‘Persons Unknown’ 1.10 Recap: “There Is No Succ
We’re in the final stretch for ‘Persons Unknown’ now. The 2-hour series finale airs this weekend. Just remember, even if you’re caught up through this past weekend’s episode, ‘Identity’, y...
Weekend Movies: There’s Also This Thing Called Reading
Good grief. Summer is coming to an end not with a bang, but with a whimper. The crop of big studio fare shuffling into theaters this weekend is barely enough to raise an eyebrow. There doesn’t seem to be all that much happen...
Time for a Contest! Win ‘The Office: Season Six’ on Blu-ray!
It’s been a while since we’ve had a contest around here. Let’s rectify that problem right away, shall we? For your chance to win a copy of ‘The Office: Season 6’ on Blu-ray, all you have to do is tell...
‘Death Comes to Town’ Pilot Recap: “It’s
It’s been fifteen years since sketch comedy program ‘The Kids in the Hall’ went off the air, fourteen years since the troupe’s only theatrical feature (‘Brain Candy’), and a good eight years sin...
5 Reasons Why ‘Piranha 3D’ Sank
By now it’s clear: I thought ‘Piranha 3D‘ was pretty great. And I’m pretty sure it’s not the heat stroke talking. I saw the movie twice this weekend, and both times the theater (the largest one at my ...
‘Mad Men’ 4.05 Recap: The Last Samurai
In an earlier ‘Mad Men’-related post, I talked about how interesting it was that Roger’s office looks so modern. Its curved, space-age surfaces recall (purposefully, I’d imagine) the TWA Flight Center at JF...
Anime Legend Satoshi Kon Dies at 46
News from Japan has revealed that Satoshi Kon, director of such landmark anime films as ‘Perfect Blue’, ‘Tokyo Godfathers’, and (most recently) ‘Paprika’, passed away this week. He was only 46-y...
‘True Blood’ 3.10 Recap: “Once Evil, Always Evi
Oh, ‘True Blood’, could I love you any more than I do right now? Probably not. It isn’t that this week’s episode, ‘I Smell a Rat’, is any sort of series high-point. Because it isn’t. It...
Leaving the Stream: Week of August 22nd
It’s a sad fact of life that movies just don’t stay on Netflix Instant Watch forever. Most of the movies that get shuffled off of the list aren’t breaking any hearts by doing so, but there’s some genuinely ...
Suck It, George!
As you may have gathered from a previous post of mine, I’m no fan of the “Special Edition” changes that George Lucas has made to ‘Star Wars’. Any of them. With each passing year, he keeps making more ...
‘Lost’ in Thought: The New Man in Charge
The final season of ‘Lost’ was released on Blu-ray yesterday, thus ending our six-year journey with the show. As most fans are no doubt aware, the box set not only contains all of the broadcast episodes, but also a new...
‘Covert Affairs’ 1.06 Recap: “You’re Oddl
If I haven’t always seemed enthusiastic about ‘Covert Affairs’ in previous recaps, I suppose I should clarify that I do actually, you know, like the show for the most part. I must, or else I wouldn’t still ...