The Finer Podcast: An ‘Iron Man 3′ Movie Review With Some Celine Dion on the Side
Iron Man 3 opens in theaters today and instead of writing a review, I decided to record myself talking about it…while listening to “Power of Love” by Celine Dion. Please enjoy listening to me — in my own special ADHD way — praise the love between Tony Stark and Pepper Potts and spazz out about...
Finer Feed: New Heroes in ‘Avengers 2′ and ‘Fantastic Four’ Reboot Casting Rumors
We may be seeing The Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver join Avengers 2 in 2015. For half of you, this is exciting news. As for the other half, you were probably busy having too much sex during high school to know what I’m talking about. [ComingSoon.net] One of those gals from Girls is in talks to...
11 Things We Learned from the ‘Scream’ Movies
Since 1996, slasher film auteur Wes Craven has been making us jump in our seats with those darn Scream movies. Not all of the movies were perfect (*cough*Scream 3*cough*), but one thing is for certain: the movies certainly did flip the slasher movie genre on its head. Even to this day, Scream has an influence...
Who Wants to Win a Copy of ‘A Haunted House’ on Blu-ray?!
I have TONS of copies of A Haunted House on Blu-ray. If you want a copy, I am willing to give you one — but I’m going to make you twerk — I mean WORK — for it (but if you do send me a video of you twerkin’, I will post it here and...
Workout Song of the Week: ‘Blurred Lines’ by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell
Someone recently asked me, “Who do you like better Robin Thicke or Justin Timberlake?” That’s a tough one. It’s like the ultimate falsetto smackdown of the 21st century. After much thought, I decided that in terms of charisma, J.T. has it on lock…but when it comes to singing talent, Mr. Thicke wins it for me....
Trailer of the Week: ‘The Bling Ring’
The Bling Ring shows the dangers of being a horrible privileged white kid that drinks iced lattes. Wait a second. There is way too much talking for that to be a Sofia Coppola movie. Plus, where are all the pensive pauses? The intense stares? The feelings of isolation?
‘Pain & Gain’: The Best Roided Up Crime Comedy You Will See This Weekend
In the beginning of Pain & Gain, we see Mark Wahlberg as Daniel Lugo doing vertical sit-ups. Slathered with Miami sun and a voiceover to tell you what the hell is going on, he is interrupted by carloads of police who are obviously after him. He runs. He gets hit. All in slow motion. And...
Finer Feed: New ‘Arrested Development’ Pics and a Crazy-Ass NBC Game Show
Time to get excited: here are some new images from Arrested Development [AV Club] NBC has decided to order the dumbest game show ever. [The Wrap Thanks to Yahoo, all 38 seasons of Saturday Night Live will be posted online. Now I can watch my favorite "Sprockets" sketches all the live long day! [Warming Glow]...
12 Things We Learned From New Trailer For ‘Thor 2: The Dark World’
It’s HAMMER TIME! Thor’s hammer that is. Yesterday, the new trailer for the kind of anticipated Thor 2: The Dark World hit the interwebs and every one began posting it because that’s what bloggers do. I decided to post it a day later but with bullet points of what we learned about the movie based...
The Finer Podcast: Chatting With Robert Wagner and Robert Osbourne
TCM Road to Hollywood is a 10 city movie tour where TCM host Robert Osbourne screens a classic movie with a celebrity guest in attendance. The tour builds up to the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood which is from April 25 to 28. They recently stopped by San Francisco and screened The Pink Panther...
Michael Shannon Reads Crazy Sorority Letter, Wins Monday
I haven’t really been keeping up with the “insane Delta Gamma letter” ordeal — until now. The only way for me to take in the craziness of this malarky is if Michael Shannon read the letter. So he did: Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter from Michael Shannon KNEEL BEFORE ZOD! P.S....
Workout Song of the Week: ‘Pom Poms’ by The Jonas Brothers
The Jonas Brothers have been around for so long that you’d think I would be a fan of them considering I have the taste in music of a tween girl. I have remained ignorant of their music…until now. I have been jammin’ out to their latest song, “Pom Poms” for four reasons: 1.) It’s a...
