ABC unveiled their all-new Tuesday night lineup tonight, and although I’ve already reviewed Trophy Wife (and don’t think I’ll be making it to episode 2), I thought the others were worth at least one glance… Marvel’s Agents of Shield…I know a lot of people are looking more forward to this than I was, and I’m…
Category: Mindless Mondays
Why September 29th is the Best Night of TV All Year
This coming Sunday will be the Super Bowl of Television (forgetting of course that the Super Bowl is on Television, anyway, you get the idea) because I’m pretty sure there will be something for absolutely anyone in the country to watch, and a very busy night for those of us who care about quality TV…
TV Reviews: “The Black List” vs. “Hostages”
Two new dramas that deal in action and slick assassins that both, sadly, face each other on Monday nights at 10 p.m. eastern. But which one is worth a season-long look? Hostages…The show takes off from the seemingly simple premise that Toni Collete is a skilled surgeon who’s supposed to operate on the President…
Monday Morning Movie Review: Prisoners
See this film… What Works: It takes a standard vigilante thriller premise (Hugh Jackman is the slightly paranoid, survivalist dad whose worst fears come true when his daughter goes missing, and he fears Paul Dano’s mentally handicapped creep is a child molester who has her somewhere) and flips it on its head by having Jackman’s…
Movie Reviews: Thanks for Sharing
I have no idea if I liked this movie, didn’t like it, whether it worked or not, if I should leave thinking sex addiction is awful or just a mild bump in the light-comedy road. I really am not sure how I feel about this film and I think that speaks to the mixed-blessings it…
Movie Review: Riddick
Calling this a disappointment would be misleading since I never suspected this film would be good. What Works: The film keeps morphing from a survival tale on an alien world (in the first 15 to 20 minutes) to a bounty-hunters-after-Riddick neo-Western to a monsters-attack-Aliens-knock-off. I’ll let you guess which two of those three works best….
Movie Review: The World’s End
There will be some more current reviews later today, but I had put off reviewing this lackluster comedy for weeks and decided to dive into it now… What Works: I wish I could say the idea of an end-of-the-world comedy is inspired but this is the fourth end-of-the-world comedy in only the summer (It’s a Disaster, Rapture-palooza, and the…
Reviewing The Series Finale of “Dexter” #Dexter
Earlier today I wrote a fairly long article grading the seasons of Dexter. Now let’s look exclusively at the series finale with a recap/review. [Spoilers ahead.] What Happened: The episode started with Deborah seemingly fine after a shot to the shoulder from the season’s “Big Bad,” the Brain Surgeon a.k.a. Dr. Vogel’s son a.k.a….
Grading the Seasons of “Dexter”
Tonight, (while some people will be watching the Emmys) Showtime will say goodbye to their highest rated series of all time: Dexter. While I’ll grade the series finale later tonight, it’s time to look back at the show’s legacy, and which seasons worked better than others…[Obvious spoilers for all but this season.] Season 1…What…
Mom Jokes: The Alphabet Wife
After being married for thirty years, a wife asked her husband to describe her. He looked at her for a while, then said, “You’re an alphabet wife ….. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K.” She asks … “What the hell does that mean?” He said,”Adorable, Beautiful, Cute, Delightful, Elegant, Fabulous,…
“Million Second Quiz” A Battle Between the One Percent
What started out as a strong gameshow (I originally gave the show an A- in my initial review) filled with pressure cooker tension and timed bouts, eventually became rather monotonous. It didn’t help that the same people were on Winner’s Row for practically the entire televised run, and that we didn’t have many people to…
TV Reviews: “Key and Peele” Kick Off Their Third Season
You know I’m running out of things to talk about when I’m reviewing the third season premiere of a Comedy Central sketch show. What’s next…grading cat videos on YouTube? However, it helps that Key and Peele are consistently hilarious, and have competition only from Inside Amy Schumer in the “Best Sketch Show” on TV sweepstakes….
TV Reviews: Dads, Brooklyn 99, New Girl, Mindy Project
Fox debuted their new Tuesday night comedy lineup, and it looks like I’ll be tuning into an hour of it, while actively avoiding the other hour… Dads…One of the worst pilots in recent memory. Not only did I not laugh one time, but the entire enterprise has a generally cruddy, slapshot quality to it…