‘Futurama’ 6.09 Recap: “This Is a Cool Way to D
It’s stuff like this that makes me love ‘Futurama’ even when the show isn’t at its comedic best. ‘A Clockwork Origin’ combines science and comedy in a wonderful way.
Breaking News: George Lucas Still a Jerk
Over the weekend, George Lucas announced at the Star Wars Celebration V convention in Orlando that the entire series of ‘Star Wars’ films will be released on Blu-ray late next year. Fans from across the galaxy erupted ...
Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Horror Movie
It’s Friday the 13th! That can leave us with only one possible topic for this week’s Roundtable: Favorite horror movies, of course. What we’ll do at Halloween, I’m not sure yet. We’ll cross that bridg...
‘Persons Unknown’ 1.09 Recap: Hey Joe, What Do You Kn
In ‘Persons Unknown’ this week, we’re given our most significant look behind the scenes of the conspiracy that brought our group of abductees to the strange little town they can’t leave. The Joe storyline a...
Weekend Movies: Battle of the Sexes
This weekend, Hollywood seems to be drawing a line in the sand, and contributing to antiquated notions of gendered movies. If you’re a hardscrabble dude, the kind who washes his mouth with rattlesnake venom and likes to beat...
The Balcony Is… Well, You Know…
The studio bosses at Buena Vista announced back in March that they were pulling the plug on the long-running ‘At the Movies’ review program originally made famous by Siskel and Ebert, later sullied by “the two Be...
Now Playing: ‘Expendables’ Is Unbearable
There was a part of me, probably the part of me that cackles with glee every time ‘Commando‘ is on television and a montage of Arnold Schwarzenegger and his teenage daughter (Alyssa Milano, if I’m not mistaken) s...
Get ‘Mad’
Did you like that ‘Lost’ auction we posted about earlier this week? Well, the producers of ‘Mad Men’ have decided to go one better. In the new charity auction being held on eBay, you can not only bid on pro...
‘Rubicon’ 1.03 Recap: Church and State
With the third episode of AMC’s new mystery thriller ‘Rubicon’ (or the second, depending on how you count last week’s two-part premiere), the show’s structure is starting to come into focus. In some r...
Blockbuster Relevant Again – New Game Rental Service Blows
For years now, GameFly has been the only major provider of videogame rentals by mail. Now, Blockbuster is stepping up to the plate in a big way by offering game rentals cheaper. Significantly cheaper.
‘Entourage’ 7.05 Recap: That’s So Bush League
I fell behind in my HBO comedy viewing and missed an ‘Entourage’ recap last week. Did anyone notice? Probably not. As I’ve made clear in previous posts, I’ve been as disinterested in the show as anyone this...
More ‘Borderlands’ DLC Heading Your Way
If you’re a ‘Borderlands’ fan, you’ll be glad to know that the General Knoxx expansion wasn’t the end of downloadable content for the game. If you’re not a ‘Borderlands’ fan, then I ...