For those of us who’ve stuck it out this long, NBC’s limited run miniseries ‘Persons Unknown’ drew to a close with a 2-part finale this past weekend. Those of you following this blog should have also been w...
Microsoft’s subscription-based service has remained at a steady price since its launch in 2002. Unfortunately, it’s finally going up in price. But you may still have a chance to jump in on some deals before that happen...
Maybe it’s just because so much of it has been so damn good, but this season of ‘True Blood’ really seemed to fly by. When the preview trailer at the end of this week’s episode announced that the next new e...
Alas, I’ve been twice cursed by game console malfunctions. The first hit last month when my PlayStation 3 suffered the Yellow Light of Death. The second befell me just last week. My Xbox 360 decided to “Red Ring”...
It’s a great week for Wii and PS3 owners, and even PSP fans get hooked up. Xbox 360 fans get left in the lurch, but shouldn’t you be playing one of the excellent arcade games that came out in the last few weeks? I reco...
Yikes! There’s a lot leaving Netflix this week. Most of it, thankfully, is pretty bad. No one’s going to miss ‘Transmorphers,’ ‘Zombie Death House,’ or ‘3 Ninjas Kick Back,’ but ther...
As far as Blu-ray releases go, August draws to a close with another slow, dreary week. The biggest day-and-date title is a total dog. Get it, a “dog”? If you think that pun is funny, then you’re probably 5-years-...
The attentive reader will notice that I didn’t recap ‘Futurama’ last week. There was an episode that week, of course, but I was otherwise occupied at Cedar Point, “America’s Rockin’ Roller Coast...
Despite a ridiculously tepid wave of new films this week, people actually showed up and went to the movies. Well, a few people did anyway. However, the weekend’s big X-factor, the re-issue of James Cameron’s multi-bill...
When the Emmy nominations were announced back in July, I predicted that ‘Glee’ would sweep. Well, it looks like I severely misjudged the ability of Emmy voters to stay in touch with or comprehend such a pop culture phe...
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Credit where it’s due, this week’s Roundtable topic was inspired by science fiction author John Scalzi (‘Old Man’s War’). Scalzi has recently blogged about directors who’ve had unexpected succes...
