Monthly Archives: November 2008

So, the Fox Movie Channel is billing itself as the Channel of the Apes for Thanksgiving weekend, playing all Apes, all the time—the movies, the TV series, featurettes, etc. Even though I own the entire collection on DVD, I watched … Continue reading →

I watched the 2-hour movie of 24 that aired last Sunday. Fairly routine 24 business, although it was somewhat bloated. A one-hour episode of The Unit packs in more. Keifer Sutherland’s acting skills have degenerated over the years to hoarsely … Continue reading →

Zeljko Ivanek — it’s a name that just rolls of the tongue. Google it so you’ll know who I mean. He’s a pasty, ghoulish looking guy who always manages to elevate whatever program he appears on. This week he was … Continue reading →

I always wondered why the day after tomorrow is called Black Friday. It seems like a negative term, like Black Monday when the stock market crashed back in 1987, or the movie Black Sunday. I finally looked it up and … Continue reading →

My favorite Thanksgiving television episode (and perhaps the funniest 30 minutes of TV ever) is the classic WKRP in Cincinnati episode where Paulson thinks he’s doing a good deed by tossing turkeys from a helicopter circling a grocery store parking … Continue reading →

One interesting thing about The Amazing Race is how quickly a team can go from the front of the pack to the back. Nick and Starr had a bad day with Moscow taxi drivers and ended up dropping to third. … Continue reading →

It’s fall. It’s summer. It’s winter. No, wait, it’s really summer. Near-freezing temperatures late last week, high seventies today. Make up my mind for me. I read David Morrell’s new novel, The Spy Who Came For Christmas yesterday. It’s a … Continue reading →

And yet the ending of the show was worth the wait. Who was going home was never in question. Bob played one of the all-time great pranks. Unlike the faux idol whittled up last year, Bob’s actually looked like it … Continue reading →

According to E-Online, ABC has canceled Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone and Dirty Sexy Money. The report says that Pusing Daisies will end after episode 13, a cliffhanger. The creative people are looking at other options to complete the story, such … Continue reading →

Walter continues to be Fringe‘s greatest asset. This week he had to go back inside the mental institute where he spent nearly two decades in an attempt to extract information from an inmate. Today’s subject line comes from his dialog … Continue reading →