No Country for Old Men

In honor of it’s eight Academy Award nominations, Reptastic reprises it’s review of our pick for best film of 2007

The barren, scorched earth of 1980s West Texas is unforgiving, unrelenting; the same could be said for Anton Chigurh, a man who’s chillingly [...]

Heath Ledger Dies

The tragic death of Heath Ledger will further expose a celebrity-obsessed media and the blurring lines between tabloid and mainstream media

As we at Reptastic have intimated in posts before, we’re at a loss when it comes to the cult of celebrity in our country. This blog could be far more popular if we used our [...]

Dr. Drew Pinsky’s Celebrity Rehab

Unlike Amy Winehouse, these celebs are willing to say “Yes, yes, yes” to rehab in this reality show with Dr. Drew Pinsky

A culture obsessed with celebrity has risen in step with the rise of the internet, but it’s unlike the celebrity obsessions of yesteryear. In the past there was a reverence and respect for the [...]

Ad Nauseam: Riggle Me This…

The Daily Show’s Rob Riggle and Budweiser team-up for an extremely inane and unimaginative ad campaign

Over the years, when it comes to commercials that deliver the funny, most people looks toward the beer companies to appease our jonesing for 30 seconds of low-brow humor. Beer enjoys the fact that their product is one [...]

30 Rock: “Episode 210″

30 Rock provides one last outstanding episode before heading back to their Writer’s Strike-imposed hiatus

Like finding an oasis in the arid, bleak desert that is the Writer’s Strike, 30 Rock unexpectedly aired a new episode Thursday amidst little fanfare. It was a beautiful and refreshing respite from what seems like an intractable labor impasse. Sure, [...]

A League of Below-Ordinary Gentlemen

A terrible Championship Game epitomizes the debacle that is the BCS

It all began a year ago, when Ohio State laid down and died in the BCS Championship game against Florida, setting the tone for one of the worst years in sports championships. For the NCAA Football title the Buckeyes and Gators played a game devoid [...]

Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares

Chef Gordon Ramsay shows unexpected heart and humor in his restaurant consulting-meets-reality show tour de force

On the high streets of London, the Champs Elysee in Paris, and the catwalks of New York City one can see how fickle fashion can be. Styles, materials, the hot-designer and over-arching trends change constantly, led by a wide assortment [...]

Empire Makers

Volatile chefs Marco Pierre White and Gordon Ramsay set the culinary world ablaze

The line separating insanity from genius is razor thin. The singular drive and focus which may lead someone to greatness may also lead them to madness. Such is the line epic English chef Marco Pierre White straddled everyday in his crusade to [...]

The Return of Late Night…Sort of

After two months on the sidelines due to the Writers Strike, Conan, Letterman, Leno, Kimmel and Ferguson returned to the air last night, a few of them sans writers. Most of the shows were pretty flat with the highlights being Dave and Conan’s strike-beards. Letterman did come back with his writers after negotiating independently with [...]