The Trailer Park: Patriots and Con Artists
Two action comedies will hit cinemas fairly soon, but only one of them is intentionally funny. The other just looks laughably stupid.
Two action comedies will hit cinemas fairly soon, but only one of them is intentionally funny. The other just looks laughably stupid.
The artful but deadly dance of a swimsuit-wearing panda can only mean that it’s once again time for ‘Tekken’. Also in this week’s videogames, virtual pro hockey gets closer to displacing real life pro hocke...
Eleven years later, and this date still feels uncomfortable to write, especially when it falls on a Tuesday. How many years’ distance will it take before we’ve fully moved on, and Hollywood can go about its business of...
Last week’s broadcast of the A&E network’s star-studded, much-hyped miniseries event ‘Coma’ was perhaps overshadowed by the sudden death of producer Tony Scott just two weeks earlier. I wish I could sa...
Yes, I fully realize that this post is very late. Due to time commitments, and frankly a little lack of interest, I gave up recapping Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Newsroom’ just over halfway through the show’s first...
If old man Biff Tannen gave me a box office almanac from 2015 that claimed that ‘The Possession’ would be the top movie for two consecutive weekends, I wouldn’t have believed the old kook. However, with such a we...
This year has seen (or will see shortly) the Blu-ray releases of numerous big-ticket catalog titles that people have long clamored to own in high definition. In September alone, we’ll get the Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece Col...
I’m a snob when it comes to television – not just because I think that 99.9% of TV programming is a complete waste (which I do), but because I have to watch so many shows, that when I finally get to watch something that I wa...
For my latest trip through the Netflix Instant Watch archives, I’ve dug up something new as well as something a little older. Seann William Scott shows off his talent on the ice while Tommy Lee Jones plays toy soldier.
Although the month of September will be peppered with some promising new movie releases, this week isn’t. Only two films open wide. I saw one at Sundance. The other, despite starring several very familiar faces, is completel...
Over the course of a few stardates, I’ll be revisiting ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ episode by episode. So hop in your starship and cruise along with me, why don’t you? If anything, there should be quit...
While we wait for Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone to team up in the sci-fi actioner ‘The Tomb’ next year, the two legends of ’80s action strut their stuff in separate projects.