Care Bears, the toy, television show, movie, cross-platform wonders from the 1980s are back. They have been completely re-imagined as CGI, and still have the unbounded optimism that was their hallmark twenty years ago. A new Care Bears DVD release,… Read More ›

Time travel stories are difficult to tell.  When watching a movie that focuses on time travel, the audience is often quick to point out the multitude of story problems and paradoxes that ought to make the entire film unspool far… Read More ›

I find myself impressed by Jim and Pam. These two kids actually went out and helped Dwight Schrute last night. I find Dwight to usually be an irredeemable character and deservedly the butt of numerous jokes. Even so, feeling bad… Read More ›

How nice was it to see that that Pushing Daisies continued last night to explore how Ned figured out the rules to his “gift.”  I think they answered several of my questions from the first episode, including what dies when… Read More ›

Described by press materials as a “mystery drama with music,” CBS's new show, Viva Laughlin, represents an uncomfortable mixture of all three. The show, based on the British show Viva Blackpool, centers around Ripley Holden (Lloyd Owen). Holden is a… Read More ›

Based solely upon box office receipts, the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez theatrical double-feature, Grindhouse, was a less than successful endeavor. The theatrical release featured the Robert Rodriguez-helmed Planet Terror and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, with fake trailers placed between the two…. Read More ›

Maybe I'm the only person to feel this way — I can accept that — but boy, did I like Bionic Woman last night. Yes, yes, yes, the show is not without problems, most notably that Katee Sackhoff's Sarah Corvus… Read More ›

Originally released in 1992, Bram Stoker's Dracula, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, had an incredible look and feel. The sets, costumes, and all the visual aspects of the film were incredibly rich and complex. Happily, the same is true of… Read More ›

For their season premiere, Nova is taking a page from Hiro Nakamura.  On Tuesday October 9 at 8pm ET/PT, Nova will be delving into the “Secrets of the Samurai Sword.”  The episode spends the entire hour going through the entire… Read More ›

Did we watch Bionic Woman last night? After what I thought to be a middling first episode, I think the second episode kind of picked things up. In fact, I wish that the two had been aired back-to-back, because last… Read More ›