
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The SWF’s Guide to Watching a Thriller, at Home, Alone.
Recently, HBO has been hitting the tube-waves with thrillers – hard. As a single lady concerned with most things Joseph Gordon-Levitt, I settled onto my sofa after work and turned my attention to the...
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Summer movie of the summer: Kings of Summer!
When I was little, my parents used to try to dress me and tell me what to eat and do parental things that normal parentals do for their 4-5 year olds. I hated that. I really resented being told what to...
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Mediapothecary II: For When You Realize You Don’t Know Anything About...
Okay okay it’s the Fourth of July blah blah fireworks you bought in Indiana blah. I for one celebrated the holiday by brunching harder than usual and forcing my friends to make room on the grill for...
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Some things I learned at Comic Con 2013
This weekend I went to my first Comic Con. Being a) a total comic book n00b b) very very new to the staff of Arrow (which is the show I work on which is why I got to go to Comic Con for free which is...
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Mediapothecary III: Things for When You Feel Old
Internet People, I don’t know how you all have been spending your collective July 2k13, but I for one have been teaching at a writing camp for high schoolers. While this is both an edifying and...
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Find an excuse to see PACIFIC RIM [again]
You wanna go to the movies but there’s nothing “good” out? Wrong. The best summer movie has been in theaters for weeks and you’ve been too hip to experience the geeky masterpiece that is Pacific Rim. I...
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KICK-ASS 1 + 2 + In Praise of Chloe Moretz
“We try to have fun. Otherwise, what’s the point?” – Jim Carrey AKA Mr. Stars & Stripes, Kick-Ass 2. Fun is right. I mean, okay, confesh: I just watched Kick-Ass 1 last night because I’m SO 2000...
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Mediapothecary IV: Things for When You Wish *~~*SuMmEr cOuLd LaSt FoReVeR*~~*
Hello all you boys and girls out there in webland. I know many of you are reading this column from your champagne mansions in famous places like Los Angeles, California, or Glendale, California. I for...
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Mediapothecary V: Things for When Summer Had to End (…Back to School)
Students, Teachers, and Janitors with Hearts of Gold, We saw it coming. The days got shorter again. Our burns faded into tans. We finally cleared time in our schedule to see Monsters U, and there it...
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Mediapothecary VI: Things For When You’re Sick
Okay so the thing is that this bitch mistress called Chicago Weather is literally alternating days between hot and cold temperatures, rainy and sunny, humid and wind-chapped. And due to this...
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