If you’ll recall, in the wake of the success of ‘Harry Potter’, a whole slew of movies came out that tried to ape that similar formula (all based on young adult or children’s book with an element of mystici...
‘Fringe’ returned to the alternate universe last week for a new episode that takes place entirely on the other side. Episodes like this force the audience to bond and sympathize with this set of characters, and remind ...
Week Four of ‘American Idol’ was a split week that brought us the last auditions in San Francisco and the beginning of Hollywood Week. We’ve got a lot of ground to cover, but we’ll hit all the common themes...
This week, ‘Jeopardy!’ is airing the “IBM Challenge,” which pits a new supercomputer named Watson against the show’s two greatest (human) champions. The first round concluded last night. The result…? ...
Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve done polls on the acting categories at this year’s Academy Awards. This week, let’s predict who will get the Best Director award.
You can argue about the best videogame system of all time. While the Dreamcast, the Super Nintendo and even newer systems like the Xbox 360 are all in the running, there’s one system that reigns supreme – at least when it co...
Despite being a big fan of the show, I neglected to give ‘Justified’ much coverage in this blog during its first season. Since the second season premiered last week, let’s rectify that oversight right now. This i...
Things pick up significantly among videogame releases this week. The latest installment in the Lego franchise hits shelves and a few new RPGs come to portable systems. But as exciting as these offerings may be, they pale in compar...
This week’s Blu-ray list is pretty weak on brand new day-and-date releases, but much stronger on catalog titles, especially those with ties to the Oscars. Let’s see what’s cookin’, shall we?
After being off the air for nearly two months, ‘Glee’ barraged the Fox programming schedule with two new episodes last week. I’ve already covered the Super Bowl episode earlier, so now let’s take a look at ...
When the weekend started off, I thought that there was no way that anyone could cripple teen heartthrob Justin Bieber and his by-all-accounts-better-than-expected 3D concert movie ‘Never Say Never’. Well, I guess I sho...
‘Castle’ took a week off after dolling out one of those “serious” episodes we get every once in a while. Fortunately, things lightened up considerably when the show returned last week in fine form.
