Perhaps more than any other film studio, Disney has mastered the creation of sequels. Some go direct to video and some receive theatrical release, but the studio always seems to have yet another story to tell about some of their… Read More ›
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Happy Days are Here Again – I’m NOT Dwight Schrute!
Today, I'd like to tell you a story, a true story. The day before Thanksgiving I was at Costco. In a woman's cart nearby I saw a Wii Fit. My wife (trust me it was all her) was desperate to… Read More ›
My Disappointment About the Impending Pushing Daisies Finale
Pushing Daisies' all too brief existence is drawing to a close, and as I watch these last few episodes I find myself distressed. That was too be expected, I've enjoyed the show, but the reason that I'm distressed is less… Read More ›
Jay Leno and NBC Have a Plan (But is it a Good One?)
I fully understand I'm a day behind the news cycle here, but then again, this isn't a news piece, it's an opinion one. On Monday it was rumored, and on Tuesday it was made official, NBC will be handing Jay… Read More ›
Top Gear Maintains Top Form
Last night Boston Legal finished its five-season (okay, four and a half season) run. The finale was touching, poignant, funny, and perfectly Boston Legal. It was a great way for the show to go out. But, I don't want to… Read More ›
Going After Lynette Scavo or her Family Just Doesn’t Seem Like a Good Plan…
It seems to me that of all the people on Wisteria Lane, the one you most don't want to mess with is Lynette Scavo, she will eat you (and your children) alive. Why then, I must ask, did Dave think… Read More ›
TNT Finds Some Leverage with Timothy Hutton
Watch enough television or go to enough movies and you get an affection for various actors, actresses, directors, etc. One of the actors I've come to really enjoy watching through the years is Timothy Hutton. Hutton originally came to prominence… Read More ›
Sweeney Todd May be the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, But Can He Sing?
Tim Burton is a visionary director. Looking at his body of work from the late 1980s through today, one gets a clear sense of his dark, humorous world view. Burton's films are filled with a sense of the fantastic, the… Read More ›
Maybe I Have This Whole Fringe/X-Files Thing Backwards…
Last night I sat down and watched the new X-Files movie, the one that was in theaters for all of a week this summer before quickly disappearing from everyone's radar. I was sorely disappointed, massively disappointed, hugely disappointed. I completely… Read More ›
A Heroes’ Non-Death – When Throat-Slitting Isn’t Enough
As I noted a few months ago in a discussion of the season premiere of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, I have a problem when writers write themselves into situations that they can't get out of without having one of… Read More ›
Nitpicking on Wisteria Lane
I’m a nitpicky person, I know that. I can single-handedly suck the fun out of any TV show — all it takes is a stroke (or 20) on the keyboard. So, with that in mind, let’s look at last night’s… Read More ›
Tropic Thunder Funny, But…
There is a cynical view of filmmaking (be it Hollywood or foreign fare) which suggests that as long as films adhere to a specific formula – “x” number of laughs, “y” number of big stars, “z” number of actions sequences,… Read More ›
One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three Tequila, Floor
When is a bottle of tequila not a bottle of tequila? When it's a work of art. 1800 Tequila has recently begun an “Essential Artists” campaign. 1800's website lists 9 different artists who are taking part in the campaign, each… Read More ›
My Own Worst Enemy its Own Worst Enemy
I have on more than one occasion defended My Own Worst Enemy. Despite its ratings slide and cancellation (the final episode airs December 15), I have argued that the show is actually quite fun. Now, in order to do that… Read More ›
The Amazing Race Needs to Think About a Mercy Killing
At this point, The Amazing Race seems to have whittled its way down to three teams. I know that happens ever year, but what makes this year remarkable is that there are still four teams technically left in the race…. Read More ›
Contemplating Christmas: A Look at ABC Family’s "25 Days of Christmas" for 2008
I come here and I tell you a lot of bad things. I talk about what's wrong on a ton of different TV shows. I tell you just a couple of days before it happens for real that Pushing Daisies… Read More ›
Pushing for Pushing Daisies
Sigh. There are some shows that I don't mind seeing go away – shows that have run their course, shows that never should have had a course, that sort of thing. Unfortunately, all too often I see shows on the… Read More ›
The Berenstain Bears Celebrate Christmas… Or Not
When is a Christmas DVD not a Christmas DVD? When it's The Berenstain Bears: Christmas Tree DVD. Released at the end of October, The Berenstain Bears: Christmas Tree contains five Berenstain Bears episodes, only one of which actually deals directly… Read More ›
Contemplating Quantum of Solace
James Bond. If you've been a consistent reader of these pages you'll know that I lie somewhere between “big fan of” and “massively obsessed with” the suave secret agent. With that in mind, let's talk Quantum of Solace. Now, this… Read More ›
Still Puzzling Over The Amazing Race
Seriously, I don't know what to do. I simply don't. Should I stop watching The Amazing Race? I like the show, usually, but I don't quite know how much more stupidity I can put up with this season. I don't. … Read More ›
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