I’ve made no secret of my love for Sons of Anarchy (my previous thoughts on the show can be found here), the Kurt Sutter’s show on FX about an outlaw biker gang and the family behind it that struggles to keep things together. Think of it as a mix of […]
HBO’s True Blood has garnered a reputation as one of television’s raciest shows, and rightfully so: It’s rife with copious amounts of sex graphically depicted on screen (that last line almost sounds more at home in a letter written by an angry mom to the network). Not just any old […]
Clan Papageorgiou has a very specific ritual for the birthday of its matriarch: Dinner at The Cheesecake Factory followed by a trip to the movies for a comedy and then cake and ice cream back at Papageorgiou Estates (that sounds so much nicer than “single-floor gerbil cage that I grew […]
Kenny Powers Gets Signed By K-Swiss – watch more funny videos Last month, I coughed up for HBO in order to watch True Blood without the hassles of tracking down each episode online the day after it broadcast. (Incidentally, who are these guys that record and immediately upload shows to […]
Continuing in the Papa’s Basement tradition of reviewing movies weeks after their release date, I’ve decided to bang out a few words regarding Inception, the latest achievement from Christopher Nolan of Memento and The Dark Knight fame. Here goes: 1. After exiting the theater, please stop acting like you just […]
This was supposed to be a review of Predators. Ever since the co-host of Papa’s Basement, Rachel Oehring, issued a scathing review of that film on my radio show last week, I had been champing at the bit to see it, love it and wave my appreciation of it in […]
Twilight. The Vampire Diaries. The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod. Team Edward. Team Jacob. Team Coco. If you’re anything like me, you, too, are having a hard time keeping track of all the weird, vampire-centric shit that’s hit the market the past few years. I’m here today to make the case […]
My last three articles have been movie reviews. Is watching movies all I do with my life lately? At least Roger Ebert has the excuse that half his jaw has been removed and he now eats through a tube and talks through a Speak & Spell. I’m 90% sure every […]
Sure, this article is a touch late: Iron Man 2 was released two weeks ago. But what else are you going to watch this weekend? MacGruber? (Actually, I probably am. So help me God, it’s getting good reviews, and I’m over the fact that Val Kilmer now looks like the […]