One of the late-to-the-game things I did in 2013 was get really into comedy podcasts. Obviously you know and try out stuff like Nerdist and WTF, which are easy listening, and as an avid fan of Community, I was pre-disposed early on to the weekly enabling festival that is Harmontown, and the TV show indoctrinated […]

As we begin the new year — and our first full year of The AP Party — I thought it might be worth taking a look at the pop culture happenings that should make 2014 fun. This early into January, it's difficult to know everything that we'll be getting in movies, TV, books and music during the year to […]

I generally don't like Christmas music. That's what I've always maintained. I can tolerate it for one week, maybe two before Christmas, when the holiday spirit flickers briefly within me. Mostly, I blame my late grandfather for this because he subjected us to Christmas albums from The Statler Brothers and The Oak Ridge Boys during […]

As Breaking Bad sprinted down the back stretch of its television run at a breakneck pace, one that would wow fans and critics alike, I noticed two interesting scenarios play out on the web and social media. 1- Many non Breaking Bad fans grew curious/thought it would be HILARIOUS to watch one episode out of […]

With the recent announcements that movie properties like The Terminator, Sin City and From Dusk Till Dawn are being adapted into television series, it appears that a trend is developing. The old saying that there aren’t any new ideas may apply here. But it really doesn’t. The new idea is taking something that was successful […]

After one of the craziest days in baseball offseason history, Joe Lucia (

With Man of Steel being released on Blu-ray last week, I wanted to take the opportunity to revisit some of the criticisms and debates that developed while the movie was in theaters. If you haven’t already seen director Zack Snyder’s updated take on Superman, maybe you got a chance to watch it on video over […]

Did you rent one last video from Blockbuster during the past weekend? Saturday, Nov. 9 was the final day customers could pick up a movie from the rental chain, which announced last week that it was closing all of its remaining stores (reported to be 300 locations). In a development that you couldn't make up, […]

As I watched Thor: The Dark World, I kept thinking about what I didn't want to see in the next Thor movie. And there likely will be another Thor movie from Marvel Studios. Not just because it was promised at the end of the credits that "Thor will return." We'll see Chris Hemsworth's lovely blonde […]

Ender's Game finished No. 1 at the box office this past weekend with an estimated take of $28 million. Yet the movie only surpassed Bad Grandpa — in its second week of release — by $7.5 million. With a reported budget of $110 million, it seems difficult to project that Ender's Game will make that back in […]

The NBA Season is now upon us (FINALLY) and Huffington Post Sports columnist & NBC Sports Radio host Jordan Schultz (@

Filmgoers didn't seem too interested in Ridley Scott's latest film, The Counselor, which finished fourth at the box office this past weekend. But I think it provides plenty to write about. Obviously, there's the film itself. Is it any good? It's pretty good. Neither the story or characters are clear or compelling enough for it […]