A little bit more than a month ago, we had the opportunity to check out MLB 11: The Show at a demo day. We stood there with our Move controller and after a couple of minutes became truly adept at… Read More ›
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Megamind Proves to be Mega Good
The question of whether the existence of a superhero necessarily leads to the existence of a supervillain is not exactly new to the super-people genre. However, it may never have been dealt with in quite as fun and amusing a… Read More ›
Contemplating the Hereafter
Should this review be looked back on in five years the following initial statements may appear wholly irrelevant, but in light of current events it is an idea impossible to ignore. Clint Eastwood’s latest directorial effort, Hereafter, opens with a… Read More ›
Fighting on (and About) the Homefront
What exactly is it that you look for in a first person shooter? Is it a plethora of weapons with which to exterminate your opponents? Is it a good fighting mechanic? Is it a great story? Eye-popping graphics? Is it… Read More ›
Trying to Flip The Switch
In reviewing Love & Other Drugs last week, I suggested that it was difficult to make a romantic comedy that really stood out and made you want to watch it because everyone knows what’s going to happen in a romantic… Read More ›
The Amazing Race – Kent, Vyxsin, Bottlenecks, and Passports
Okay, maybe I’m wrong. Maybe I’m crazy. Maybe I’m ludicrous. I have railed on more than one occasion against bottlenecks on The Amazing Race. I have stated that having all the teams end up tied at the airport may not… Read More ›
Mr. Sunshine – Yay
Last night, as I’ve done for the best several weeks, I have sat down to watch a new Mr. Sunshine. Over the handful of episodes that have aired to this point, I think I can recall myself having laughed once…… Read More ›
Loving Burt Hummel and Revising my Views on Glee
Let it never be said that I do not give credit where credit is due. I have complained on more than one occasion that Glee has failed to create characters and storylines that I care about, that for me, on… Read More ›
Love & Other Drugs & Blu-ray & Romantic Comedies & Something Else Too
The romantic comedy is an incredibly popular genre. That’s something that always seems a little odd to me as 99 percent of romantic comedies follow the exact same formula. Heading into one of these films, rather than just knowing what… Read More ›
The Amazing Race: 15 Minutes, a Fanny Pack, and Ditching Friends
Tonight, The Amazing Race asked a really interesting question (we’ll be getting into SPOILERS rather quickly here, just FYI), or at least the teams did – do you go to your destination direct or do you change plans somewhere if… Read More ›
Breakout Kings – A Tale of Two Shows
I have sitting in front of me two episodes of Breakout Kings. One of the episodes I liked very much, the other interested me far less. The normally difficult process of judging a television show based simply on the pilot… Read More ›
Timmy Time Jumps to DVD (With the Same Problems as it had Before)
(editor’s note: a full review of the TV series is available here) In my review of the television series Timmy Time, I wrote that “while the show may be imparting positive messages to youngsters and doing so in a way… Read More ›
Nancy Drew Gets Her Mobile Mysteries on with Shadow Ranch
Growing up, I loved reading Choose Your Own Adventure books. The ability to actually make a series of choices based on what you would do and read the results of your actions in the story was hugely appealing… in fact,… Read More ›
HIMYM’s Barney may be Growing Up
Now, I may not write that much about How I Met Your Mother anymore, but it isn’t because I don’t love the show and wonder about it on a regular basis. For instance, there I was watching tonight’s episode and… Read More ›
Jet and Cord try to Keep Their Business Unfinished on The Amazing Race
As we began tonight’s The Amazing Race, I was exceedingly worried about my good friends Jet & Cord, the team affectionately known as the Cowboys (because they’re cowboys in real life). Now, when I say “good friends” I mean the… Read More ›
New Address, New Look, Same Us
That’s right, in keeping with our week of changes (follow us on Twitter – @tvandfilmguy), we have not only given the site brand new look, but a new address as well. The old Blogger address (http://tvandfilmguy.blogspot.com) will now forward you… Read More ›
A Look at Sega’s Upcoming Titles
Attending PR events for games’ publishers can be an odd experience. Wherever the showcase is, the room is full of monitors playing the latest iteration of not yet released titles and now with the PlayStation Move and Xbox Kinect there… Read More ›
Amazon Launches Unlimited Streaming Video
In April of last year, I wrote an article about the increasing choices one had with on demand viewing. At the time I said Amazon’s service, Amazon on Demand, offered a plethora of shows and really high quality viewing. I… Read More ›
And so we Join Twitter…
That’s right folks, The TV and Film Guy’s Reviews has succumbed to peer pressure and is now on Twitter. Follow us at: @tvandfilmguy
2010’s Unstoppable – Relentlessly Disappointing
Watching the special features on the Blu-ray release of Unstoppable (2010), one gets the impression that a whole lot of time both during pre-production and production was spent on character development, figuring out who these two main characters were and… Read More ›
