MISTER FADED GLORY
I'd call this blog a "Critique of Life," except that sounds way too pretentious.
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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Synecdoche, NY: Worst film of all time.
Ebert called it the best movie of the decade. The AV Club‘s Scott Tobias bestows it cult status this week. My stomach turns. Synecdoche, New York is horrid. It is exactly the type of pretentious tripe prompting critics to unleash … Continue reading
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Curl this
In a way, the Winter Olympics are perfect for us all. You know, we’re not exactly the smartest populace. We revel in nonsense (24) macho violence (American football), and slick packaging (Totinos Pizza? In a roll?) in our consumption. We … Continue reading
Congrats to the Saints.
Just a few quick things: 1. It felt like this one just began slipping away in the second quarter, right after Garcon’s drop and the Colts questionable offensive calls after the huge fourth-down stop. 2. That 51-yard field-goal attempt by … Continue reading
Cubs fans: Tortured only by stereotypes
Bill Simmons’ Twitter feed reports he’s driving to Miami, so in his absence his editors conveniently cherry-picked several readers’ poor imitations of Bill responses to his “Most Tortured Teams” list from last Friday. Of course, Bill chose the Cubs No. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Simmons, Cubs, FJM, unnecessary vitriol, White sox
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Twice as nice: your doubled Oscar nominees.
See, we’ve also doubled our fun, just like the Oscars! I should point out that I haven’t seen a flick in the theater since Terminator Salvation, and even with the bulge in nominations for the Academy’s Best Picture, T4 wasn’t … Continue reading
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