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• Who Goo? Roogoo

  By Josh Lasser on September 25, 2009 • ( 0 )

  The Nintendo Wii's unique control scheme and desire to inspire everyone from two to 200 to play on it has inspired its share of wacky, weird, and wonderful puzzlers and party games.  One of the latest, Roogoo: Twisted Towers, is… Read More ›

• Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving Means More Pooh for You!

  By Josh Lasser on September 24, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Less a single full-length feature and more a composite of several shorter Winnie the Pooh tales, Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving is coming to DVD in a brand new, 10th Anniversary Edition – complete with a mini-stocking. The tales… Read More ›

• One Could Observe and Report, but to Simply Ignore may be Wiser

  By Josh Lasser on September 23, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Perhaps best known as “the other 2009 mall cop movie,” the Seth Rogen-starring Observe and Report not only trails Paul Blart: Mall Cop in terms of release dates, but laughs as well – and this reviewer didn't find the Kevin… Read More ›

• Whoa, was That a FlashForward or Just a Head Rush?

  By Josh Lasser on September 23, 2009 • ( 6 )

  Based oh-so-loosely on the Robert J. Sawyer book of the same name, and perhaps the most ambitious television show to launch this fall, ABC's FlashForward is a drama with a science fiction edge.  In the novel, the main story follows… Read More ›

• Mr. Men & Little Miss on DVD

  By Josh Lasser on September 22, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Originally created by Roger Hargreaves in 1971, the Mr. Men series of books have existed in the public consciousness – even if at a subdued level – for almost four decades (the Little Miss series for 10 fewer years). Named… Read More ›

• ABC Goes All-New Wednesdays this Fall – Should You Block off Three Hours of Time?

  By Josh Lasser on September 22, 2009 • ( 0 )

  As I said when ABC first announced his lineup, I was hugely intrigued by their brand-new Wednesday lineup. ABC is going very aggressive on Wednesdays this year, launching four new comedies and a drama. Having now watched the shows, I'm… Read More ›

• Ugly Betty’s Third Season on DVD

  By Josh Lasser on September 21, 2009 • ( 1 )

  [Editor's note: reviews of season one and season two of Ugly Betty are available here and here, respectively.] The big news in season three of Ugly Betty is the big move to New York City. No, not Betty's move (although… Read More ›

• How I Met Your Mother Launches Season Five

  By Josh Lasser on September 20, 2009 • ( 9 )

  How I Met Your Mother, CBS's comedy focusing on one man, Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor), recounting to his children the search he went on to find the love of his life and mother of his children, is now entering its… Read More ›

• Kicking the Tires on Dirt 2

  By Josh Lasser on September 20, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Dirt 2, a new off-road racing game from Codemasters, features not just great racing, but loads of courses, cars, events, race modes, and actual pro rally racers including Dave Mirra, Travis Pastrana, and Ken Block.  All these things however are… Read More ›

• Something of an Easy Virtue

  By Josh Lasser on September 18, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Based on Noël Coward's play of the same name, the 2008 film Easy Virtue uneasily pits an American woman against her new British mother-in-law in a battle of the wills. Directed by Stephan Elliott (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of… Read More ›

• Drunken Boxing Anyone?

  By Josh Lasser on September 17, 2009 • ( 0 )

  An indirect sequel to 1978's Drunken Master, 1994's The Legend of Drunken Master stars Jackie Chan as Wong Fei Hung, a relatively young man who has learned from his father the “drunken boxing” style of kung fu. Directed by Chia-Liang… Read More ›

• Wielding Muramasa: The Demon Blade

  By Josh Lasser on September 16, 2009 • ( 2 )

  Muramasa: The Demon Blade, available exclusively for the Nintendo Wii, is the perfect example of style over substance.  It's not that the game is completely devoid of content and depth, it's just that the visuals are over-the-top wonderful and the… Read More ›

• Meet the New Jay Leno Show, Same as the Old Jay Leno Show

  By Josh Lasser on September 15, 2009 • ( 2 )

  On Monday night, NBC unveiled the biggest risk of the 2009 television season – Jay Leno.  Leno may have been hugely successful for well over a decade on The Tonight Show, but giving him an hour a night, every night… Read More ›

• Why, it’s a Bonanza!

  By Josh Lasser on September 14, 2009 • ( 0 )

  The first regular hour-long primetime series to air entirely in color, Bonanza, is also one of the longest-running series in television history. The show ran for 14 years, the first of which was 1959, and that, if one is counting,… Read More ›

• NCIS: Los Angeles – The Review

  By Josh Lasser on September 11, 2009 • ( 21 )

  One of the things that makes the original NCIS a great show is its ability to deftly blend comedy with its dramatic storylines.  The characters on the series aren't just investigators, they're… well… characters.  That alone truly sets NCIS apart… Read More ›

• Robin Hood Returns!

  By Josh Lasser on September 10, 2009 • ( 2 )

  When the titular character gets tossed from the top of a cliff to certain death within the first five minutes of a season premiere, it's entirely probable that the death is not so certain.  But, this is Robin Hood and… Read More ›

• Can One Really be Both The Quick and the Dead

  By Josh Lasser on September 9, 2009 • ( 2 )

  Some Westerns feature spectacular vistas and stories about the greatness of the Old West. Other Westerns focus themselves on the process of settling the land and the coming of the modern era. And some Westerns just focus on killing, allegedly… Read More ›

• Heading to the Old West and Silverado

  By Josh Lasser on September 8, 2009 • ( 3 )

  The Western has a long and storied history in American cinema.  Though the height of its popularity may have been decades ago, every few years a new one seems to still hit the big screen or be produced as a… Read More ›

• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Heads to Wonderland

  By Josh Lasser on September 4, 2009 • ( 2 )

  As a regular viewer of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse thanks to my three-year-old daughter, I routinely anxiously await new episodes; when one watches every day one goes through the series' entire catalog quite quickly and as fun as they may be,… Read More ›

• Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams – Special Edition… Enough Said

  By Josh Lasser on September 3, 2009 • ( 2 )

  Being re-released onto DVD on September 8 is Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams. The DVD features two different main selections, a story with Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) and one with Jasmine (Aladdin). Each runs just under a half-hour long… Read More ›

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