News Around the Net!
Let’s begin the day by my pointing your attention to two great pieces recently from The Onion A.V. Club: this article about 25 great albums that work best when listened to from start to finish, and a spirited defense of the recent seasons of The Simpsons that lists 10 episode
J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek has screened in Austin, Texas!
This is unbearably cool. I’ve been reading for weeks now about a special screening this week of a pristine new print of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, TX. Seeing the magnificence of Khan on the big screen would be awesome enough, but the scr
Family Guy’s Star Trek: The Next Generation reunion!
I’d been reading about it for months now, so I was very pleased to watch this Sunday’s episode of Family Guy, “Not All Dogs Go to Heaven,” which featured the entire cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The episode opens with the Griffin clan attending a Star
News Around the Net!
Have you seen this? Jon Hamm (Mad Men) plays Lex Luthor in this short from Funnyordie.com, asking for bailout money for Luthorcorp. Genius! Out-there director Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation) is making a film of Maurice Sendak’s beloved childrens’ book,
Star Trek: A Singular Destiny
In movies, in TV shows, in books, and in comic books, a big cataclysmic event is always a lot of fun. But it only becomes meaningful and worthwhile if that big event leads to great new, interesting stories about the aftermath of whatever has happened. Did something BIG and DRAMAT
International Talk Like William Shatner Day!
Did you know that this past Sunday, March 22, was International Talk Like William Shatner Day? Let the incredibly talented voice-artist Maurice LaMarche (the voice of The Brain from Pinky and the Brain, numerous characters on Futurama, and an incredibly long list of other credits) t
“And the two grand ladies made their escape together” — Josh’s Favorite TV Series Finales, Part II!
The great Battlestar Galactica saga comes to an end, tomorrow. I am trying to be brave! In preparation, I have been thinking about some of my favorite series finales. Click here to see numbers 10-6. 5. Arrested Development — “Development, Arrested” — Cu
“Sorry, we’re closed” — Josh’s Favorite TV Series Finales!
As I prepare for this weekend’s series finale of Battlestar Galactica (and contemplate life without that brilliant show, one of the greatest of the last two decades), I’ve been thinking about some of the great series finales of the recent past. Here are some of my favori
“That was another lifetime!” — Josh is blown away by the new Star Trek trailer!
So, showing in front of Watchmen in many theatres across America right now is a new trailer for J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek movie. Holy shit! You can also check it out in glorious Quicktime here. You can never be certain, from a trailer, just how good the actual movie wi
Star Trek: Of Gods and Men
In case you haven’t figured this out by now, I am an enormous Star Trek fan. But I have lamented before on this site that, for a number of years now, there haven’t been any new Star Trek TV shows or movies to entertain me. (And frankly, I wasn’t that wild about t