Are you down in the summer television doldrums? I'm not, but I imagine that there are many of you out there who are — there's nothing particularly interesting for you right now on television. You really just want to hunker… Read More ›

Though it seems like a natural, this Tuesday marks the first collaboration between Nova and National Geographic Television. The material, entitled “The Great Inca Rebellion,” focuses on new discoveries and revelations about the Spanish conquest of the Incas. It is… Read More ›

What in the name of all that is good and holy are those women on Hell's Kitchen thinking?  No, seriously, it's time for a good old fashioned rant… Last night, three of the women, yes, three of them, tried to… Read More ›

There is very little that can be done to make paleontology “sexy.” This is not a slight against paleontology itself, the importance of paleontology, or some sort of joke about paleontologists. It’s just a cold, hard fact. Much like the… Read More ›

Mortal Kombat has been around for years and years. The franchise has put out an incredible number of releases — between console and arcade, the number is somewhere over 70. It’s an incredibly successful franchise and it has had both… Read More ›

Bye-bye BSG.  It’s true, after months of rumor and speculation, hand-wringing among fans, statements from stars Edward James Olmos and Katee Sackhoff, Battlestar Galactica producers and the Sci-Fi Channel have announced that the upcoming 22 episode season will be the… Read More ›

Dramatizations based on historical truths often must gloss over certain facts. It can be impossible, over the course of two hours, to fully explore the historical realities of a moment in time. Events within our world tend to be far,… Read More ›

With each successive film Mel Gibson has directed, he seems to become more and more removed from traditional filmmaking.  That is not a complaint, certainly, as such, non-traditional fare still made within the Hollywood system can prove interesting, Passion of the… Read More ›

Here’s the deal this morning, folks:  I am not going to come out the box swinging (at least not at what you think).  Sure, I’m upset that Veronica Mars is no more (but seriously, Kristen, if you need consoling, tell… Read More ›

As people age they tend to think back and remember a simpler time, or the good old days, days when the world was less complicated, and life wasn’t quite so hard. Ever so gently asking people to rethink this is… Read More ›