The Cultural Roundtable
What are the five best Pixar movies of all time?
Every time a new Pixar movie is released--as Toy Story 3 was this past weekend--we all debate about which of the studious many, many great films are the greatest. And if we know one thing, it's that putting things into a numbered list makes them AWESOME. Vis a vis, we listed our top five Pixar movies. You're welcome:
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Posted by Ryan Peters on Jun 21, 2010 @ 3:03 am
Head to Head:
Now that the Lollapalooza schedule is out, it's time to make some difficult decisions about whom to see. This is just like the time that both my secret lover and the city's moralistic-but-tough District Attorney were both kidnapped by a lunatic and I could only choose to save one. Wait, that's Batman's life. None of that happened to me. Sorry guys.
Dominick Mayer:
Last week, the hour-by-hour Lollapalooza schedule was released. Being that I've been trolling the official Lolla message boards for months now like it's my job (better than /b/, I guess), I knew of the major headliner conflicts a while ago. Arcade Fire vs. Soundgarden fills me with sad, but I'm not missing the former for anything, and I'd rather seen MGMT before AF than Cypress Hill before Soundgarden. (The fact that Pitchfork has a better rap lineup than Lolla this year is a damn shame...
Posted by Ryan Peters on Jun 17, 2010 @ 1:01 am
Business Casual Superstar
When you're in California you dress in a lot of floral patterns to indicate your approval of the sunny weather. When you're in Alaska, you wear bison skin. These are the things I have learned from television.
My new show to power through when I'm trying to avoid doing my Federal Criminal Law reading is "The Big Bang Theory." And I LOVE it, you guys. It's a show about nerds! Is there anything better?! We're finally being represented in the mainstream media, and not just as the peripheral character that the main characters go to when they need to pull off some kind of high-tech prank.
I mean, don't get me wrong, we like doing anything that involves the phrase 'high-tech,' but occasionally, we like to be the protagonists...
Posted by Huma Rashid on Jun 16, 2010 @ 1:01 am
The Week That Was
If I were the new Karate Kid, I would just pay Jackie Chan to beat the life out of those Cobra Kai s.o.b.'s
Friday: OK, so I usually don’t trust the Twitters. I feel like it exists purely to get my hopes up/destroy any remaining affection I had for Scott Baio and M.I.A., but I’d really, really like to believe this news. RZA, if you’re playing me, I’m going to hurt you. Yeah, you’re shakin’ in your boots now...
Posted by Alyssa Vincent on Jun 11, 2010 @ 10:10 am
Ups and Downs
Ease up on creating violent weapons out of shit you left lying around the yard, China. Also, Lebron James is great, but not as great as you think.
Up: Holy hell, is this actually possible?: I've long been operating under the assumption that the only people reading this column are my mother, my roommate, and every single A-List celebrity in Hollywood (minus Renée Zellweger, because I don't understand her appeal, and "Down With Love" was awful, and I won't stand for that kind of shit); so pay attention, Vin Diesal, because I just found the plot to your next movie...
Posted by Ryan Peters on Jun 10, 2010 @ 1:13 pm