Author: Steve

Every team in the NFL has its own draft strategy, a way that they believe opens them up to finding the true talent. This year, the Dallas Cowboys employed something new to try and take them to the next level. More than anything, they just wanted to find players who wouldn’t pee their pants. That’s right, the Cowboys sifted through all of the bed-wetters trying to become professional football players and plucked the ones who aren’t afraid to step onto the gridiron without a diaper. Cowboys assistant director of player personnel Will McClay explained this innovative strategy: “Who will most…

There is finally a light at the end of the tunnel. For the past 11 years, the world has been subjected to the pain and torture of Two and a Half Men, a sitcom so bad that you’d be forgiven for thinking it was a parody. More mind-boggling is that it has consistently been one of the highest-rated shows on television, as the 11th season still averaged 9 million viewers. It’s enough to make you physically ill, and we still need to survive The Big Bang Theory, but the knowledge that Two and a Half Men will be out of our lives after…

For most of my life, I considered modern country music to be little more than formulaic trash. But then I grew up and became a guy that just wanted to drive with my windows down and some tunes to accompany the bright, blue sky and the wind whipping through my car. And shoot, if I was on somebody’s lawn drinking a beer on a Saturday morning in June while in college, I sure felt like the world’s problems couldn’t touch me when…whoever it was came on. To that end, I really started to appreciate the genre. In this vacuum, country…

If you’re thinking of classic frat comedies, Animal House, Revenge of the Nerds and Old School no doubt come to mind. Many movies have tried to join those three on the pedestal, only to fall short for any number of reasons. But will Neighbors one day be able to complete the Mount Rushmore of this genre? An early indication is that it certainly stands a chance (because a legacy can rarely be formed after one weekend in theaters). But in terms of quality, Neighbors gets just about everything right that’s needed to earn consideration as one of the best. Perhaps the most glaring knock against Neighbors, though, is…

Space Jam is a celebrated film, as it should be, but few give its soundtrack the love it deserves, especially since it’s the greatest movie soundtrack of all time. Before you try to question it, stop yourself and save your breath because nothing has – nor will – ever come close to matching its brilliance. For 14 songs, you are peppered with hits, each one a powerful bullet of music straight to your heart and mind. Seal kicks it off with “Fly Like An Eagle.” Need to elevate your game to the next level? Buckle up for “The Winner” or…

When you have a sitcom starring Ken Marino and Casey Wilson, and it was created by David Caspe, can anything really go wrong? If it’s on NBC, it can. However, Caspe and company will attempt to break the curse held over the network and create a show that isn’t just a critical darling that barely lives to see each season (if it even gets to see one), but is a ratings success as well. That show is called Marry Me. If the trailer for this show – which has already been given a series order – is any indication, the jury is…

It’s common knowledge that Point Break is one of the best movies of all time. To think that it could be remade is blasphemous, but that has never stopped Hollywood before. In fact, a remake was actually hurtling towards becoming a reality, until Gerard Butler finally wised up and realized you can’t duplicate perfection. Dropping out of this disaster is the best career move he’s made in years. Point Break exists perfectly in the 1990’s vacuum where it was born, when action movies were almost always wacky and often gleefully unaware of it. Now, everything has to wink and nudge you to make…

I’ve always been of the belief that the second half of The Simpsons’ existence hasn’t necessarily been worse than its true golden age (think seasons 4-10), just different. While the plots are often not as poignant – it’s hard to find a lot of new things to say after so many years – the show has never lost its pace or penchant for rapid-fire joke delivery that, despite what many people want to believe, still hits way more than it misses. But in the show’s Lego episode last Sunday, the classic atmosphere of the show was evident to even the most hardened…

Chicago was recently named America’s funniest city, thanks to a study by the University of Colorado at Boulder. Rounding out the top ten were Boston, Atlanta, Washington, Portland, Ore., New York, Los Angeles, Denver, San Francisco and Seattle. Research suggested that because Chicago residents make jokes about the weather, that automatically makes them the funniest. This is why CBS rules the comedy world right now. America can’t be trusted to figure out what’s funny. It probably doesn’t come as a surprise that DMX used the lowest number of unique words within his first 35,000 lyrics. But that doesn’t mean I’m…

We all knew that artificial intelligence would end up being the downfall of humanity, thanks to the Terminator franchise. And now, we have indisputable proof that Stephen Hawking has finally seen those movies. In The Independent, Hawking warns that while perfecting AI could be the best thing to ever happen to humanity, it could also be our last achievement. Ending war, disease and poverty sure are enticing notions, but the distinct possibility of “technology outsmarting financial markets, out-inventing human researchers, out-manipulating human leaders, and developing weapons we cannot even understand” is too much to simply brush aside. Plus, you’ve seen how…