I’m writing this post late on Sunday night. Besides my laziness and procrastination (the twin devils of writing, as far as I’m concerned), this weekend’s box office tally was something of a nail-biter. Yesterday,...
No, this post title isn’t referring to anything bad that happened to me over the past weekend. (In fact, it was a perfectly nice three-day break.) Rather, I’m referring to the band Vampire Weekend, whose irritating son...
I know, it feels like we took a day off just last week. Yet here we are, doing it again. That’s the beauty of back-to-back holidays. The Bonus View will be closed for business on Friday, so we want to wish all our readers a ...
Yes, there are movies opening between Christmas and New Year’s. Why, I’m not entirely sure. Oh wait, when you look at them, you’ll understand – Oscar qualification! In fact, one of the bigger, more important movi...
We spend a lot of time talking about the biggest and the best videogames here on The Bonus View. Just as with movies, it’s entirely possible to overlook some absolute gems if you’re only sticking with blockbuster title...
Or: “Why Academy Awards Prejudices Will Prevent Us from Seeing Daft Punk, in Their Robot Masks and Tuxedos, Walking up to the Podium to Accept a Best Original Score Oscar, No How Much They Absolutely Deserve To.” (Sub-...
When I sit down to watch a Christmas special for most shows, I do so with great apprehension and the expectation of a truly awful episode. ‘Doctor Who’ is another matter entirely. The Christmas episode is usually among...
Something kind of amazing happened over the last week – something I haven’t experienced since… well, I honestly can’t remember how long. I didn’t even think it was possible. Yes, I’ve officially watched eve...
Folks, I’ve got some bad news. The new year means the end of a lot of movies on Netflix, many of them among my favorites. Hopefully they all get picked up again, but we’ll be saying goodbye to some greats for now.
We know that Nintendo’s hot new glasses-free 3-D gaming handheld is on the way, but Nintendo still hasn’t announced anything about a price or a release date for the system’s U.S. launch. It could be seen as promi...
It’s a dry week for videogames, folks. Nothing’s coming to stores, and not much is available for download. Fortunately, between Christmas and the Steam sale, you should have enough games to last you for a while.
Christmas has come and gone. The holiday shopping season is officially over. Nonetheless, there’s still one more week of Blu-ray releases to wrap up the year. This is traditionally a time when the studios dump their lesser-i...
