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It May be True Love, But I’d Give it All up for Some Sno-Caps
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 ›
Putting My TV Viewing to Use in Hell’s Kitchen
I watch a lot of TV. I know it, you know it, we all know it. I watch a lot of TV. Sometimes I actually wonder to myself if it's all worth it, but I tend to quickly answer in… Read More ›
Something Burrows into American Gladiators, but it’s not The Mole
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 ›
The Dirty Harry Series Makes My Day
Throughout his long career, Clint Eastwood has had a number of iconic roles. He's been a boxing coach, a man with no name, a secret service agent, and an outlaw. He is perhaps best known however for playing a cop,… Read More ›
With TV Finales, "X" Doesn’t Always Mark the Spot
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 ›
1800 Select Silver, or, Like the Song Says…TEQUILA!!
What I know about tequila wouldn't fill a shot glass. Ask me about scotch, and I'll be able to talk reasonably well about peatiness, mossiness, oakiness, sherry casks, Speyside, Highland, and a multitude of other things. Scotch I know. Tequila,… Read More ›
Mickey Mouse and Monday Nights this Fall
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 ›
My Top Gear Addiction Becomes More Serious
Okay, it's official, I'm addicted. There's nothing else to say about it, I'm addicted to Top Gear. There's really very little I can do about it. I'm watching all the repeats I can, I'm googling the show, I'm googling Hammond,… Read More ›
Those Daring Icons of Adventure and Their Sailing Machines
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 ›
The Ever-Changing Shape of Lost
Lost. It finished it's season last night. It, as per usual, answered some questions and asked others. It perplexed, complexed, and vexed viewers. And yet, boy is it fun to watch. I can't think of another show on television which,… Read More ›
Is the Answer In Plain Sight?
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 ›
Jen Serves up Incompetence and Attitude in Hell’s Kitchen
Hell's Kitchen continues to perplex me, truly it does. I still can't imagine wanting to eat at any of the restaurants that the chefs we've seen would end up running. I still can't imagine how Jen takes herself seriously. I… Read More ›
Some Made-For-TV Happiness
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 ›
Another Year, Another Baseball Mogul This Time, It’s 2009
In my review last year for the stat-crunching baseball simulator Baseball Mogul 2008, I stated that the game provided a great experience for stat-heads and casual baseball game fan alike. Baseball Mogul 2009, which only sports a few tweaks from… Read More ›
Is A New DVD Release a Second Life for First Knight?
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 ›
Law & Order and Boston Legal End the Season on Good Notes
I really enjoy Boston Legal. Last night, their season finale (and, just like with HIMYM, the show hadn't been renewed for next year when the episode was filmed) was just one of those episodes that shows you just how good… Read More ›
Looking to Cure the Summertime (TV) Blues
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 ›
Filming a HIMYM Series Finale Versus a Season Finale
Yearly, I am perplexed by the way the television industry works. I don't know how to change it, but it doesn't seem right that many shows film their last episode of the season not knowing if it will be the… Read More ›
Nova Gets up Close and Personal with the "Lord of the Ants"
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 ›