Cheesyball
A Retrospective Review of Moneyball “How can you not be romantic about baseball?” asks Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) in the penultimate scene of Moneyball, echoing his...
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A Meditation on the End of the Government Shutdown
I visited home this past weekend. There’s very little to do in my hometown, and I spent the lion’s share of the time watching TV (I don’t have a TV at my apartment in...
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Family Values Tour: Trophy Wife
Hopefully, what we have to look forward is stuff like ABC’s Trophy Wife, which in its tone and wit reminds me of the way-underrated Suburgatory. It’s not that Trophy...
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Family Values Tour: Dads
Dads is bad. Dads is painfully, totally, in spots off-the-charts bad, made with the kind of primitive humor and style that makes you wonder whether anyone...
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Family Values Tour: The Goldbergs
The soapy family values that MJFS can’t help but avoid are on full display in The Goldbergs. For weeks I’ve been seeing Facebook ads proclaiming, “Liked The Wonder...
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