Dear Reader(s), As many of you probably know tomorrow is Thanksgiving. It is also the day on which I will fly halfway around the world. I’ll be spending the next two weeks out of the country and away from my… Read More ›
Month: November 2007
Thirteen is not an Unlucky Number for These Guys
When in doubt, return to your roots. It is not a bad plan of attack and one that Steven Soderbergh, George Clooney, and company deploy successfully in Ocean's Thirteen, the Ocean's franchise's third entry. For the original film, Danny Ocean… Read More ›
Heading to the Second Star to the Right
“Second star to the right, and straight on 'til morning.” Few phrases from childhood are quite so iconic as that. Peter Pan is the dream of childhood. It's the dream of living in a magical land, never growing up, and… Read More ›
You Just Got Slapped on HIMYM
The games people play. Last night was rife with them. The 8:00 hour of television alone featured Marshall's playing a first Slapsgiving game with Barney on How I Met Your Mother, and Chuck playing dating games with Lou over on… Read More ›
The Amazing Race: Why I’ll Never be on it
I am not going to lie to you, I would love to go on The Amazing Race. Seriously, this is not just another part of my unhealthy obsession with 30 Rock (or, more accurately, their unhealthy obsession with me). I… Read More ›
Is it Football or is it Soccer? Either Way, it Makes Me Say Wii!!
The sport of soccer is, perhaps, the most popular sport in the world, yet it has never taken off in the country. Perhaps it is the slow pace of play or the low scoring games, but it has never quite… Read More ›
Do You Want to Catch the Excitement? Do You Want to Catch the Adventure? Do You want to Catch the Hawk?
At some point in its life cycle, a bad movie becomes a cult classic. When exactly that becomes the case is unclear; the moment a film crosses over from being just downright bad to being so bad its good is… Read More ›
Shrek the Third Ventures Into Well-Charted Territory
When an extremely funny movie, like Shrek, puts out an extremely funny sequel, like Shrek 2, the expectations for the third entry into the series are only heightened. Thus, when the third entry is a disappointment, like Shrek the Third,… Read More ›
Jimmy Buffett, Martha Stewart, and Me
Okay, it's dead horse beating time, but as long as I have a baseball bat and there is some dead horse sitting in front of me, I may as well, right? 30 Rock (that's right, we're doing a Kenneth the… Read More ›
Michelle Ryan and Gordon Ramsay Get Formulaic
I wonder if Bionic Woman will actually stick to the formula it's used for the last three episodes. Certainly, the show has managed to maintain, finally, a relatively consistent tone in its recent episodes, but the ratings aren't very good… Read More ›
What do the Grim Reaper and Jimmy Smits Have in Common?
What is it about Cane that I like, can someone explain it to me, but I can't figure it out. Partly it's Nestor Carbonell, it's more Jimmy Smits, but a lot of my reasons are wholly unknown. Look at last… Read More ›
Kristen Bell, Heroes, and a Few Bad Ideas
Were we supposed to be surprised last night on Heroes when it was revealed that Kristen Bell’s character, Elle, is working for Bob? The way the two of them were shown together it felt as though we were supposed to… Read More ›
Desperate Housewives Aims to Please
So, last week I just got lucky with The Amazing Race. This week, a team I liked, or, at the very least, didn't hate, got eliminated. The problem is that there are so many teams out there I despise this… Read More ›
Nova Goes for a "Judgment Day" of its own
Rarely, if ever, do I begin a review with the following statement, so please do pay attention: you should watch this week's special two hour Nova episode, “Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial.” The show focuses on the debate between… Read More ›
It’s the Start of Something New, it’s Day One
The creation of the atomic bomb is an event that will be analyzed and discussed for generations to come. Was the success of the Manhattan Project a triumph or a disaster? Was the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima… Read More ›
Don’t Have The Princess Bride on DVD? A New Edition is Heading to Store Shelves.
Everyone has certain movies that they fall in love with growing up. It is always good to see as an adult that a movie that one remembers fondly is in fact a good movie. It is nice to know that… Read More ›
The Logitech Harmony 880 is one of my Heroes
It's often the little things that make me happy. Take last night's Chuck, for instance. The remote that Tang was using as the “master remote” was Logitech's Harmony 880. I have one, and let me tell you that is a… Read More ›
The Amazing Race Ends for One Unlucky Team (Lucky Me)
I'm so happy The Amazing Race is back. That show is a rocking good time, even when the premiere episode is only an hour instead of 90 minutes or two hours. A single hour really isn't enough time for me… Read More ›
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Comes to DVD
Whatever other problems he may have, George Lucas does not do things in a small or half-hearted way. His stories are big, his visuals are big, and his characters are certainly larger than life. Even when his characters are small,… Read More ›
The Gang on My Name is Earl are Bad Boys… Again
Last night My Name is Earl made a lot of jokes about living in a post-9/11 world. Is it too soon? When such issues come up, I always fall back to Crimes and Misdemeanors – “if it bends, it's funny…. Read More ›
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