So, if you read my previous review on Glee, you know that I fell in love with it from the first few minutes of the pilot. So, while the pilot shows what the show will be about, the next few episodes answer the question as to whether the show will be able to sustain [...]
Glee: Second Impressions
Pitch Perfect: Review for “Glee”
I am a self professed theater geek. A “drama-rama”. Or, now, a “Gleek”. Fox’s new show, Glee, created by Ryan Murphy (Nip/Tuck), is my kind of dream show. It brings together all the clichés of high school life and makes the viewer care less that there are so many of them. There’s the shrewy cheerleader, [...]
Killer Appeal: Review for “Dexter”
While some may see it horrifying to identify with and empathize with a serial killer, think about this: we have no trouble empathizing with any other vigilante like Batman or Spider-Man. So why is it so hard to do it with a killer? Is it merely the idea that he is a killer? That is [...]
Life and Death and Life Again: Review for “Pushing Daisies: The Complete First Season” DVD
Ned (Lee Pace), also known as the Pie Maker, has his own pie shop called the Pie Hole. He also has a strange power: if he touches a dead thing, it comes back alive, but if he touches it again, it becomes dead forver. There is also the part where if he keeps a returned [...]
Mock the Vote: Tina Fey as Sarah Palin
For the past few weeks, people have been laughing their butts off at Tina Fey’s hillarious impression of Alaska governor and Vice-Prseidential candidate Sarah Palin. Even before Fey began performing the skits on Saturday Night Live, people have been sommenting on the uncanny resemblance between the two. The impression is dead on: the accent, the [...]
“Mind” Games: Review for “Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Mind of Stephen King”
As versatile of a writer that Stephen King is, he tends to write in the horror genre. Most of the films that have been adapted from his novels and short stories have also been in that genre (with the exception of The Shawshank Redemption, Stand by Me, Hearts in Atlantis, etc.). Not to mention the [...]
The Farce is with Them: Review for “Robot Chicken: Star Wars” DVD
Robot Chicken is the completely irreverent and irrelovent television show on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. It usues a stop-motion animation to create some of the wackiest “skits”. Created by Seth Green and Matthew Cenreich, the show also has a weird twist: they use toys! Last year, George Lucas allowed the mad geniuses of Chicken to create [...]
Ice and Cool: Review for Masters of Horror: We All Scream For Ice Cream
Showtime’s notorious anthology show Masters of Horror had seemed to be picking up all the nonsense that the show became infamous for (blood, guts, nudity’ all gratuitous). But it was cancelled and moved to NBC under the title Fear Itself. Same premise; less graphic stuff. Apparently, when they switched, they thought that less is gore! [...]
Kid Rivalry: Nickelodeon Vs. Disney Channel
There are rivalries between Batman and the Joker, James Bond and Blofeld, and countless others. One notable rivalry is between networks the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon, the networks responsible for some of the famous shows your tweens are crazy about. I have a review of each network and some of their shhows.
Disney Channel
The Suite [...]
And the Winners Are…: The Golden Globe Winners
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion PictureCate Blanchett, I’m Not There
Best Supporting TV ActorJeremy Piven, EntourageBest Actress in a TV Drama SeriesGlenn Close, Damages
Best Supporting TV ActressSamantha Morton, Longford
Best Actor in a TV Drama SeriesJon Hamm, Mad Men
Best Animated FeatureRatatouilleBest Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or MusicalMarion Cotilliard, La Vie en Rose
Best Supporting [...]
