You are getting your Archer recap a bit late, even for me, because our Editrix Amelia is the soul of romanticism and gave me the night off for Valentine’s Day. Considering that my wife sincerely loathes V-day and I once wrote a searing set of ‘zine articles about the holiday that referenced both Victorian torture […]
It’s Valentine’s Day, which is an odd choice to debut a show about competitive taxidermy, but it works for me. My wife is allergic to V-day, which she considers to be the antithesis of all things romantic, so I get the stink-eye for bringing home flowers and artisan chocolates. However, I got a big smile […]
My Archer-loathing wife and I went to a dinner on Friday last week, and got seated next to a nice couple who had been living in Uruguay. After a long series of informative stories about how spectacular the steaks are in Uruguay and what shit they are in the states, they mentioned that their old […]
Now that our least favorite serial killer, Joe, has abducted his own son, it’s up to the ex-wife to try and get some info out of him. But is this all just a clever ruse to get under her skin? For Joe, he wants questions answered, the questions in The Letter that he sent Claire […]
This week’s merry episode of Archer finds us at home with Ray, in his spacious and non-ADA compliant mid-century mod bachelor pad. Where he is having a dreadful time dealing with that pesky paraplegia. Which fortunately doesn't seem to be bothering any of his co-workers, especially "the other shit bag in my life". Yes: Archer, […]
My Archer-loathing wife stayed on the couch for this episode just to judge me silently. Best of all: She’s from Vermont. Confirming my theory that this show is a psychosexual hell-baby of Get Smart and The Office, we start with a poorly run staff meeting. I’m on Mallory’s side on the break room issue, since […]
Kevin Bacon finally returns to tv in a leading series roll, making “Guiding Light” fans everywhere happy. From all the commercials and previews, it was hard to guess exactly what this show The Following is about. We definitely got a feel that it was about an escaped serial killer that is a real psychopath, but […]
Archer is a point of contention in my otherwise harmonious household. Wife hates it. Compares it to Family Guy, which in my house is like Godwin’s Law. Her point is that it’s a one-joke shambles full of dumb sexist tropes and loathsome characters. Which is weird, because she likes Mad Men. I look at Archer […]
Archer returns to your various screens beginning Jan. 17, so you have plenty of time to devour the first two seasons on the free streaming service of your choice, snag the season 3 DVD, and otherwise alienate most of the right-thinking folks in your life. Archer is pretty awful. I’m not going to fight you […]
Action adventure time-traveler bad guys movie Looper is out on DVD, Blu-Ray, and digital rental this week. Looper writer and director Rian Johnson says that the central question asked by the film is “Does solving a problem by finding the right person and killing them ever work? Or does it create a self-perpetuating loop of […]