The definitive winner this summer, as far as I'm concerned, is USA's Suits. Already picked up for another season, the legal drama starring Patrick J. Adams and Gabriel Macht won over fans immediately. As young genius Mike Ross, and legal powerhouse Harvey Specter, the pair have delivered time and again, as the show details their curious relationship, the firm's inner turmoil, and a variety of … [Read more...]
The woman who won't stay in her car when told, or searches out the creepy noise in her attic armed only with a wet towel is perhaps the most mocked genre norm in the entertainment world. We've all laughed at the stupidity of people in horror movies, rolled our eyes when they trip while running, and yelled at the screen as some damsel straight from Pilates class abandons the relative safety of … [Read more...]
It's been a wild summer for Burn Notice, and I've been hearing great things from fans of the show. Today, I have a great giveaway for you to help celebrate the summer finale, which is headed your way this Thursday at 9/8c. Don't miss it! From the return of Michael's brother, to going undercover as a married couple, the summer season has had a lot of wild twists. The summer finale finds Michael … [Read more...]
The Help is one of those films that rolls out every so often with the idea of reaffirming a generalized point of view that no one can possibly deny having anyway... now, in any sufficiently large public forum. It's the 1960s, we're in Jackson, Mississippi, and there is some technical sense in which people of color are no longer slaves. The film lays out the conflicting attitudes of white … [Read more...]
Chuggington was an instant smash success in my household, and the trains have been taking over ever since they first showed up. There's a new DVD out, It's Training Time, and I wanted to give you an opportunity to win yours here. Wilson, Brewster, and Koko are on board for six episodes on this DVD release, and they're some of the best from the show. The talking trains offer up a good mix of … [Read more...]
There's a line from the Who's "Join Together" that goes, "It's the singer not the song, that makes the music move along". The first time I heard this lyric I could not get it out of my head, mainly because I disagreed with it so vehemently. For me and my puritanical view of music at the time, if you really loved music, you understood music was about melody, rhythm, dynamics, and the interaction … [Read more...]
Prom is one of those films that comes along every once in a while with the general purpose of proving yet again that John Hughes was (not counting anything after 1990) a God, and moreover that the "era" spanning roughly 1986-1994 was perhaps the greatest time to grow up in all of history. As a High School effort, focusing on a lot of angst, relationship woes, rebels, and a philosophic geek who … [Read more...]
