TV show holiday-themed episodes tend to be pretty bad. (See ‘Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas‘.) But this year’s Valentine’s Day offerings from NBC were generally good. In fact, I’d go as far as ...
We may like to gripe around here about all the mistakes that the Academy Awards have made over the years, but we also have to acknowledge that, every once in a while, Oscar gets something right too. For this week’s Roundtabl...
Variety is the spice of life, and there certainly is variety at the mutliplexes this weekend. From buxom babes to garden gnomes, the studios have you covered… Or not. Either way, there’s a bunch of stuff to see out the...
‘Modern Family’ seems to be on one of those “whenever we feel like it” schedules, but that doesn’t stop ‘Bixby’s Back’ from being one of the best episodes of the season.
Last year, a smallish British film called ‘Centurion‘ opened. It came and went, despite the sizable buzz surrounding its leading man Michael Fassbender and director Neil Marshall (who previously made ‘The Descent...
In the wake of disappointing sales results for 2010, Activision has made some major cuts. The biggest of these is the entire ‘Guitar Hero’ franchise, which was discontinued along with ‘True Crime: Hong Kong’...
The third week of ‘American Idol’ took us to Austin and Los Angeles, where we saw the usual parade of talent and freaks. Steven Tyler continues to amuse, and the general tone continues to be upbeat and engaging.
I wrote in my previous recap that last week’s episode of ‘Chuck’ felt an awfully lot like a season finale. Reader HuskerGuy was good enough to point out that the episode was the last of the network’s origin...
“I’d like to see posts about movies/shows coming to the stream,” wrote a commenter named DP (short for DDP?) last week. Well hell, that’s a fine idea. I’ve gone ahead and changed things up a bit. I’ll...
You remember that speech in ‘The Untouchables‘ that Sean Connery gave Kevin Costner: “They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That’s the ...
If you’re anything like me, the words “time travel RPG” trigger (no pun intended) an explicit response in your brain. They evoke excitement and nostalgia, and bring you back to the days you spent playing ‘C...
This past Friday’s episode of ‘Fringe’ mixes a standalone case-of-the-week plot with some threads from the alternate universe storyline. It’s a pretty strong episode overall, but I still feel like the seaso...
