It is always an interesting experience after watching the first season of a reality show to tune into the show's second season. Things often change, dramatically. The producers have figured out new and possibly better ways of approaching the same… Read More ›
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The Holiday Television Weekend Blues
I simply do not understand what happened over the long weekend. Where exactly was it written that I should be heartbroken more than once over the course of the three days? What did I do to distress the all-powerful media… Read More ›
Sony Brings Some Good Movies to Blu-ray
Someone at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is deserving of heaps of praise. On February 17, Sony is releasing onto Blu-ray for the first time ever Kramer vs. Kramer, Gandhi, and a double-feature with Capote and In Cold Blood. All four… Read More ›
If it Were I, I Wouldn’t Spend Any Nights in Rodanthe
Put together a couple of A-list stars who have worked together in the past and an author with a proven track record and you have a surefire film success, right? Well, not necessarily. You could find yourself with a great… Read More ›
Toe-Tapping with High School Musical
High School Musical is one of those phenomena things that's hard to explain. What started out as a made-for TV movie on the Disney Channel has turned into a massive, astounding success. It has spawned, among other things, two sequels,… Read More ›
Examining the Fringe
I don't know about Fringe, I simply don't. I watch the show every week, or at least on the week's that there are new episodes, but I can't figure out if I really enjoy it. I think that, perhaps, the… Read More ›
Rethinking This Season of 24
We are now at that point in the 24 season where I completely stop caring and debate whether or not I should bother continue watching the show. It happens every season right around this point, and I think that's because… Read More ›
Horror Hosting Brought into the Light of Day with American Scary
There was a time during the history of television when much more program was locally originated than is the case these days. With smaller budgets and lots of time to fill, channels aired lots of movies which they could buy… Read More ›
Searching for the Miracle at St. Anna
More than many filmmakers, Spike Lee's movies all seem to have a distinctive point of view. Spike Lee movies have a tendency to use the story to service a larger message or agenda, one that exists outside of the film. … Read More ›
Shaun the Sheep Makes Me Want to Follow the Flock
It may seem like a silly statement, but it's one of those things that is all too often forgotten – perhaps the most important thing in creating a television show or film is the ability to tell a good story. … Read More ›
Oliver and Company Comes Back for Some More
The folks over at Disney have a talent for taking stories that already exist and reworking them to fit into the Disney ethos. They've found varying levels of success doing it with fairy tales, novels, historical accounts, and legends. And,… Read More ›
Monday Night Television Gets the Best of Me
When we are young, we are foolish. As we grow old, we become more wise. Allegedly that’s the case anyway. Frankly, I’m not so sure that it’s the reality. Several months ago, I lamented the idea that I was going… Read More ›
Looking for One "Super" Bowl Ad
The day after the Super Bowl is, all too often, filled with recriminations and complaints and distress. Epithets are tossed around, complaints are issued, there's a ton of, for lack of a better term, Monday morning quarterbacks always willing to… Read More ›
A Kindler, Gentler Hell’s Kitchen?
I am simply shocked about Hell’s Kitchen returning Thursday night. I knew it was coming. I’ve known for a long time that it was going to premiere Thursday, but I’m still pretty shocked that it did. It was a summer… Read More ›
The Problem with Television Guest Stars
Special guest stars, as I may have told you in the past, pose a problem for television shows, particularly whodunits. If you recognize the actor or actress's face when the police are questioning an individual, you know that the police… Read More ›
Scrubs Hacks Into My E-mail
I would like to, if I may, tell you a brief, and, if I'm honest, slightly disgusting story (but, that's my prerogative, this is after all my column). About 10 months ago (give or take), my daughter issued a bowel… Read More ›
Anyone got the Rent?
Going to a show on Broadway — not just to a Broadway show — is something special. Being around Times Square, the hustle and bustle, never knowing whether you're going to see the next huge star, and sitting in an… Read More ›
13 Going on 30 – Like Big, but Still Enjoyable
Though it may be a little clichéd, sometimes sitting down to watch a movie is just a “feel-good” experience. The movie may offer little that is new – in fact it could simply be a very slight reworking of an… Read More ›
Lost Came Back… You Didn’t Follow
So, Lost returned last night. Now, if the ratings are anything to go by, you weren't that interested. Yes, some of you watched, but far fewer than watched last year. I'm not quite sure how that could be though. How… Read More ›
It’s Groundhog Day… Again
It's always nice when one can revisit a film 15 years after its initial release and see that the piece is just as good — if not better — than it was originally. Such is the case with the upcoming… Read More ›
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