Even Superman couldn't help THIS team. Having seen about enough of losing, I decided to take Mark to see "Superman Returns" this afternoon. Could Superman have helped Sean Marshall not suffer his...

i am SO freaked out tonight well cause this girl, well she was a girl but wasn't a girl, she was dressed as a guy to try to make the soccer team and she wound up being, like, roommates with this O...

This past weekend is the one I call "Sports Interregnum Weekend". The NFL is on its silly extra-week-break before the Super Bowl. And speaking of that hype, check out this silly statement by John...

As a member of the Directors Guild of America I sometimes get a chance to screen movies before their general release. Such was the occasion Sunday night, so I took my favorite 10-year-old (who had...

Any time you think your life is tough, or you want to complain, or you think Jim Hendry isn't doing enough to improve the Cubs, consider the life cycle of the emperor penguin, profiled gorgeously...

Time for another non-baseball diversion on a quiet, cloudy, November and Novembrish (weather-wise) Sunday... Can you say "Oscar nominations"? That's what Walk The Line is going to get, lots of...

Warning: do NOT see this movie if you've had a bad day! Man, these characters are all seriously fucked up. And I use that profane word not for shock value, but because it becomes a main plot point. ...

This is normally when I'd write up something about the previous day's game, offer my thoughts on what I'd seen or heard, and then later in the day, post the open thread for the game. Since today's...

"Fever Pitch" Before I get to the details of today's game, let me tell you about this movie. I had several friends of mine, who had seen it, tell me, "That's Al!" Having seen it, I can tell you......

"Hotel Rwanda" As "Bleed Cubbie Blue" is to be much more focused on the Cubs than "And Another Thing", I have been racking my brains for three days trying to find a connection between this movie...