Augusten Burroughs's memoirs and books of essays are really popular. Probably. Right? I think that's true. People buy them and they are best-sellers, and then they get turned into movies, or…   Read Story »

American Beauty won the 1999 Academy Award for Best Picture. Whoops! This is a pretentious, misguided, ham-fisted film. But the Academy's decision actually makes more sense if you look at what the…   Read Story »

It's gay life, jump into gay life. The Kids Are All Right trailer, you guys: No homo, but this looks pretty good! It's like Noah Baumbach without all the boring stuff to prove. (We get it,…   Read Story »

It would be easy to joke that the upcoming remake of The Women, the classic film and go-to example actresses use when complaining about the dearth of roles for women over 35 in Hollywood, was created…   Read Story »