On the Fringe
I love sci-fi. Movies, TV shows, novels, comics, whatever. If its sci-fi, I’m interested. I’m also a big fan of J.J. Abrams. Not of everything he’s done, mind you. (I certainly was never interested in Felicity, and despite sampling episodes during each of the
The Chronicles Continue
Since I decided to write an in-depth dissertation on Season 1 of Terminator: The Sarah Chronicles a couple of weeks ago (back on August 29th), it seems like I also should weigh in on the season premiere that aired this past Monday. Over-all, it was a lot of fun — although since
The DVDs are Out There
I love movies, and I love watching movies on DVD in the comfort of my own home. Here are some of the great DVDs I’ve watched recently: Heist and State and Main — I’m in the midst of a sort of David Mamet retrospective, tearing through a number of his earlier works,
Familiar Faces
Its always fun to be watching an old episode of a favorite TV show and spot a great guest star actor you’d never realized was there before. This happened twice to me recently. I was watching an old episode from the first season of The X-Files called “Shapes.”
Chronicling the Chronicles: Season 1 of The Sarah Connor Chronicles Reviewed
Most of the sci-fi franchises that I grew up loving haven’t been doing too hot this past decade. The lame AvP movies. The disappointing Star Wars prequels. And there hasn’t been any truly great Star Trek around since Deep Space Nine (by far the best series of the fra
The Greatest Generation
I have been (and always shall be) a die-hard Star Trek Fan. But this past decade has been a rough time to be a Star Trek Fan. The last two Star Trek TV series have been terrible (Star Trek: Voyager) and mediocre (Star Trek: Enterprise). The last two Star Trek movies have been mediocre
Season Finale Round-up
Well, its been a somewhat bizarre strike-interrupted TV season. The most exciting new program I watched this year was The Wire which, as I’ve mentioned in this blog before, is what got me through the months-long writers strike. But there was still a lot of fun TV-watching to be
See what I mean?
Just a quick note today. In yesterday’s blog I referred to what I called “The Wire Effect.” And what do I read this morning? Amy Adams – so terrific in The Wire as well as in Gone Baby Gone – is set to appear in the season finale of The Office. I […]
“A Man’s Gotta Have a Code…”
So my wife Steph and I were watching Gone Baby Gone last week, and I must confess that we both let out a bit of a squeal at a certain moment during the flick. No, it wasn’t during the nail-biting quarry shoot-out in the middle of the film. No, it wasn’t during scene
How I survived the TV strike (Part II)
Here are five more DVDs (continuing my list from yesterday) that I loved loved loved this winter, when the pleasant caress of new TV shows had been denied me: VI. Eastern Promises — I have seen this movie 3 times now since it came out last year, and I enjoy it more every time