Written by Danielle I have a soft spot for bands containing a single female member who is not the lead singer (i.e. a female in a band who plays in instrument and is not a front woman backed up by…

Teen detective drama Veronica Mars faced a lot of upheavals this year, not only with the show moving from UPN to the shiny new hybrid network The CW, but also in its story, as hardboiled high schooler Veronica made the…

FOX’s new crime drama, The Inside was created by Tim Minear, the man the Weekly Standard calls “one of the five best minds in television,” and Howard Gordon (24) who is likely one of the unnamed other four. The show…

Written by Hannah Need to pick up something for the voracious reader in your life? Hannah reviews her favorites releases of 2004. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson Set in England, this novel revolves around three “mysteries” – the disappearance of…

If you are going to see this movie because you love Robin Williams and even though he will forever be Mork to you, you loved him in the “dark” Death to Smoochy (which, for the record, I loved), don’t. If…

There was a time in my life when I wouldn’t have been caught dead paying money to see a movie like Zoolander (around the same time I wouldn’t have been caught dead listing to pop music, actually). But I remember…

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is either one of the slowest-paced movies in recent history, or it proves that all those studies about the shortening of the American attention span are true. It’s 113 minutes of plot, oozing along at…

5:00 p.m.: Leave work, but not before changing into outfit for the Big Event (that being “A Conversation with Jim Jarmusch and Jonathan Rosenbaum,” which I have chosen to interpret as “My Conversation with Jim Jarmusch”). Want to look gurly…

Written by Hannah We’d be hard-pressed to find someone who reads more than Hannah (although Michelle gives her a run for her money) so we tapped her yet again for yearly top literary list. So, here are are Hannah’s Best…

Written by Amy B. From going barefoot to holding cabinet doors for Amy Wynn, below is Amy’s account of working in Genevieve’s house for Trading Spaces. Cast of Characters (in order of appearance) Amy – that’s me! Corinne and I…

Sometimes I feel like I’m the only person who doesn’t think 8 Mile is Phenomenal! Amazing! Brilliant! I’ve read all these descriptions and more, all praising the flick to high heaven, and I’ve yet to figure out why. Because, honestly,…

Written by Becka A recent article in Alternative Press magazine focuses on Simple Plan’s knack for not only creating chart topping pop-punk, but also America’s desire to hate them for it. Now, I’m not that big of a fan of…

In the interest of full disclosure, I’m a lifelong Democrat, and I’m voting for John Kerry. That said, I briefly considered voting for Bush while at the Joss Whedon Fundraiser for Kerry, High Stakes 2004. It’s not that I don’t…

Anyone who remembers when alternative really meant alternative, they certainly know Camper Van Beethoven. They were a mainstay on MTV’s 120 Minutes with videos for “Pictures of Matchstick Men,” “Eye of Fatima Pt. II” and, of course, “Take the Skinheads…

I am intrigued. Not by the Anya/Xander storyline. Not by Willow. Or Dawn or Xander. By Buffy. I’m actually intrigued by Buffy. I know, I know, I just wrote her off! However, if the end of “Normal Again” is ever…

Juliana Hatfield was always the girl I thought would have beat up Liz Phair at summer camp, shown her a really wicked guitar riff, and then taught her how to inhale. While Liz started off on the right foot as…

It’s mid-season and the networks have been kicking out the replacements in overdrive lately. Sandwiched between quirky-girl shows like Heather Graham’s Emily’s Reason’s Why Not (already shelved after one episode) and Jenna Elfman’s Courting Alex, I kept seeing promos for…

As an avid consumer of media (books, movies, TV shows) I’ve had many favorite pairings or ‘ships, but I never really understood the concept of One True Pairing (OTP) until I met these two: Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Colonel John…

Written by Michelle, Amy Agent Vaughn. Inappropriate agent extraordinaire. Buyer of Christmas presents. Refuser of hockey. And wielder of one mean furrow. Ah, the furrow. A mystery any avid watcher of Alias must learn to decipher. One might sit episode…