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…
Category: Entertainment Editorial
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,…
Underrated Books of 2013: “Good Nurse,” “Tampa,” “The Son,” and Many More
Have you heard the expression “better late than never?” No, that doesn’t cut it for you? Well how about this rationale: “There’s no way to know what books are truly underrated until we’re already five months into the next year.” Anything? No? Well, I tried..but here it is “I should have written this months ago,…
5 New TV Shows to Watch This Summer
Summer doesn’t have to be a dead-zone for television (although, let’s face it, it still pretty much is…no matter how many shows you watch normally, that number is probably cut in half during the summer). Cable has made their TV seasons year round, and there’s signs that many broadcast nets want to do the same….
The 5 Best Shows You’re Not Watching [And 5 Worst Ones You Are]
The ratings for most current TV shows are almost exactly inverse to how good they truly are. It’s a crazy upside down world where NCIS is the top-rated show on TV after God knows how many seasons (seriously, how long has that show been on? 7 years? 17 years? I would believe either answer), and…
10 Summer Movies I’m Looking Forward to (And 10 I’m Not)
The Summer movie season has already started, and I’m left wondering when it ever ended since nearly every other week sees a Marvel superhero, young adult adaptation, or some other big budget CGI non-sense. I’ll admit that this is not the strongest summer for movies, and very few of the bigger budget sequels look promising,…
What the Hell was “The Good Wife” Thinking? Inside Their Big Mistake
[Major spoilers…IF you haven’t already managed to have last night’s shocking episode ruined for you by the internet.] “The Good Wife” is on a creative hot streak this year with many proclaiming it their best one. It’s not easy for a show to do that in their fifth season. It’s downright IMPOSSIBLE for a CBS…