So retardedly crappy, such a naked character-for-character ripoff of Superbad, and with 'acting' beneath the level of amateurish, you'll be sorry you ever enrolled in COLLEGE. The only sane response is to drop out, which I gladly did after less than an hour. An F. -- Jeff Schultz

Break out the Camels and pour me a scotch. MAD MEN is back! It took 5 episodes for the show to get back on track. Tonight's spectacular writing, especially for Peggy, and its taut, charged acting make it a standout. -- Jeff SchultzCloser to the real MAD MEN. The acting and writing are the best … Continue reading MAD MEN: SEASON 2, EPISODE 5

For chronic laughs and a stoner cold good time, climb on board the PINEAPPLE EXPRESS! Danny McBride steals every scene as the drug supplier. A comedy high! -- Alan YudmanPINEAPPLE is a lemon! This EXPRESS goes off the tracks early then crashes and burns! Too many tokin' montages, not enough laughs make this comedy seriously … Continue reading PINEAPPLE EXPRESS

BROTHER, can you Spare a laugh? There are plenty to go around in this STEPendously stupid, bracingly vulgar comedy -- the DUMB AND DUMBER of 2008, featuring the year's 2 best cameos: Maria Quiban and Will Farrell's balls. -- Jeff SchultzWhere theres a WILL there's a laugh! Step Brothers is one of the funniest movies … Continue reading STEP BROTHERS

Is this MAD MEN...or A Tree Grows in Brooklyn? Decent writing and solid acting can't hide the fact this show is veering farther and farther away from its Madison Avenue roots. And when did Robert Morse's character become all but senile? -- Jeff SchultzMad Men should be called Father Doesnt Know Best-the show is a … Continue reading MAD MEN: SEASON 2, EPISODE 4

BANK on this: Entertainment is JOB 1 in this British caper that's essentially Mission: Impossible meets The Departed. The movie's salacious topicality -- Princess Margaret getting it doggie-style --adds a titillating fillip to an otherwise standard but well done heist flick. -- Jeff SchultzA heist movie that is so much more, BANK does a great … Continue reading THE BANK JOB

Offbeat and unusual, there's nothing stupid about SMART People. Dennis Quaid reminds us that he is a good actor and the script keeps it all too real-these PEOPLE are worth meeting. -- Stormy Curry

Terrorism as entertainment. Jamie Foxx rules THE KINGDOM and Ashraf Barhom is his crown prince in a middling thriller made better by a roster of good character actors. But a message tn Jeremy Piven: you're starting to repeat yourself. -- Jeff Schultz

It's Terms of Endearment with a wagging tail. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN is so shot through with dog love, so tenderly observed and lucidly written, it was hard to swallow -- because of the lump in my throat. Simply wonderful, but get out your handkerchiefs. -- Jeff SchultzDespite being a 4 hankie … Continue reading THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN (novel)

Faced with SPACED, I wondered: Isn't the BBC filled with this kind of mildly pleasant witcom -- well-enough acted, but also talky and slow? I'm mystified by the show's reputation. -- Jeff SchultzSPACED is the anti-Friends. Characters are real, not prettied up. Smart homages to geekdom complete a well-written & acted sitcom. Hits the PEGG … Continue reading SPACED