Wish fulfillment. So many movies are entirely about wish fulfillment.  It makes a lot sense, if people leave a movie having gotten everything they wanted they'll have a better feeling about what they've just seen and how they've spent their… Read More ›

I am, as happens on a fairly regular basis, distressed this morning. Did you watch American Gladiators last night? I know you didn't, the ratings will show that you didn't, but I did. And I am, as aforementioned, distressed. The… Read More ›

Do you ever feel of two minds about something? You want pizza (New York style, not that garbage they pass off as pizza in the rest of the country, save Chicago which has their own thing going on and I… Read More ›

As I was sitting there this morning watching The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (oh, come on, you know you watch, don't pretend like you don't), I thought to myself — gee, you sure do watch a lot of television, more than… Read More ›

Tell someone that you're going to watch a “Hammer movie” you might instantly get back a series of “ooohhhs,” “aahhhs,” and possibly a knowing smile.  Hammer films seem to occupy a space all their own.  They seem to be thought… Read More ›

Not all television series come to our screens as clear winners or clear losers. Most fall somewhere in the middle. They have good bits and bad, and one isn't quite sure watching the first couple of episodes exactly where the… Read More ›

You know what I've rediscovered the past two nights? I know, you don't, so I'm going to tell you — made-for-television movies and mini-series. No, seriously. Well, okay, you got me, not all made-for-TV stuff (most of those Sci-Fi Channel… Read More ›

The Arthurian legend, the story of Camelot, is one of the tales that has remained in our culture over the course of centuries.  It has been adapted to virtually every medium and in  varying degrees of success. One of the… Read More ›

As the song goes, I'm blue da-ba-dee-da-ba-die. The May Sweep is pretty much over and done with, the traditional television season has come to an end, and outside of Lost, which ends next week, tonight marks the last night of… Read More ›

For a reason that this writer has yet to deduce, Nova seems to have gotten hyper-specific this season.  Broad issues, while present in some episodes, have taken a backseat to vaguely interesting minutiae.  Even when there is a broad issue… Read More ›