I have absolutely no problem with female-driven dramas, with films whose preachy morals have expired, or with feel-good movies. ‘The Help’ tries to be all three of those things. Just like everything else, there’s...
It’s been a few weeks since I last wrote about ‘Covert Affairs’. At the time, I even went so far as to say that the show had aired one of its best episodes ever. Yet I still let myself fall behind in my coverage ...
Has it really come to this? Has the backlash against 3D gotten so bad that now even the advertisements for real 3D movies need to reassure viewers that the films will be safe to watch in plain 2D as well? Apparently so, judging by...
Considering how “blah” this weekend’s four new films appeared, it’s no surprise that ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ held onto the #1 box office spot for its second weekend. Neither a preachy w...
Frank Darabont, champion and show-runner of ‘The Walking Dead’ has been fired from the series by the network bosses at AMC. Will Season Two suffer without Darabont at the helm, or will the show become less talky and mo...
The topic for this week’s Roundtable came pretty easily once I realized that irritating and wholly unfunny “comedian” Danny McBride has both a new movie in theaters and one from earlier this year debuting on vide...
I shouldn’t be disappointed. When ‘Alphas’ premiered, the show clearly set itself up to take on a case-of-the-week procedural structure. It’s ‘The X-Files’ for superhumans. Nonetheless, the last...
It’s always fun to watch niche audience flicks open against each other. This weekend ought to be even more fun because we get four different genres: an R-rated crude comedy, a 3D horror splatterfest, a 3D concert movie, and ...
Ah ha! I knew I’d heard that ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ would change venues to New York this year. I just assumed that it would happen up-front in the season, as a result of Larry’s divorce. I didn’t real...
Director Ruben Fleischer has hit another home run. While ’30 Minutes or Less’ doesn’t quite reach the level of his last film, ‘Zombieland’ (let’s be honest, how many genre-blending comedies will...
“You guys wanna go see a dead body?” Can you believe that ‘Stand by Me’ officially turned 25-years-old this week? In the summer of 1986 (August 8th to be exact), Rob Reiner’s now-classic movie about t...
This past Friday’s episode of ‘Haven’ featured guest roles from both former ‘Beverly Hills 90210’ heartthrob Jason Priestley and WWE wrestler Adam “Edge” Copeland. Gosh, how much star powe...
