Fine, I’m going to do it. I thought for a long time that I wouldn’t, but every week I think the same thing and it’s come time for me to say it – “iZombie” reminds me of “Veronica Mars.” Wow,… Read More ›
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The "Clue" Quote-Along: Super fun or just a Red Herring?
I have long-professed a love of silence at the movies. I have held up my love of sitting by myself in an empty theater watching movies all alone. I stand by this ideal, but yesterday, I did something quite far… Read More ›
Watching "The Walking Dead," but not Knowing why
Quitting a television series isn’t something I find easy. After a while with a series, I feel as though I have invested so much time in it that I may as well stick around to see how it all ends…. Read More ›
Quick Thoughts on the Second Season of "Broadchurch"
I always worry about the second season of a television series, especially when the first seems like a closed book. There are a multitude of potential pitfalls that series regularly find when reopening a story or telling a new one… Read More ›
Jeremy Clarkson’s "Top Gear" Suspension and the Bigger Issue Involved
Last night we ought to have gotten a new episode of one of my favorite series, “Top Gear.” As I wrote earlier this year, there is just so much I love about the show. It does so many things so… Read More ›
"American Crime" it may Have Timothy Hutton, but it’s Lost me
It had been my intention to come to you today and talk about ABC’s new series, “American Crime.” After watching two episodes however, I just don’t think I can do that. Of course, naturally, that deserves an explanation which means… Read More ›
I Hate Running, but it’s Kind of Great
We will once more be travelling outside of our usual media confines today. Just go with it. A few months ago, my wife forced me to start exercising, specifically running. There is some ridiculous logic she has about my being… Read More ›
Loving and Hating "The Amazing Race": Are They Sinking Into a Cesspool?
I know we’re in the second cycle of it, but I still have trouble wrapping my brain around Friday evening episodes of “The Amazing Race,” and don’t even get me started on random Wednesday premieres. These scheduling shenanigans caused me… Read More ›
Binging Amazon’s "Bosch" and Loving it
I stand at a precipice. This morning, I watched three-and-a-half episodes of Amazon’s “Bosch” original series and now have but one episode left. For those not in the know, the police drama stars Titus Welliver as Michael Connelly’s creation, Detective… Read More ›
Is Jim Gordon Becoming a Problem for "Gotham?"
On the whole, I like FOX’s “Gotham.” I think it’s a fun comic book series and has actually done a really good job of setting up Batman’s world. That is not to say, however, that it doesn’t have issues, and… Read More ›
"The Goldbergs" and "Modern Family" Offer a Tale of Two Sitcoms
Watching ABC from 8:30 to 9:30 last night (February 25) offered a stark contrast in the execution of two sitcoms. Up first was “The Goldbergs,” which attempted to one-up its ’80s references by recreating “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” and then… Read More ›
"Birdman," "American Sniper," and the Importance of Being (an) Expert
The designation “expert” matters in this world, whether we choose to admit it or not. I may be a day late on this, but I’ve been pondering the Academy Awards ceremony and beyond just thinking “Birdman” was a great choice,… Read More ›
Why I Keep Going Back to DisneyWorld and why you Should too
Last week, I was at DisneyWorld. Why? Because my kids have a week off in February and they love the place. Why else? Because I love the place. There is, it seems to me, a sort of wide-eyed naiveté ascribed… Read More ›
The Junket Interview Learning Curve and why I want to talk to Jamie Foxx Again
I had the oddest of experiences this week – for the first time ever, I walked into a room for an interview at a movie junket and didn’t introduce myself as being from HitFix. Instead, I was from IGN (as… Read More ›
The Minions – They’re like four-year-olds with a Super Bowl spot
You may have noticed that on more than one occasion I have used a Minion gif here on the blog. Let me tell you why that is – my son is obsessed with them, pure and simple. Really. Obsessed. Backstory:… Read More ›
"Top Gear" – Why I still love it but don’t write of it often
It struck me last night (and every other time I’ve watched the past few years), that I haven’t written about “Top Gear” lately. It is something that has perplexed me – the not writing about it, not the series itself… Read More ›
"Parenthood," some incoherent ramblings on the NBC series’ upcoming departure
Over the past few years, “Parenthood” has enthralled and infuriated me. With the series coming to an end very shortly, I have been spending some time trying to figure it all out. Forgive the below’s format as something of a… Read More ›
Good Media Manners – The loud music blues
Dear Good Media Manners, I can’t believe you haven’t tackled one of the great scourges of our society yet – people who listen to music so loud that it bleeds through their headphones so everyone around can hear it. I… Read More ›
On Kevin Jonas’ "Celebrity Apprentice" mistake, the women being smart, and Geraldo being doomed
There are things in this world which I wish I understood better than I do. Regularly finding itself at the top of this list is the way other people’s minds work. I see the world through a certain lens, one… Read More ›
On being happy despite career ups and downs
Earlier today, I ran a series of tweets about my life, my career, and my view of the world. For simplicity’s sake, I have compiled them below. As with everyone else, 2014 was full of huge highs and big lows:… Read More ›
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