Category Archives: TV and Movies

The Miseducation of Shelby Knox

Posted on 28 April 2009 by

[Patrol] Recently, Hulu started streaming documentaries on its site—something Netflix has been doing for a while now. In fact, Netflix offers more documentaries than any other genre, and I’ve got some thoughts about that, and a film titled The Education … Continue reading →

Posted in The Media, TV and Movies | Leave a comment

Cornfed Comedy

Posted on 9 April 2009 by

[The Shield] Tonight at 8:30, NBC will premiere a new comedy, Parks and Recreation, which is ostensibly set in Indiana. This show comes from the people behind The Office, but where that show takes place in the real-life locale of … Continue reading →

Posted in Hoosiers, TV and Movies | Leave a comment

Obama’s Ayers Problem

Posted on 1 August 2008 by

[Gelf] Nobody knows if/when/how the Republicans will bring up Obama’s tenuous link to Bill Ayers, but that hasn’t stopped everybody from speculating. One thing getting overlooked, though, is The Weather Underground, an Oscar-nominated documentary on Ayers’s days as a ’60s … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, TV and Movies | 1 Comment