‘The Killing’ 1.04 Recap: “The End of the Line&
This past Sunday’s episode of ‘The Killing’ is slow, even by ‘Killing’ standards. The show itself is a methodical plodding series. It doesn’t move fast at all. Clues are slowly revealed, charact...
Mid-Week Poll: Favorite ‘Harry Potter’ Film (So Far)
Last week, Aaron wrote an article for the site’s front page in which he ranked the ‘Harry Potter’ movies in his order of preference. He was very upfront that not every reader or Potter fan would agree. With the m...
‘Game of Thrones’ Pilot Recap: “Our Way Is the
The arrival of any new HBO series is always cause to take notice, especially when the network has so obviously poured all of its resources into making an event. This past Sunday saw the premiere of ‘Game of Thrones’, H...
Videogame Releases: Week of April 16th, 2011
Some weeks, it seems like we get nothing at all for new videogame releases. Other weeks… well, other weeks we get ‘Portal 2’, a new ‘Mortal Kombat’, and a release of the ‘Final Fantasy IV’ colle...
NBC Thursday Night Comedy 4/14/11 Recap: “Everyone I Know W
NBC debuted a new show last week, but the really big news isn’t Paul Reiser – it’s Will Ferrell. His first episode of ‘The Office’ aired and was either a breath of fresh air or a nail in the coffin, dependi...
Blu-ray Highlights for 4/19/11. What Are You Buying?
Royal fever is in the air. As you may have heard, there’s kind of a big wedding happening in England at the end of next week. It seems like fortuitous timing, therefore, that recent Oscar winner ‘The King’s Speec...
Movie Madness: V vs. Bourne – Wolverine vs. Jones
In Friday’s Movie Madness, ‘Star Wars’ fans turned out en masse to propel both Han Solo and Darth Vader into what we’re calling the Cinematic Sixteen. They ended up crushing their respective opponents, Harr...
‘The Chicago Code’ 1.08 Recap: Hot Town, Summer in th
I haven’t given much coverage to ‘The Chicago Code’ here in the blog since the first couple of episodes. I’ve been continuing to watch all along, however. This seems like as good a time to check in with the...
Weekend Box Office: ‘Rio’ Rocks It
After opening strong internationally last week, ‘Rio’ finally made its way to its country of origin (the movie was produced by Greenwich, CT-based Blue Sky Studios) and kicked similar amounts of ass. Never mind that it...
‘Chuck’ 4.20 Recap: “I Feel Like I’m Abou
After a couple weeks off, NBC brought ‘Chuck’ back last Monday with a new episode that featured the return of guest stars Timothy Dalton and Linda Hamilton. Considering how uneven the second half of this season has bee...
Weekend Roundtable: Your DVR Series Recordings
This week’s Roundtable is very simple. We’re going to disclose which TV shows we’ve programmed for Series Recordings in our DVRs. Hopefully, you’ll do the same.
Movie Madness: Pilgrim vs. Vader – Solo vs. Potter
Here we are in the second round of Movie Madness. We’ve separated the strong from the weak, and now we’re left with a group of contestants who have been whittled down to a trim 32. Vigilante Paul Kersey moved through o...