“I wrote 63 songs this year. They’re all about Jeter.” Just kidding. The game we love, the players we hate, and more.
From Norman Mailer to Wendy Pepper — everything on film, TV, books, music, and snacks (shut up, raisins), plus the Girls’ Bike Club.
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In which we try to choose the bleakest film of all time — the most depressing, dislocating, hopeless, heartrending, or otherwise difficult movie-watching experience.
How it works
First, a few friends and I spitballed a master list. …
It’s hard to get baseball pundits to agree on anything during spring training, but everyone’s on the same page with at least one thing: the 2013 New York Mets will be a powerhouse.
Of suck.
Let’s just assume Boys Don’t Cry is through — it’s got my vote — and talk about the others. The Pianist is good, sad, harsh, et cetera, but is not punching its weight with other …
I could use your and your readers’ help finding a book. It’s a YA book, about a girl that loves to dance, but her mother doesn’t approve.
Bits and pieces I remember: The girl dances with …
Out With The Crowd is back for another season, as I get a sense of the fans’ feelings about their teams in 2013. With Opening Day not far away, I spoke with longtime ChiSox fan …
A slightly easier division than previous ones for me to vote in, but a tougher one to predict, Waterston could just as easily have been called the Man’s Inhumanity to Man Flight — but because …
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Full disclosure — I haven’t been able to see the following films, but I’ve read the Wikipedia plot summaries: Amour, Jacob’s Ladder, and Kids. Of those, only Amour seems to be a contender to …
I’m on the brink of turning thirty-one years old. As much as I claim to be a misanthrope I’m actually super-duper nice to about 99% of the people I encounter. A lot of them happen …
Oh, dear God. What can I even eliminate here? Well, Seven (still think of it as an action movie, head-in-box be damned) and Eternal Sunshine (fundamentally sweet, hopeful about love). I’ll also chuck out Breaking …
(Confused? Aren’t we all. Heh. But the Cinemarch Madness FAQ is here, and you can find the complete semifinal-polls list over here.)
The Björk flight isn’t the most agonizing division in the Cinemarch semis, but it’s …