Mike Gravagno
WINTER TV EXTRAVAGANZA
WINTER TV EXTRAVAGANZA NAPOLEON DYNAMITE THE ANIMATED SHOW * 1/2 (out of ****) Who was clamoring for the Napoleon Dynamite cartoon? Seriously, someone tell me who in the world was excited for this? Eight years after the movie came out doesn’t exactly seem ripe for a huge fan base. They’ve been talking about it since…
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SUCK MY DISC DVD releases for the week of January 17, 2012 BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR * (OUT OF ****) When I first saw a preview for this movie I honestly thought it was a joke. I couldn’t believe this was actually going to be a movie. Turns out I was wrong.…
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WINTER TV EXTRAVAGANZA ARE YOU THERE, CHELSEA? * (out of ****) Chelsea Handler continues her attempt to bleed into as many TV shows as possible with Are You There, Chelsea, which follows the stories from her book “Are You There Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea.” Laura Prepon plays Chelsea in her younger days, while Handler…
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WINTER TV EXTRAVAGANZA WORK IT! * (out of ****) It’s hard to believe Work It! is an actual show at any point through it’s 78 hour runtime; it consistently feels like a parody of a sitcom. It has everything you need to create a sitcom these days: idiot men whose stupidity knows no…
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Hi, I’m Mike TV Television for the week of January 2nd. Angry Boys I’m lucky that one of the things I’m looking forward to in 2012 started immediately Sunday night on HBO. Which is good, because I fucking hate waiting for anything. I once took scissors to a bouncy castle I got for my birthday…
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THE POP FILTER TOP TEN 2012 OFFERINGS YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF YET 10. MOONRISE KINGDOM I was one of the earliest Wes Anderson adopters I knew. Bottle Rocket was so weird and wonderful to me, and did things I didn’t know you could do in a comedy, or maybe it was funny in…
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Hi, I’m Mike TV Television for the week of December 4th ONCE UPON A TIME ** 1/2 out of **** I’ve talked about shows that try to be the next “Lost†both on the website, on the podcast and in real life. I think I’ve even tried to explain what I mean, but I’ll…
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Megan is on a hiatus from the drinking game, so I, Mike Gravagno, will be taking over for now. I’m in no way insinuating we decided she has a problem and forced her to go to rehab if she wants to continue writing for the site. I repeat, that is not what I’m saying happened…
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Hi, I’m Mike TV Television for the week of November 21. Modern Family Punkin Chunkin’ *** I’m going start of this review by just assuming you’ve seen or at least heard of Modern Family. If you haven’t, put down the turkey leg, walk away from your family (assuming you’re reading this on your smart phone-…
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FUCK THAT CALF! In which we slay the things others hold dear. Coldplay It all started with a mildly irritating but altogether innocuous song about things being yellow. The song, though, was all over the radio, causing irrevocable damage to the world. What followed was a deluge of songs built entirely around Chris Martin mumbling…
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