Almost two years ago, I labeled Monsoon Multimedia's HAVA Titanium HD (a device similar to the more well-known Slingbox) “a nice idea, but not a must-have device.” Ever since that assessment, the folks at Monsoon have been doing everything in… Read More ›
Month: October 2009
A Bigger, Badder Monsoon Wedding Hits Blu-ray as Part of The Criterion Collection
To attempt to fully describe what director Mira Nair has created with Monsoon Wedding is not the easiest of tasks. The 2001 film, shot by Declan Quinn with a script from Sabrina Dhawan, is the tale of the wedding of… Read More ›
"…and They Have a Plan." Battlestar Galactica: The Plan Hits Blu-ray
“The Cylons were created by man. They rebelled. They evolved. They look and feel human. Some are programmed to think they are human. There are many copies. And they have… a plan.” So the audience of Battlestar Galactica was repeatedly… Read More ›
Easy Rider – A Classic now in High Definition
If Turner Classic Movies is right, if there really is a list of “The Essentials” – the movies everyone ought to see – then somewhere on that list resides 1969's legendary Easy Rider. Whether one likes the film or not,… Read More ›
You Just Have to do Whatever Works
Larry David, the absurdly nitpicky Jewish curmudgeon who can be seen on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm and co-creator of Seinfeld, has an attitude that could easily be mistaken for Woody Allen’s. Though not the same man, and though they may… Read More ›
Hulu Planning on Charging Subcription Fees?
Yesterday Chase Carey, News Corp.'s president and COO, stated that Hulu, the online video portal owned by News Corp., The Walt Disney Company, NBC Universe, and Providence Equity Partners, will start to charge users a subscription fee at some point… Read More ›
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Smash-up Arthritic at Best
Many a Saturday morning in my youth was spent watching the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I actually spent enough time watching those fearsome fighting teens to still, all these years later, be able to sing the theme song (turtle power!)…. Read More ›
The 2009-2010 TV Season and Me (Because you want to know)
Have I shied away from talking about the television season as of late? I haven't meant to, but have the feeling that I may have and consequently have spent a lot of time trying to figure out exactly why that… Read More ›
A sNeak pEek oF iCarly
Everything these days seems to be heading towards being interactive… even television. No longer do people just sit there and consume, they're sometimes able to actually influence what takes place on the screen (and in more ways than just pretending… Read More ›
Baseball Blast! Brings Bliss?
Baseball may be the national pastime, but anyone who is currently watching the MLB playoffs can tell you that it takes an awfully long time to play a game. There may have been a time when three hours was enough… Read More ›
When the TiVo Disappears, so does some Enthusiasm
Virtually everything I watch on television, I watch via my TiVo. Network schedules these days seem to be full of time changes, date alterations, and all manner of oddities, TiVo makes it easier to navigate such issues. However, TiVo also… Read More ›
White Collar Not Quite Criminally Good (But Close)
USA Network's ever-expanding lineup of original productions is getting ready to welcome a new set of characters. Starting on October 23 at 10pm, the series will be airing White Collar, the story of a white collar criminal, Neal Caffrey (Matt… Read More ›
More than Delicious, it’s Pinkalicious, The Musical!
Located at 45 Bleecker Street in New York City is the Bleecker Street Theatre. This small, 240-seat theater, is home for the next couple of months to a musical production aimed squarely at pre-teen girls, Pinkalicious, The Musical. Pinkalicious is… Read More ›
Hi Ho! Snow White Hits Blu-ray
There is a statue in the Magic Kingdom at Walt DisneyWorld, just short of Cinderella's Castle, which features Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse. Accompanying that statue is a plaque that reads “Never forget that it all started with a mouse.” While that is… Read More ›
Year One Something of a Zero
Harold Ramis is the director and/or writer behind some of the funniest films ever made. His credits include Caddyshack, Groundhog Day, and Ghostbusters amongst others. His latest movie, Year One, will do absolutely nothing to add to his reputation, rather,… Read More ›
Trying to be one of the Heroes Over Europe
The first few moments after picking up a controller and starting the first mission in Heroes Over Europe, the WWII fighter sequel to Heroes of the Pacific, are heady times indeed. One gets to kick up the throttle and can… Read More ›
Foyle’s War: From Dunkirk to VE Day – Five Sets Made One
[Editor's note: Individual reviews of set four and set five can be found here and here, respectively.] For Detective Chief Inspector Christopher Foyle, the Second World War may now be over, but the reports of the show's demise have been… Read More ›
I’m a Go Play Lumberjacks and I’m Okay…
This may be hard to believe, but there’s now another title for the Nintendo Wii which is a series of mini-games. This time out they are, oddly enough, lumberjack themed games and are part of the ever-growing Go Play line… Read More ›