Men's Health - April 2009

MALEGRAMS_TIME OFF
The well-rounded man
YOUR GUIDE TO THE BEST IN
MOVIES, MUSIC, TRAVEL, GAMES,
AND MORE THIS MONTH

WATCH: OBSERVE AND REPORT (Warner Bros.) Yeah, so there was already a mall-cop flick this year. But every man’s youth includes a brush with these small-time enforcers— making this kind of mockery even more fun. This one stars Seth Rogen.

SEARCH
US.ZILOK.COM
So your jerk neighbor won’t
let you borrow his chain saw
and tax day left you too poor
to buy one? Hit this site and
rent one from a stranger.
Then recoup the expense by
renting out your own stuff.
Sharing can be profitable.

VISI T: MESQUI TE’S REAL
TEXAS FESTIVAL
(April 24–26) It’s like the
South’s greatest hits: Bull riding.
Cowgirls. Los Lonely Boys.
Brisket cook-off. Car show. And
most important, more cowgirls.

READ
AS THE Y SEE ’EM:
A FAN’S TRAVELS IN
THE LAND OF UMPIRES
BY BRUCE WEBER
(Scribner)
April 6 marks the start of
baseball season. But before
you wish ill will upon the
next ump who blows a call,
check out this investigation
by a man who infiltrates
the tightly knit group of 68
MLB men in blue. You may
even come to like them.
Until game night, at least.

EVERY THING RAVAGED,
EVERY THING BURNED:
STORIES
BY WELLS TO WER
(Farrar, Straus, and Giroux)
Next time you’re on vaca-
tion for a month, you can
tackle War and Peace.
Until then, these short,
hard-life stories—Vikings

looking for a fight, a run-away carny—are shots of contemplation to fill the crags of your busy day.

SEARCH: BLEACHERREPORT.COM

When the 2009 NFL draft starts on the 25th, don’t let TV pundits be the only ones to pretend to know what’s going on. This citizen-journalism sports site lets you have it both ways: You can boldly make predictions, then slam others for being wrong.

PLAY

EAT LEAD: THE RETURN OF MATT HAZARD (D3Publisher, Xbox 360, PS 3) Remember Doom? That was fresh, uh, 16 years ago. These days, shoot-’em-ups

are jumping bullet-ridden sharks—which is why this parody is either pure genius . . . or just refreshingly snide. Eat Lead’s hero knows he’s a game charac-

ter, and its plot involves destroying the game itself. Sound too gimmicky? Don’t worry: There are still plenty of people around to shoot at.

WATCH
S TATE OF PLAY
(Universal Pictures)
Was All the President’s Men
really the last time report-
ers seemed cool? This flick
gives newspapers another
(fictional) moment, as a
D.C. scribe, played by
Russell Crowe, chases a
lethal Beltway conspiracy.
But is anyone reading?