Moneyball: The Art of Filming an Unfair Game

Three names go conspicuously unmentioned in the new film adaptation of Moneyball: Tim Hudson, Barry Zito, and Mark Mulder. There are two ways to react to this omission. The first is to think that their exclusion is unacceptable for a film that purports to tell the story of the 2002 Oakland A’s. After all, the [...]

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The Louie Rankings

Well, we promised rankings of the second season of Louie, and we followed through. It took us several weeks, but we followed through. If you want to see how Josh and John S broke down this summer’s best comedy, just keep reading…

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Monday Medley

What we read while contemplating the art of winning an unfair game… Moneyball, the movie, was released on Friday. Joe Posnanski and Roger Ebert opine. Meanwhile, Keith Law gives a not-so-positive review, and here’s some background on his relationship with Michael Lewis. The New York Times Magazine has a feature on Billy Beane. A Bay Area writer [...]

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Parks and Recreation: The 25 Funniest Lines of the First Three Seasons

Earlier this week, I mentioned that one of the two shows I’m most excited to see come back to TV this fall is NBC’s Parks and Recreation. In fact, I was so excited that I decided to compile the 25 funniest moments from the first three seasons. If you like what you see, then tune [...]

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Top Ten Things To Be Excited About In The Fall TV Season

It’s time for my third annual installment of this laboriously titled NPI feature! And, man, was compiling this year’s list difficult. Not only is this fall season following an unusually impressive summer in TV, with Breaking Bad, Louie, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Pretty Little Liars, and Rivals all airing solid to great seasons, but the shows [...]

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Monday Medley

What we read while joining the ACC… The great Mariano Rivera, who not only Tim is in awe of, reached not only 600 saves, but also tied Trevor Hoffman’s all-time saves record. Of coure, Rivera was already the greatest closer ever, but it was nice to reflect on his amazing career. Even if you question [...]

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Curb Your Enthusiasm Season Eight Review

About midway through Season Eight of Curb Your Enthusiasm, I was worrying that the show was in the twilight of its run. There wasn’t anything major wrong with the season, but it seemed like every episode had enough minor flaws—it was too long, one story was weaker than the rest, a crucial plot development didn’t [...]

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Monday Medley

What we read while being constantly reminded to never forget… Are you sick of 9/11 anniversary pieces yet? If not, here are some shocking photos from that day and it’s aftermath, as well as a few different reviews of the World Trade Center memorial, which opens today in New York City. Also, religious people got upset that [...]

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Louie Louie Louie: Airport/New Jersey

As Season Two of Louie continues on FX, John S and Josh will be offering NPI readers their reactions to each episode. At the end of the season, they will rank the episodes. Get excited.

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Monday Medley

What we read while looking into possible Richmond recruiting violations… David Roth and Maria Bustillos get together at Niemann Lab to talk about Maud Newton’s essay on David Foster Wallace and his influence on the Internet writing. Their conclusion? That DFW is all right! Apparently, the bloom is finally off the AMC rose. In other [...]

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