Oishinbo is a long-running manga series that encompasses more than one hundred issues in Japan. Perhaps it’s because VIZ Media is uncertain about the North American reaction to a manga about the world of cooking and food culture, but the North American market they have chosen to publish a kind of “greatest hits” series of […]
TELEVISION: Kings Brings The Story of David To Life In An Alternate Universe!
The story of David’s conquest of the giant, Goliath, is timeless – the little guy defeating the much bigger guy because he isn’t taken seriously [and with the hand of God to guide him]. Of course, the rest of the story isn’t as well remembered because it can’t be boiled down into three words like […]
TELEVISION: Cold Case: When is A Standard Procedural Not a Standard Procedural?
Cold Case [CBS, 9/8C] deals with a team of detectives that solve “cold” cases – cases that that have long since been given up on – usually because some pertinent information has floated to the surface, figuratively speaking. The one thing they are completely unprepared for is a case that involves the here and now […]
BLU-RAY REVIEW: Things We Lost In The Fire
I think Sheldon summed this film up perfectly when he says that “Things We Lost in the Fire is a stunning film that does more than just position Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro in the Oscar® race. It’s an affirmation that small things can prevent life from being a bitch. It’s a film that […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Race to Witch Mountain, Good clean fun. Michelle’s Take.
I love Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, he has that “It” quality that makes me want to watch him no matter what he does. He’s moved away from the action role stereotype and has gone into the Disney Family movie. A move many muscle bound stars like Stalone, Vin Diesel and Arnold have tried and failed […]
BLU-RAY REVIEW: A Mighty Heart
I just finished watching the depressing Things We Lost In The Fire, how do I follow that up? With the equally depressing, overwrought drama A Mighty Heart, which Angelina Jolie was nominated for her work as the wife of Daniel Pearl an American Journalist working for The Wall Street Journal who went missing for 10 […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Race to Witch Mountain – Galaxies of Fun!
I have fond memories of the Witch Mountain movies of the seventies [though not so much for the TV version from 1995 – despite the presence of such cult icons as Vincent Schiavelli and Brad Dourif], so I approached this update/re-imagining with no little trepidation. Nostalgia can be a terrible thing. Race to Witch Mountain […]
MOVIE TRAILER: Pandorum
Here’s something interesting, a trailer for a new horror film from the folks who produced the Resident Evil Franchise. PANDORUM – Teaser Trailer Here’s a little Synopsis From the creators of the Resident Evil film franchise comes Pandorum, a terrifying thriller in which two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea […]
MOBILE PHONE REVIEW: Verizon’s LG Versa Unboxed and Reviewed
After spending the last few weeks checking out T-Mobile phones, I thought it was time to give Verizon’s latest and “greatest” phone from my friends at LG a go. The LG Versa hit the shelves last week and is a pretty slick little phone. This small touch-screen is somewhere between a “dumb” and “smart” phone. […]
TELEVISION: 4 Reasons American Idol Has been Destroyed
This season of Idol so far has sucked. None of these contestants would be in the top 13 in any other year. But this year the Judges are exerting more blatant control over the process than ever. I’ve come up with a list of why American Idol is terrible this season. 4) Kara DioGuardi I […]
TELEVISION: A ‘SAM WINCHESTER LOOK’AT SEVERAL EPISODES OF SUPERNATURAL SEASON 4
As we head into the return of new episodes of season 4 of Supernatural, I wanted to take a moment to look back at some of the various episodes we’ve already seen and that I think have left us a lot of clues about Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki). I know that it seems in many […]