It would be very easy to sit back, call the new Blu-ray release The Code a bad movie, and wash one's hands of the entire affair. It would take little skill or effort to state as much, and undeniably, one… Read More ›
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Takes off on Blu-ray
Not every comedy is a mindless series of fart and boob jokes. That type of fare unquestionably has its place in the pantheon of filmmaking genres, but a comedy can certainly also provide a deep, hard-thinking, sobering look at our… Read More ›
Nothing Addictive About Confessions of a Shopaholic
Both as a society and as individuals, we seem to increasingly find ourselves addicted to things. Whether it's an incredibly enthusiastic obsession with television, a compulsion to check one's fantasy baseball team on an hourly basis, or a shopping fixation,… Read More ›
Obsessed with TV? Who, Me?
As many of the columns I've written would indicate, I'm moderately obsessed with television. Oh no, not in a “Hi, my name is Josh and I'm a TV-aholic” sort of way, much more in a “I don't have a problem… Read More ›
The Greatest Game Ever Played Makes for a Pretty Great Movie Too
A few years ago, it was suggested to me that I sit down a and watch The Greatest Game Ever Played. I was told that not only was it well-directed, but that it told an interesting — and true —… Read More ›
Taking a Trip on Air Force One
Whether flying through hyperspace, cracking whips, or just desperately trying to remember who he is, Harrison Ford has created a plethora of memorable characters in truly outstanding films over the course of his Hollywood career. In 1997, Ford got the… Read More ›
Glory not Glorious on Blu-ray
With 1989's Glory, director Edward Zwick, working with a screenplay by Kevin Jarre (which was based on two different books) and the letters of a Civil War colonel, created an incredibly memorable look at the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts. The… Read More ›
TNT Gets Ready for Summer with more Original Programming
This summer TNT will once again be airing new episodes of multiple original series. Their slate is a combination of new shows and returning ones. Even better than that though, most of the series are good fun to watch. Their… Read More ›
Bruce Campbell on Burn Notice
On June 4, USA's Burn Notice will begin its third season. The premiere episode is a straight continuation of the second season finale, picking up with burned spy Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) swimming the Atlantic after getting dropped out of… Read More ›
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Church Complete – Beautiful and yet Utterly Confusing
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete is at the same time blindingly brilliant and horrendously dull. The computer animated spectacle — and make no mistake, it is a spectacle — takes place two years after the events that occurred in… Read More ›
Conan Premieres on The Tonight Show
After numerous years of Jay Leno, whose departure from The Tonight Show has been well chronicled, as will his new NBC primetime program, last night marked the first Tonight Show of a new era. Tonight, The Tonight Show with Conan… Read More ›
I Guess, Hypothetically, It Could Happen to You
Currently running before many a film in theaters is a series of ads reminding people to not talk on the phone (or text) during a film. Of course, the ads don't start out there, they start out by showing the… Read More ›
The Torchwood: Children of Earth Trailer is Here!
As promised yesterday, we have more news from the Whoniverse today — coming this July to BBC America is the oh-so-long awaited (by me anyway) Torchwood: Children of Earth. The miniseries-esque event will air over the course of five evenings… Read More ›
Tequila that does the Hibiscus Hula
There is an episode of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse where Mickey, Minnie, and company search for the ever-elusive hula hibiscus. The magical flower, it appears, only blooms once in a great while and Minnie desperately wants to take a picture of… Read More ›
David Tennant and Doctor Who Heading to BBC America
Doctor Who fans rejoice! Well, rejoice if you have BBC America anyway. Today, BBC America announced that they will be the first network in the U.S. to air five new Doctor Who specials in the United States, including David Tennant's… Read More ›
Roxanne hits Blu-ray… Does Blu-ray hit Back?
What can be said about a movie which takes a famous love story and completely updates it for modern times, creating a new, yet utterly classic tale. Steve Martin's 1987 classic, Roxanne, which has just been released to Blu-ray, not… Read More ›
Seabiscuit Goes for the Blu(-ray)
What can one say about a movie that does almost everything absolutely brilliantly, but fails to deliver where it counts the most? Should the film be looked at as a success for succeeding almost perfectly or as a failure for… Read More ›
Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection Boldly Goes onto Blu-ray
From the lofty heights of The Wrath of Khan to the abysmal depths of The Final Frontier, Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection spans an entire galaxy of quality, but to only look at the films on that level is… Read More ›
Leading the Resistance: The Attempt to Save Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
And so it begins again: this past week the television networks revealed their fall schedules, and what was once merely well-founded speculation — that Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles would be cancelled — became fact. Combine that with the fact… Read More ›
Wayne Allwine, Mickey’s Voice for Thirty Years, Passes Away
You may never have heard his name, you may never have seen his face, but you have unquestionably heard his voice. On May 18th, Wayne Allwine, the voice of Mickey Mouse for over 30 years, passed away from complications related… Read More ›
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