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El Capitan was first climbed by Warren Harding, Wayne Merry, and George Whitmore in 1958. They climbed The Nose…

Avengers: Endgame is not a movie. Here is where some poor Ringer writer with Bill Simmons looming over their…

Over the first 12,000 or so years after Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan wall was scoured out by glaciers, no…

It has been a rough year for my five little holly trees, transplanted last spring from a nursery to the muddy, weedy…

With apologies to anyone who was hoping my earlier two reviews were the result of being an all-around miserable…

If you saw the trailer for Annihilation and got hyped to watch Natalie Portman spend the movie kicking ass with a…

What do you remember about growing up? Was your tenure in high school characterized by grandiose, dramatic blowups…

This era of console gaming is a strange one, owing partially to the fact that about five years ago, many people in…

My chocolate lab Ladybird loses her shit when it storms. I can only describe it as a dog panic attack: She runs all…

Beast is a self-consciously primal London steak-and-crab restaurant, all ludicrously oversized tables and steaks and…

Remember ice cream? Oh man, ice cream. There are so many wonderful things to remember about ice cream, but first…

1. Steve Carell, leading man, is a lot funnier when he's not trying to be funny. He tends to work better in…

For Seth MacFarlane's critics, Sunday night was supposed to be the moment we finally got to see the guy get his…

Snitch isn't great, but if you're like me and have enjoyed Dwayne Johnson more than his movies, his latest helps…

Everybody is happy for Melissa McCarthy. After years on TV shows (Gilmore Girls, Mike & Molly) and small parts in…

When Mark Wahlberg is at his best, it doesn't look as if he's acting. In fact, it hardly seems as if he's even…

If you liked the first Taken, it was probably because of Liam Neeson. With that unlikely hit, the Oscar-nominated…

Rage is rarely cold. Whether it's the Tea Party or Occupy Wall Street or Network, discontent with the state of the…

Spike Lee is such a confident filmmaker that when one of his movies doesn't quite work, you almost wonder if it's…

1. That The Campaign could never come up with a fictional scenario that would rival the absurdity of what actually…