Hey, it’s another week of America’s favorite Karaoke show. It’s about 8:30 now, so I’ll give my DVR another 10 minutes before I start my weekly report. But I can tell you it’s Dolly Parton night so, it’ll be a miracle if I’ll make it through tonight’s installment. But mercifully, it’s only an hour episode, […]
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The Trojan Horse: A uniquely Canadian political thriller
In 2004, during the last US Presidential election, Canadian broadcaster CBC aired “H2O”, an edgy, well-written and compelling drama about the sale of water to an increasingly thirsty USA, which ended shockingly with the annexation of Canada by its neighbour. Having attracted an array of awards, including the 2005 Monte Carlo TV Festival award […]
American Idol – Another week of boring Ballads
Hey, I’m back with another round of Idol Watch – sorry I don’t have a catchy original name for this. Last week I attended a screening and got home late, so I wasn’t in the mood to stay up until 2am to discuss another round of bad karaoke – especially after I saw that […]
FAKE TRAILERS, BAD CUTS, MISSING SCENES SEE!!!! TARANTINO & RODRIGUEZ’S GRINDHOUSE THE WAY IT WAS MEANT TO BE SEEN!
Those crazy, crazy folks at Starz network is airing Grindhouse next Monday, March 31st in it’s complete entirety. So if you missed it in the theaters before the Weinstein’s split it and didn’t get a chance to catch the bastardized DVDs this is a great opportunity to catch it uncut and unedited. My only question […]
Supernatural: Bone Key; Ten (or so) questions with author Keith R.A. DeCandido
Fans of the CW’s hit series SUPERNATURAL must have thought they were the latest victims of The Twilight Zone since good news concerning this gem isn’t usually easy to come by. After all, the little-show-that-could seems to have worse luck than its own Winchester brothers when it comes to competition and media exposure. The CW […]
The Tellybox: What’s Hot, Hot, Hot in the UK: Torchwood’s Second Series Triumphs
The Easter eggs were all lined up, sitting there, temptingly available. How could I resist indulging in the sweet, intense, dramatic flavours? Episodes 10, 11 and 12 of Torchwood’s second series have all aired in the past three days on BBC2 and BBC3, leaving me with the feeling that, as with the Easter eggs, I […]
Wrestlemania Is Coming!
American Idol Top 12 Butcher Beatles Night
Ah, it’s another week of the train wreck that is American Idol. Tonight’s two hour installment features the top 12 doing Karaoke to the Beatles. The night begins with S’yesha Mercado – hey a black woman is in this contest, who knew? In the past several weeks I turned it off 3 or 4 blonds […]
Ax Men: History Series on Logging Not Particularly Historic!
Probably the only reason to watch The History Channel’s new reality series, Ax Men [Sundays, 10/9C] is because of that same part of the psyche that makes some people slow down to get a really good look at a car accident. Beyond the possibility of seeing someone maimed or killed, however, the series is […]
Speed Grapher: Adult Anime´ Series Premieres on IFC!
Tonight the Independent Film Channel premieres the anime´ series Speed Grapher [11 p.m. EST] – a series that features an ex-war photographer who stumbles onto the story of the century – a kind of Hellfire Club for the rich and powerful of Japan.
American Idol: Top 10 Males Raped my Childhood
Ok, I wasn’t going to talk about or watch American Idol this season. I’m basically over it, I started a few seasons ago with Taylor Hicks and stuck with it last year. But this year I bailed on the show after the 2nd episode of the year. Promising to come back to it when they […]