I remember the series premiere of ER.  I remember anticipating it the whole summer.  I remember getting antsy about it as the date approached, and I certainly remember the first time we saw John Carter, medical student.  The staff at… Read More ›

A writer I know and both greatly admire and respect recently wrote in a review of ABC’s new (but old, sort of) Cupid (2009): “…pretend that you’re not a TV junkie, that you aren’t a pop culture maven. Pretend that… Read More ›

Those of us of a certain age – whether we saw originals or repeats – vividly recall the goofy videos and songs that made up Schoolhouse Rock!.  The songs, which were surprisingly catchy (“Conjunction Junction, What's Your Function”) not only… Read More ›

To describe The One (2001) it is virtually required that one say something along the lines of “You see, there are multiple universes, and Jet Li lives in all of them. In one of these universes evil Jet Li has… Read More ›

Nowadays, people regularly go to the movies and see a very landscape-oriented picture, films are regularly presented with an aspect ratio of 1.85:1 or even 2.35:1  (heck, people even have “widescreen” televisions in their living room).  This wasn't always the… Read More ›

Barack Obama, the President of the United States, appeared two nights ago on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. I don't know about you, but to me that seems supremely weird. Whatever Leno's show may morph into when he takes… Read More ›

I sat down last night and watched the hour-long final Battlestar Galactica behind-the-scenes special entitled, oddly enough, Battlestar Galactica – The Last Frakkin' Special. As you know, as we all know, Battlestar Galactica concludes its run as a series with… Read More ›

I'm always amazed by people on reality shows.  They go out there and do things you'd never imagine.  The way they carry themselves, the way they act, so much of their whole persona amazes me. Let's start with a little… Read More ›

Last night, to much fanfare and few viewers, NBC premiered its latest reality series, The Chopping Block.  Most easily described as a mix of the British show Last Restaurant Standing and Hell's Kitchen, the show introduced U.S. audiences to chef… Read More ›

Nathan Fillion is just one of those guys I root for. We all have people like that — for one reason or another the people whom they portray on screen captures our imagination, the actor has a certain way of… Read More ›