Packed with star power, American Gangster entered theaters late last fall. With Ridley Scott at the helm and Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe on screen together for the first time in a dozen years, the film was sure to receive… Read More ›
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Nova Goes Ape (and not the Grape Variety)
In Nova's latest episode, the series makes it quite clear that we still have a lot to learn about the world in which we live. Specifically, the show focuses on apes, and how they act differently than we once thought… Read More ›
Lipstick Jungle and Celebrity Apprentice Rile Me Up
I shouldn't be — I know I shouldn't be — but I'm just completely infuriated. Last night I watched The Celebrity Apprentice, which I know I've ranted about before but am about to do so again, and Lipstick Jungle (okay,… Read More ›
Law & Order all About Content, Cashmere Mafia all About Clothes
If you’re like me (and really, who isn’t?), you stopped watching Law & Order a couple of seasons back. Figuring that its best days were behind it, that the new cast was simply no good, and that the “ripped from… Read More ›
American Gladiators’ Filler (and Commercials) Far Less Delicious than a Jelly Donut’s.
So, it seems as though the writers will be heading back to work soon. There is not yet a complete list of which shows will resume production for the spring, will shows will just opt to return in the fall,… Read More ›
Affleck and Affleck Manage to Get Gone Baby Gone
Sometimes, when all else fails, one has to stop, assess the situation, and come up with a new strategy. It might cost a lot emotionally, mentally, and physically to do so, but the pause might lead to better things down… Read More ›
The Great Astrospies Space Race
Imagine for a moment orbital space stations that house astronauts and have telescopic lenses not pointed towards the stars, but rather down onto the earth. Maybe some of these space stations have guns mounted to them so as to ward… Read More ›
Words of Caution to The Celebrity Apprentice and Donald Trump
There is a basic contract that exists between reality TV show watchers and reality TV show producers – we, the watchers, will accept the rules as you set them forth, ludicrous though they may be, provided that you (and the… Read More ›
Train Wreck Television Rules on Wednesday Nights
What is wrong with Wednesday television? If you ask me, there is some sort of drastic, major, monstrous, huge problem with it. First, The Moment of Truth. People watch this. It's as close as television has ever gotten to televising… Read More ›
Charlie Brown Sends a Valentine to All of Us
In this day of South Park and The Simpsons, there is something refreshing about going back and watching a couple of Peanuts specials. With Valentine's Day on the way people will have the chance to do just that with the… Read More ›
The Gladiators Get Terminated
Let's face it, no matter how much we wish it were different, life's not fair. It just isn't and it never will be. I just wish that television reality shows could be more fair. Maybe “even” is a better word… Read More ›
Helping to Prop Up That Last Restaurant Standing
By now the conventions of reality television contests are well understood. Even when shows in the genre hop across the pond they are quickly understood and digestible. Minor differences may exist here and there, but anyone tuning in to BBC… Read More ›
If We Own the Night Together, Will You Buy Me Out?
Sometimes sitting down to watch a movie one gets the impression that the director was sticking to a straight paint-by-numbers ethos. Police dramas dealing mainly with a single family are particularly easy to do in this matter. One only has… Read More ›
Hey, Tootsie!
The notion of men wearing women's clothes has been a part of comedy for decades. Sometimes it works wonderfully (Some Like it Hot), other times it doesn't (White Chicks), but no matter the results it is a virtually certainty that… Read More ›
George W. Bush and Presidential Politics go Toe-to-Toe with American Gladiators
Listen, the President was on TV last night, ruining most of what the writers' strike left intact, and I don't really talk politics here, so I'm going to pretty much avoid any discussion of what he said. Let me just… Read More ›
Nova Knows a Secret (of the Parthenon)
The Parthenon, which has existed for 2500 years, just may be the largest jigsaw puzzle ever created. Despite the fact that all its columns look perfectly straight, as does the floor, and just about ever other piece of marble in… Read More ›
It’s Good to be the King of California
There seems to be an emerging niche genre in Hollywood – quirky, off-beat dramas featuring eccentric characters. The movies try to be funny and smart, tearful and hopeful at the same time (Sideways and Little Miss Sunshine come to the… Read More ›
NBC Chucks out a Couple of Episodes on Thursday Night
We live in an odd world. Last night NBC aired what it referred to as a “Chuck sandwich.” It was an episode of Chuck followed by The Celebrity Apprentice followed by another Chuck. In my world I'd call that a… Read More ›
A Look at Some British Television on DVD
As we all know by now, the television and film writers are on strike. One of the things they're requesting is an increase in the residuals from DVD sales. This can put the consumer in something of an awkward bind… Read More ›
Boston Legal Tackles Abortion
Did you watch Boston Legal last night? No? You missed out. It was one of the best episodes the series has done in a long time, maybe ever. Last night, they tackled abortion, and managed to do it in a… Read More ›
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