Oh man was there a lot of television on last night, I don't even know where to being. We had two hours of Heroes, Top Gear, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Boston Legal, and How I Met Your Mother. And,… Read More ›
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Sony Breaks Out the Good Stuff for Some Martini Movies
This Tuesday, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is launching a brand-new line of DVDs. Entitled “Martini Movies,” the line is meant to, according to the press release, feature “hip and iconic films for the cool film lover.” The five films that… Read More ›
The Burn Notice "Cliffhanger" Finale
Earlier during this season of Burn Notice, I complained that the plot was just a little too formulaic. While I'm standing by that criticism, the show can overcome the handicap by having the specific elements in the formula be truly… Read More ›
"Meeska, Mouska, Mickey Mouse!" More Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Comes to DVD
Mickey Mouse, created back in 1928, is now an enduring icon. Despite being 80 years old, the character remains as popular today as he has ever been. Recognizable the world over, the animated character has starred in a number of… Read More ›
Fringe Once Again Enters The X-Files’ Domain
Let's say, strictly hypothetically, that I was producing a television series about an FBI agent who was tasked with investigating weird scientific occurrences. Let's further state that my show was airing on a network which for nine seasons had a… Read More ›
Top Gear Walks on Water While Sarah Connor Blazes a New Trail
I know that you've disagreed with me some about this, I know that you think I'm not right, but today I come to you with proof. Not only is Top Gear the best show on television, it walks on water…… Read More ›
The New TV Season and the Power of the Remote
If my calculations are correct, and I believe they are, while the television season has started to some extent, it's a week from today when things really get going. It's a week from today when shows like How I Met… Read More ›
Kitchen Nightmares Could Be Changing Me
I don't know, maybe I'm getting old. Maybe I'm not who I used to be. Maybe I'm just getting a little too soft for my own good. I was watching Kitchen Nightmares last night, and the owner of the restaurant… Read More ›
She’s Back, but is she Bettyer? Ugly Betty Season 2 on DVD
Usually, television comedies focus on either the workplace or the home. There is always a little bit of crossover, but a show tends to stick to one or the other. There are of course some notable exceptions to this rule,… Read More ›
Fringe Gets all Spooky (Mulder)
As I promised yesterday, today we talk Fringe. I'm just not sure how I feel about it yet. There's so much potential there, there's so much possibility for the show to be great, but it wasn't great in its premiere…. Read More ›
Terminator Gets All Hot and Liquid Metal-y
Are you feeling the excitement of the new TV season yet? I certainly am. Last night we got the season premiere of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and tonight J.J. Abrams and FOX are going to be delivering Fringe. It's… Read More ›
Hole in the Wall Nothing But a Big, Empty Space
I come to you today to talk about a national tragedy. No, strike that, apparently it's an international travesty. I sat down last night after Mad Men to watch a game show on FOX called Hole in the Wall. To… Read More ›
Ramsay’s Nightmares Not Quite Scary Enough
Maybe I shouldn't be, but I am. I am excited, and there's very little you or anyone else (save the television gods) can do it about it. Last night, for me, the television season truly began. Last night Kitchen Nightmares… Read More ›
Samurai Girl Isn’t Heaven in My Book
Coming of age stories, no matter the medium, always seem to be terribly popular. The transition from childhood to adulthood is something we all go through. It's a hard enough time in all our lives, but, in order to make… Read More ›
What I Watched on My Summer Vacation
The new television season is almost upon us, and, quite frankly, I can't wait for it to commence. While some shows have premiered during the past two weeks, it is this week when “my shows” start premiering. We've already talked… Read More ›
The Office Brings Its Fourth Season to DVD
It's a new rite of the end of summer – just before the new television season starts, a plethora of boxed sets from the last television season are released to DVD. One of the funniest of those series arrives on… Read More ›
More on What I’ll be Watching This Fall
Earlier this week you and I discussed my fall viewing schedule… in part. We'd already, as I'm quite sure you recall discussed Mondays, and now we've taken care of Tuesday and Wednesday as well. Those were pretty easy days, because,… Read More ›
Does One Eleventh Hour Plus One Eleventh Hour Give You Twenty-Two?
This fall, CBS will premiere a new, semi-sci-fi series in which one man (with some help, of course) thwarts mad scientists (sort of, anyway). Entitled Eleventh Hour, the series is actually a remake of a British series of the same… Read More ›
I Wouldn’t Exactly Call This Raising the Bar
Legal procedural dramas are not exactly a new species of television show. Law & Order guru Dick Wolf himself tried to get two series about the NY district attorney's office off the ground in the L&O universe (or at least… Read More ›
Well, You’ll End up Being Blue if You Watch This Elephant
If one picks up a copy of the new DVD release The Blue Elephant, one instantly gets the impression simply by looking at the front cover that the movie is meant for kids of all ages. After all, the cover… Read More ›
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