‘Elementary’ Pilot Recap: “Sometimes I Hate It
The new CBS mystery procedural series ‘Elementary’ has the ingenious concept of updating Sherlock Holmes to the modern day. What a novel idea! Why has no one else thought of this before? Oh, wait…
The new CBS mystery procedural series ‘Elementary’ has the ingenious concept of updating Sherlock Holmes to the modern day. What a novel idea! Why has no one else thought of this before? Oh, wait…
The Hollywood studios must be sighing in relief today – especially Sony, which scored both the top two box office spots over the weekend. After several consecutive poor weeks (one of which was a record-setting low with the worst-e...
The new fall TV shows are here. How many of them will stick around for an entire season, we can only guess. This past Thursday, ABC premiered one of the years’ more promising new series, the Navy-themed mystery thriller R...
I’ve been waiting for a good excuse to do a Roundtable about favorite time travel movies, and this week’s theatrical release of ‘Looper’ is just the ticket. So hop in your Delorean and pop in your favorite ...
We’ve made it! The September slump is over! Movies open this weekend that are actually worth seeing!
Since I was on vacation last week, I tried to see as many movies as early as possible before I left. I RSVP’d to the press screening for ‘Pitch Perfect’ without knowing a single thing about the movie. When I told...
Like many who saw it, I fell in love with Rian Johnson’s directorial debut, ‘Brick’. Unfortunately, I found his sophomore effort ‘The Brothers Bloom’ sorely lacking. He’s directed two episodes o...
To celebrate the recent release of a new and expanded edition of From Software’s peerless Role-Playing Game ‘Dark Souls’, I’ll try to scratch the surface of what makes this game so incredible.
Last year, NBC and ABC launched ambitious primetime dramas set in the swinging 1960s (‘The Playboy Club’ and ‘Pan Am’ respectively). Both proved to be ratings duds and were canceled in the first season. (In...
We usually like to start contests on Mondays around here, but we just received late word that we have an extra copy of the amazing ‘Bond 50‘ box set en route, and we can’t wait to give our readers the chance to t...
In the movie trailers that we look at today, a pair of Autumn thrillers try to warm up the season with some suspense and action. How well will they immerse audiences into the world of hardened criminals?
We’re officially in the fall TV season now. This week sees the premiere of several new shows and the return of a few favorites. Among the latter, ‘Castle’ started its fifth season on Monday. Geez, I wish this ser...