Oscar winners – have you seen these films?

The show was fun, it was light, it was predictable, and it was quirky. Jon Stewart held his ground, looking more comfortable as a host, but the stars weren’t entertaining enough. I guess, just like Stephen Colbert said on the first day after the writers’ strike -”reading is a muscle, you can get out of [...]

[ More ] February 27th, 2008 | View Comments | Posted in Movies |

Shows are back … some are not so lucky

Well, the strike is over (we’ll post a link to the accomplishments shortly). Looks like the guild is going to vote in it rather quickly, and they’re going to accept the (now) preliminary terms. The writers are heading back to their desks pretty much immediately after the vote, and we may just salvage the rest [...]

[ More ] February 12th, 2008 | View Comments | Posted in Movies, Television |

30 years ago – Shatner Rocketman

Can you believe it’s been so long? 30 years ago William Shatner was the coolest cat around. He can still show us a glimpse of that brilliance on Boston Legal. Enjoy this little trip back in time.

[ More ] January 16th, 2008 | View Comments | Posted in Television |

Season finales much sooner than you think

We all expected this TV season to be all screwy because of the writers’ strike. But this is a little too much, even for those who have massive libraries of TV shows to fall back on (yes, it’s time for Frasier/Family Guy/Friends marathons for me, and that’s only the shows starting with ‘F’). Anyway, since [...]

[ More ] January 4th, 2008 | View Comments | Posted in Television |

2008 winter premiere dates

Happy New Year, everyone. The writers’ strike might still be on, but there are some good news for TV worms out there: some shows are coming back, and some new ones are being launched – as early as this Tuesday, January 1st. The networks might be bitching about the lack of new programming, and being [...]

[ More ] December 31st, 2007 | View Comments | Posted in Television |

Golden Globes 2007 nominations and winners

Too bad about the non-existent ceremony, or the ‘news-conference’ as NBC called it. The awards were embarrassingly lame, self-absorbed, and prophetic – that’s the glimpse of things to come. In a year or two this will be news, this will be the headlines. In any case, if you remove the presentation, the winners are actually [...]

[ More ] December 18th, 2007 | View Comments | Posted in Movies, Television |

WGA strike update – affected shows

The writers’ strike is beginning to affect the current shows. There are the basics – November is normally a sweeps month, so most of the shows have many episodes in the bank, already written and completed. Because December and January are typically slow – holidays and reruns – a few networks complete at least half [...]

[ More ] November 15th, 2007 | View Comments | Posted in Television |

Transformers (2007)

Transformers came out on DVD a few weeks ago, and I was reminded that this past summer, this movie fell through the cracks, and the review was never posted. Here’s the movie review, a little brief, but better late than never. Given all the marketing and ego-power that went into this project (Michael Bay, Steven [...]

[ More ] November 7th, 2007 | View Comments | Posted in Movies |

Big Shots (ABC, Thursdays)

Oh, what hopes have been dashed by this flimsy ‘Desperate Housewives’ rip-off. Oh, how I’ve waited to see Christopher Titus back on television. You remember him, from the short-lived (ok, 3 seasons is not that short) sitcom Titus – about a hilariously dysfunctional family. You probably remember all the male leads from all kinds of [...]

[ More ] October 19th, 2007 | View Comments | Posted in Television |

Chuck (NBC, Mondays)

Now that the show has premiered, and the insane media spin is slowly fading out, let’s talk about it. Frankly. It’s bad enough this show reminds me of just how wonderful Alias was, and how quickly it was sabotaged by its own creators and network (thanks, ABC and JJ Abrams), Chuck also shows how easily [...]

[ More ] September 26th, 2007 | View Comments | Posted in Television |

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