Tag: Film & Television

Reality television never really did it for me.  It being the scintillating vis-a-vis titillating effect reality is supposed to produce in viewers 18-49.  I suppose the “appeal” (a more accurate …

A recap of episodes one through three of Glee season two.

Rodrigo Cortes’ new film, Buried, is the kind of movie I imagine Alfred Hitchcock would watch with a smile on his face. It does more with one actor and setting than most thrillers could do with a dozen.

Bustling like the cities they visit, film festivals run throughout the year, up and down the country. Boston has become one of many cities in recent history to establish itself …

If nothing else, The Social Network is about what it means to be a pioneer. As any good historian will tell you, pioneers – people who do something so new …

A lot of film reviews toss around the promise that a certain film is “like nothing you’ve ever seen.” It’s an almost inherently deceitful statement; film, like all forms of …

I’m not really a believer in the fact that some people just “lose it”. I think if you have talent, you keep it, but often you forget what made you …

There should be an opening day for television.  There should be some kind of hero’s parade/welcome/that scene in Gladiator when Commodus returns from Germania.  Then, when a hush has fallen …

Amidst all of the new fall shows hitting TV, there’s a show that’s almost never off the air, and honestly, it’s a whole lot funnier than most of the shows …

A few short years ago, Joaquin Phoenix was considered one of the most talented young actors of his generation. Up there with the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire, …