by Ed Button It’s been a long weekend, and it’s shaping up to be a long week. In case you’ve been living under a rock, 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in the Ferguson area of St. Louis County Saturday afternoon, kindling a fire of national outrage concerning the death of yet another unarmed person… Read more →
by Shimbo I just want to be able to stop crying long enough to write this, because I don’t want to wait to do this. I need to be able to get this out. It’s been about an hour or so since the world learned that Robin Williams passed away at the age of 63. That he died of an… Read more →
If you were thinking about seeing the latest version of Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, don’t. If, somehow, you can’t take my word for it, let me take this opportunity to explain how you’re a dumbass if you do. To be fair, this reboot of the Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman creation had a tremendous amount of baggage tied to… Read more →
by Shimbo Black folks have a problem with satire. Well, that might be a little heavy-handed, but to a certain extent it’s true. Take for example, “Black Jesus” premiering tonight on Adult Swim. The latest venture from “Boondocks” creator Aaron McGruder, this 30-minute live action sitcom has all the makings of an instant classic that will aggravate every sanctimonious Christian… Read more →
“There aren’t any heroes…they die young.” That was the endearing attitude of iconic TV-detective Jim Rockford, played with both class and a rugged grace by James Garner, who passed away yesterday at the age of 86. When it comes to Garner, I think Rockford was wrong about heroes dying young. For me, Garner was both an actual real-life hero, (he… Read more →
