Every summer I do my best to find some new old show to watch… well, something that's old but new to me. A couple of years ago I watched every episode of House, a couple of years before that every… Read More ›
Month: June 2010
Feeling out the Memphis Beat
For too long Jason Lee was stuck playing the hapless wannabe do-gooder Earl Hickey on My Name is Earl. Although that show's final season was certainly funnier than the one which preceded it, it did feel as though almost all… Read More ›
Does Hawthorne Require Medical Attention?
There are few real directions, it seems, in which a hospital-based show can take. It almost goes without saying that every hospital on every television show finds itself strapped for cash (or that a hospital administrator will at some point… Read More ›
That’s Right, I’m Watching Both Happy Town & Persons Unknown
I do these things to myself, I understand that. I started watching Happy Town, got a full three episodes into it before the first episode actually was on air, and liked it. I liked it despite being quite convinced that… Read More ›
100 Classic Books or The Nintendo DSi’s E-Reader Envy
It seems as though everyone wants to get their feet wet in the e-book game these days. Prior to the release of it latest handheld system, the DSi XL, earlier this year, Nintendo announced that a title would be released… Read More ›
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in Blu-ray-livia
Opinions change with time – that which is viewed as brilliant today may be viewed as wholly trite and/or indescribably horrid tomorrow. The opposite is also true – that which is viewed with derision at one point later very well… Read More ›
Tetris Comes Around Again
On June 6, 2010 the puzzle game Tetris celebrated its 26th birthday. Yes, it may be hard to believe, but those little annoying shapes have been bugging casual and hardcore gamers alike for the past 26 years. Tetris has been… Read More ›
Playing 18 with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11
Sitting down to play Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 on the Nintendo Wii is a whole lot like visiting someone who used to be a close friend but you've fallen out of touch with despite only living a mile apart…. Read More ›
Contemplating the Glee Finale
It would make for the perfect script, wouldn't it? Over the course of a television season going from unconvinced to semi-convinced to slightly disheartened to totally in love – it all sounds just like an executive in Hollywood would have… Read More ›
Racing Past in a Blur
There are two basic ways a racing game can go – arcade or realistic. Activision's new Blur, from the moment you first pop it in to your console, is most definitely the former not the latter. Everything about the game… Read More ›
Caddyshack – Still Alright After all These Years
One would be hard-pressed to state that Harold Ramis' debut directorial effort, Caddyshack, is the comedic equivalent of Citizen Kane. The story is weak, working best as comedic scenes rather than a film as a whole, and the basic “snobs… Read More ›
Burn Notice’s Fire Still lit in Season Four
At its best, Burn Notice is a television show that deftly mixes humor and action, intimate family moments and plots for secret agent world domination, excellent spy insights and lots of alcohol. At its worst, Burn Notice is as foolishly… Read More ›
Royal Pains – Uneasy Lies the Stethoscope that Treats the Crown
In an article last summer on the USA Network show, I wrote, “I find myself totally and completely unconvinced by Royal Pains. I'm not saying that it's bad, I'm not even saying I dislike it, I'm just saying that I… Read More ›
2010’s The Wolfman Lacks Bite
Everyone has their own personal favorite type of movie. Although I would never classify them as my favorite, I am a sucker for the classic Universal monsters – Dracula, Wolf Man, Frankenstein, and all the other creatures who appeared in… Read More ›
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