Ben Brostoff


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Jack & Jill

In an age where comedy has become an increasingly nuanced mockery of real life, Adam Sandler and the folks at Happy Madison remain committed to good old-fashioned slapstick humor.


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Margin Call

The residue of a significant cultural and social event almost always includes some cinematic response: in the past five years alone, we’ve seen takes on September 11th and the War in Iraq in the...


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Moneyball

Moneyball, as penned by Michael Lewis, is about the ability of statistics to contradict what the naked eye interprets, especially as it applies to Major League Baseball.


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Sandbox

The first time I saw the music video for West Coast rap group King Fantastic’s “Why? Where? What?” I was pleasantly surprised not as much by a nude and dancing Kristina Rose as by the porn actress’...


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Reali and the inside track

Tony Reali, the boyish host of ESPN’s “Around the Horn,” is an enthusiastic proponent of what he calls “inside information.” Reali’s chief responsibility on ATH is to award points to the show’s...

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