Robert Reich appeared on Fresh Air this week and discussed his new book, in which he submits that the root cause of our economic problems is the huge income disparity in America. You may have heard similar claims before, but I not like this. Nobody tod… more »

Geekscape has the press release: Comic-Con International: San Diego (Comic-Con), the largest comics convention of its kind in the world, today announced it will be staying in San Diego for the foreseeable future. Comic-Con reached a self-imposed a… more »

The summer of Roku has pretty much turned into me letting old TV shows monopolize my time. My movie watching levels are down, so I don't feel such an urgent need to post reviews. Sorry! Just to share, I have finished four seasons of Doctor Who, one se… more »

[youtube]uco41pOKeJg[/youtube]If I had been drinking coffee while watching this, then the words "a film by Joel and Ethan Coen" would have made me do a real-life spit take.Why was I not informed of this until now, Internet?!So we have Jeff Br… more »

NPR is now streaming The Age of Adz, as part of their First Listen series.That is all. more »

I'm writing a rare post from work.There are lots of sporting activities and things going on after school, and as I was walking down the hall just now I overtook a kid going in the same direction, probably about 8 years old. He said, "Hi, coach." I… more »

G4 did a cool feature on Smodcast and Smodcastle for the Attack of the Show blog. I know a lot of people have asked me what exactly Smodcastle is and this video gives you an inside look. Probably NSFW due to language. Also, Matt and I have a brief cam… more »

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I have some honest questions for my Christian readers. If I am misunderstanding what you believe, please correct me. Do you believe that your god knows about a cure for cancer and yet refuses to share that information with humans? If he knows everyth… more »

Sometimes I enjoy delving into a director's body of work all at one time, so I can really get to know him and how he works. It can be depressing at times, even when the movies are fantastic. I've already seen a good number of Bergman movies, and right… more »

Sylvester Stallone seems so hit and miss with his movie projects. There are certain times, in some of the Rocky movies, or even in movies like Cop Land, where he shows a certain aptitude for making character-driven movies, even if the character comes ou… more »

A friend of mine, Brian Apodaca, has created quite a comic book and was nice enough to send me a copy of it to check out. The title of the book is Zombie Outlaw and it is available for purchase here. It's a pretty cool story that takes place on a colle… more »

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Wow, I have eaten so much cake this week. I'm going to have to watch my eating for a while and joy a lot to make up for it! Wednesday night, we celebrated Ric's mom's birthday a little late and we all went mini-golfing together after we had a littl… more »

I'm kind of dreading the start of the fall TV schedule seeing as how I've barely been able to keep up with summer TV. I totally missed the first Vampire Diaries and had to catch up last night. I'm still definitely hooked on that show. I got to talk to… more »

I think this is the first movie Ric has been excited about in a really long time. While the trailer apparently did not appeal to a wide audience, the moment Ric and I saw it, we knew we wanted to see the movie. I couldn't resist a movie that would reuni… more »

We've got some big guests coming to Bagged & Boarded Live at Smodcastle. Last Friday night we had Guillermo Diaz and it was a blast. This Friday we have Michael McMillian from True Blood. The show is at 10 PM and tickets are only $10! You can als… more »

Hey everyone, What did you do for the long weekend? Ric and I drove out to see our brother and sister-in-law's family in Arizona. I drove us out late Friday night. When we got there at 1am, it was still in the 90s. Wow. I love air conditioning.… more »

When the Brea 5 re-opened its doors and was offering free movies, I recalled that the last movie I saw at that theater was Ghost World; I don't think at the time I knew that the theater would be closing. Nine years later, a wave of nostalgia washed over… more »

Let's all celebrate our favorite zip code and the mother of all melodramas! What's your favorite episode? I can never decide. For some reason the episode where Donna takes over P.A. duties for David and the show ends with a tracking shot through the h… more »