Two actors, two faces and a two sided story. I smell an Oscar nod for Gosling…I see audience rejection of the film.
It’s October. A time when Ghoulies, Ghosties and Long-Legged Beasties roam the earth. But if you start seeing the ghost of a World War II Japanese kamikaze fighter pilot, you’re probably Enoch Brae, the central character of Restless. And that’s not a bad place to be. Enoch is an odd kid. If your name is Enoch [...]
“Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots” get their day on the big screen in Real Steel, a movie that transcends the one-joke premise and is instead a heartwarming, fist-pumping mechanized fairy tale of a father and son coming together amid some of the baddest technology you’ll ever wish was really available. Not to bad for a [...]
Almost everyone performed a Britney Spears song while under the influence of nitrous oxide dispensed by John Stamos, D.D.S. Dr. Carl, Emma’s new boyfriend. I can’t get beyond this story from “Britney/Brittany” so I’ll rely on all of you to remind me of anything else that happened this week on Glee. Dr. Carl should have [...]
It’s a common assignment in psychology classes to analyze and diagnose fictional characters for mental illnesses. In doing so, students can recognize signifiers of neuroses without fear of misdiagnosis, and teachers can judge the diagnoses by varying criteria. Naturally, fictional psychoanalysis requires especially strong fictional characters; Popeye could clearly be viewed as a substance abuser, [...]
I once read somewhere online that all technology, no matter how insignificant, goes through four stages; how it can be made, how the public can use it, how the military can use, and how the pornograpy industry can use it. In tonight’s episode of The Big Bang Theory, sad sack and hopeless bachelor Howard Wolowitz [...]
#1, 2, and 3 biggest problem I have with Community (and Glee) is their distasteful meta-awareness. Specifically Community and Abed are standing on the wrong side of that line, not sure how much longer I can watch this. What’re your thoughts on this subject? Season two of the third (yes, I’m calling Glee a comedy!) best new comedy [...]
MODERN FAMILY WON A TON OF EMMYS! I believe that covers the first five minutes of episode one season two. Okay, maybe I prefer a little more humility than the silver screen has to offer. I was happy to see the good people at Modern Family open the new season with their bread and butter- [...]
Rachel turns on survival mode with the arrival of a new foreign exchange student who can belt out Lady Gaga like, well, Lady Gaga. Finn was kicked off the football team. Will, and New Directions, learn that their third place finish last year did not earn them any cool points as they are still the butt [...]
Season six of How I Met Your Mother is officially underway. What new adventures embrace our beloved quintet of New York City urbanites? Sadly, not very interesting ones. The episode begins with a lamentable Barney bemoaning the oncoming autumn. With cooler weather comes the departure of sundresses, which Barney argues to be the greatest article [...]
Going through the television guide on clicker to watch TV today, got me wondering whether the Survival Reality Shows were going too far for the sake of entertainment. Television offers many different survival type reality programs. They claim that by watching the star of the show endure hardships and challenges, viewers can learn how to [...]