Watching the first five minutes of TRAUMA, there were moments I may have actually forgotten to breathe! What seemed to start out as a typical let’s-get-to-know-the-characters scenario quickly evolved into an action-packed, adrenaline-rush roof rescue complete with terrific special effects. While most medically-oriented shows take place inside the hospital and revolve around events and what […]
Television: Commentary On Supernatural 5.03 Free to Be You and Me ..Yet Again
Ok folks you know the drill here, before we get into my commentary and such on the latest episode of Supernatural season 5, we take a look at the lasted news around the show and the fandom. The CW is still dancing in the clouds over the continued success of their Thursday night one-two punch […]
TELEVISION REVIEW: Deadly Daddy Dexter’s Toughest Challenge Yet!
Television’s favorite monster, Dexter [Showtime, Sundays, 9/8C], us back and even though he’s got a new and nasty serial killer to deal with, his biggest, most ominous challenge just may be fatherhood! Season opens with, among other things, Dexter’s [Michael C. Hall] sleep deprivation causing him to screw up in court; misplace the body of […]
HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: Justin Schein the Director of the Festival Circuit hit, No Impact Man
Could you live a life that has absolutely no impact on the environment? I’m not talking about recycling the occasional plastic water bottle or rocking the Prius. No, I’m talking going all the way, only using your bicycle, walking up stairs at work, going without electricity, not using toilet paper or diapers, only eating vegetables […]
TELEVISION REVIEW: Syfy’s Children of the Corn Hews Closer to Stephen King’s Original!
David Anders [Alias, Heroes] and Kandyse McClure [Battlestar Galactica] star as a couple nearing the end of their marriage in Syfy’s remake of Stephen King’s Children of the Corn [Saturday, 9/8C]. When Burt hits a young boy on a back toad in the middle of Nebraska, he and Vicki are shocked to discover that his […]
DVD REVIEW: One Step Beyond – Cult Paranormal Series Celebrates 50th Anniversary!
Ten weeks before Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone first appeared, One Step Beyond premiered. It was a series that presented tales of the paranormal: telepathy, possession, communication from the dead – all these and more were covered over the course of the series. One thing, however, made OSB different and guaranteed it a unique place in […]
VIDEO GAME REVIEW: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, Cynical Sequel Making at it’s Finest
Many gamers complain that Activision’s CEO Bobby Kotick turned the venerable gaming company into an organization that lacks vision, creativity and heart. In his zeal to turn all of their IPs into annual franchises he’s sucked the soul out of the company. I always thought the criticism was a bit harsh, I mean Activision still […]
INTERVIEW: Crystal Chappell Talks Venice the Series
It was shortly after the cancellation of Guiding Light that actress Crystal Chappell decided it was time to creatively take matters into her own hands. What better time to start your own production company to produce your own material where you’ve got total control and the artistic freedom to tell a story in the fashion […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Surrogates – Mystery and Philosophy Provide Action Thriller!
Surrogates is based on the graphic novel The Surrogates, which I reviewed here a couple days ago. It is the story of a society that has become withdrawn from reality because of a technology – originally intended to enable the handicapped to function better – that allows the human mind to link, cybernetically to a […]
VIDEO GAME REVIEW: NHL 2K10
Visual Concepts and 2K Sports drop the puck on the next generation of home-ice entertainment.
TELEVISION REVIEW: Flash Forward – What Would You Do If You Could Catch a Glimpse of Your Future?
A man crawls from his overturned car, burning his hand on its muffler, which is now close by the window through which he has exited. The scene is chaos – the streets are filled with crashed vehicles; dazed and injured people are in shock. This is the opening of Flash Forward [ABC, Thursdays, 8/7C], one […]