It’s been too long since the last book reviews, so I’ll kick things off today with a pair of Sci-Fi novels (at least one of which is excellent) and roll out more book reviews later in the day… Red Rising by Pierce Brown…An excellent example of everything commercial science fiction should be, and it’s no surprise this…
Category: Entertainment Editorial
“Parks and Recreation” Series Finale Review AND Ranking the 7 Seasons
Only a few weeks ago, NBC said goodbye to one of their only two shows I really loved: “Parenthood.” Then last night NBC said goodbye to the other one:”Parks and Recreation.” With that, I pretty much said goodbye to NBC since out of their current lineup I now only watch “The Blacklist” (but for how…
The Oscars: Keaton and “Boyhood” Snubbed and Self-Seriousness Reigned
Out of my 16 predictions I got 12 right (all of the smaller categories I predicted except Editing) and 4 wrong (Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Editing, and Best Director) but I freely admitted that I was very shaky on Actor, Director, and Original Screenplay and was really more hoping to see Keaton and Linklater take…
Oscars: Who Will Win, Who Should Win, and Who Should Have Been Nominated
Although one never knows exactly which films and performances will win, I like my odds of predicting this a lot better than a sports game which is really a crap-shoot. Best Supporting Actor…Who Will Win And Who Should Win: J.K. Simmons for “Whiplash” because who doesn’t love it when a 60-year-old character actor finally breaks through? His music teacher is…
SNL’s Dismal 40th Anniversary Special AND Their First Episode Ever
Two SNL events happened this weekend, one you’re probably aware of and one that didn’t receive nearly as much attention. I’m writing about the SNL 40th anniversary special on Sunday night, but also NBC’s interesting decision to rebroadcast the very first SNL ever the Saturday night before. SNL 40th Anniversary Special…This was 3 and a half hours…
Series Finale: So Long “Parenthood,” I’ll Miss You…Plus, Ranking the Seasons
I get sad just thinking about it, but a majority of my favorite shows have either gone off the air recently or will be going off in the next six months. I’m talking about everything from the dearly departed “Breaking Bad,” “Southland,” “Futurama,” “Eastbound and Down,” “Fringe,” and the more recently deceased “The Newsroom” to the don’t-let-the-door-hit-you-on-the-way-out “Boardwalk Empire,” the…
ALL 2014 Movies I’ve Seen From the Worst to the Best…All 223 of Them
The bottom-line is that this was not a great year for movies, so it may also have been the wrong year to watch over 200 of them. It felt like last year’s crop was stronger in general, but I’d still highly recommend anything on this list that got a B+ or better, and my top twenty in…
The Ten BEST TV Characters of the Year
I decided to separate this year’s list of the ten best characters into “dead” or “alive” categories since it seemed like so many great characters were killed off this year. Also worth noting is that only one character from last year’s list made this year’s list, and if it wasn’t easy to fill all the…
Entertainment Editorial: The Ten WORST TV Characters of the Year
Don’t worry, the ten best will follow very shortly, but I figured I’d start with a list of the worst. I like bad news first, and besides, you can’t appreciate the good if you don’t show how wrong things can go… Dishonorable Mention: The cast of “Utopia” was supposed to be building a new society and having real…
The Films from “The Chair” Face Off: “Not Cool” Vs. “Holidaysburg”
Two films enter, only one shall leave…[If the title of this post makes absolutely no sense to you please read the review of “The Chair” filmmaking television series right below this.] I’ll skip to the chase: neither film is very good, but Anna’s is better by default since Shane has (almost deliberately) made a movie…
10 Fall Movies I’m Looking Forward to, and 10 I’m Not
Better late than never, it’s time for the 10 Fall movies I’m most looking forward to, 10 I’m not looking forward to, and 5 I’m not so sure about Top 10 Fall Movies I’m Not Looking Forward to… Runners-Up: Laggies…Keira Knightley has been trying to make it happen for a very long time now, combine…
Ranking the Seasons of “24”
Another season of “24” drew to a close last night, and although the reboot wasn’t quite as exciting as past seasons, I think most fans would rather have some form of 24 than nothing. But what about new fans who maybe are wondering which of the show’s first 8 seasons to watch or skip on…
Why I Refuse to Watch “Transformers 4”
There won’t be a review for “Transformers 4: Revenge of the Fallen Extinction Dawning Dark Moons” or whatever it’s full horseshit title is. And the reason for that is because I won’t be seeing it. “Why’s that?”–you might ask. Well, it’s really because of some comments that the film’s notoriously awful director Michael Bay made,…