Double Feature Club!
My brother Dave had the great idea, recently, to start a Double Feature Club. This is a movie-version of a book club, in which a group of friends will gather, approximately once a month, to enjoy a Double Feature on a certain theme. Dave hosted the first installment last week ̵
A Vergence in the Force — The Phantom Edit of Star Wars: Episode I
I have been reading, for years now, about the mysterious Phantom Edit of Star Wars: Episode I. Apparently, some time after Episode I was released, a fan who was as dissatisfied as all the rest of us were decided to take matters into his own hands and re-edit Episode I in an attempt
Top 10 DVDs of 2008!
OK, here we are with my final “Best-of” list, the Top 10 DVDs of 2008! To be included on this list, the DVD in question had to contain a high-quality TV show, movie, or special and also a great presentation on DVD, with lots of cool special features. Behold my list: 10
Top 15 Comic Books of 2008!
Well, I hope you enjoyed my lists of the Top 10 TV Shows and the Top 10 Movies 0f 2008. But, you know, EVERYONE writes those sorts of top 10 lists! So today, I wanted to send some love in the direction of the best comic books that I read in 2008. 2008 was a […]
Top 10 Movies of 2008! — Part Two!
Today we continue my list of the Top 10 Movies of 2008! Scroll down (or click here) to read yesterday’s installment, listing numbers 10-6 and several honorable mentions, if you missed it. 5. Tropic Thunder — Ben Stiller’s evisceration of Hollywood actors and thei
Top 10 Movies of 2008! — Part One!
In case you haven’t figured this out already, I LOVE movies. And in 2009, as usual, I saw a LOT of movies. Today and tomorrow I’d like to celebrate what I feel were the best of the best of the new films released between January 1st and December 31st, 2008. Before we dive
Desmond is my Constant! (Lost Returns!)
With Battlestar Galactica, Scrubs, 24, and now Lost all returning to life within the past two weeks, I feel like this year’s TV season has finally gotten underway! Wednesday night saw the airing of the first two new episodes of Lost in quite some time: “Because You Left&
Top 10 Episodes of TV in 2008 — Part Two!
Today we continue my list of the 10 best things I saw on TV in 2008! (Click here to read yesterday’s installment, listing numbers 10-6 and several honorable mentions, if you missed it.) 5. Battlestar Galactica: “The Hub” (season 4, episode 9, aired on 6/6/08).
Man on Wire
Although it was released months ago (and is actually already on DVD!) it was only at the very end of December that I was finally able to see the documentary Man on Wire. I’d been interested in this film ever since I first heard about it many months ago. Luckily, the film w
Top 10 Episodes of TV in 2008 — Part One!
Hi everyone! Welcome to the first of my four “Best of 2008” lists. In the coming days I’ll be sharing my Top 10 Movies, Top 10 DVDs, and Top 10 Comic Books of 2008. Today we kick things off with my 10 absolute favorite things televised during 2008, starting wit