Ah, Mark Romanek. You’re sort of a genius. You pioneered the art form of music videos and made a brilliant, if somewhat aloof feature debut in the form of the psychological thriller ‘One Hour Photo.’ Then you was...
For a show that started out as a pretty shameless ‘X-Files’ knockoff, ‘Fringe’ has taken its time coming into its own. Over the course of the previous two seasons, the series slowly introduced an interestin...
The New York Film Festival, hosted by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, kicked off last Friday night with the dazzling debut of David Fincher’s newest masterpiece, ‘The Social Network.’ The Festival continues f...
At a spry 88 years of age, Betty White is experiencing perhaps the biggest boom in her very extensive career. She’s appeared in several recent movies (including ‘You Again’, which opened this past weekend), stars...
By this point, it’s been a good long while since ‘Alias’ burst onto the primetime programming schedule with two seasons of ass-kicking spy fantasy bliss, followed by its slow deflation over several nowhere-nearly...
The beginning of October means another huge shift in titles at Netflix. Don’t worry too much about the seasons of ‘Lost’ and ’30 Rock’ you see sliding off, because the new deal between Netflix and NBC...
After its whirlwind first season, ‘Glee’ returns for a second year of musical madness. The kids are back. (I guess none of them were seniors.) Sue and Will are back. Even the Slushies are back. This is both a cause for...
Who’d have guessed that the last week of September would be so packed full of videogame releases? ‘Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light’ finally comes to PS3, ‘Sid Meier’s Pirates’ hits the Wii,...
This week sees the Blu-ray release of a micro-budget indie film about a man who dresses in a suit made of iron. I believe it’s called ‘Aluminum Dude’. Or is it ‘Tin Guy’? Something like that, anyway. ...
‘Castle’ (or “ABC’s Castle,” as the network insists on marketing it) returned for a third season last Monday with an episode called ‘A Deadly Affair’. That comes on the heels of the previo...
As the third season went along, it seemed pretty doubtful that ‘Chuck’ would be renewed again for a fourth. As I wrote in my recap of the season finale, I felt that the series found a real sense of clarity and focus as...
A whole bunch of movies flew into theaters like the titular owls in ‘Legend of the Guardians’ this weekend, but only one could take home the top spot – and it wasn’t the owls. Instead, Michael Douglas’ serp...
