I have two quick Blu-ray reviews for you. First up is last fall’s Eagle Eye featuring EM Favorite and “discovery,” Shia LaBeouf, solidifying himself as an A list action star. I’m still not entirely convinced this is the route he should be going with his career, yes you can’t turn down Transformers or Indian Jones, […]
MOVIES: Sleek, Stylish and Slightly Skeevey, Taken Delivers The Goods!
A retired spy’s daughter is kidnapped to be sold as a sex slave [the slightly skeevey part]. The ex-spy hunts the men who kidnapped her. As premises go, this one is simple, direct and a bit odd to find in a PG-13 film – but we are talking about a Luc Besson production, so maybe […]
COOL TECH REVIEW: Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Elements, Michelle’s Take.
I feel incredibly guilty, which is always a bad way to start off a review, I know. But the kind folks at Adobe sent me a copy of Photoshop and Premiere Elements their latest and greatest consumer level photo editing and video editing software last August and I’ve been meaning to write up a review […]
TELEVISION REVIEW: American Idol Season Eight So Far… Ish.. Michelle’s Take
It’s official, being a critic requires you to be a closet masochist or is it sadist? I always get confused. Whatever the correct word is, I apparently love to punish myself by watching crap that I know is, um… Crap, that I really hate, but can’t seem to turn my eyes away from, especially if […]
BLU-RAY REVIEW: Rent Final Broadway Performance
For a show that I claim to hate, I have somehow managed see the show at least three times – not on broadway, though. As I’ve said on numerous occasions, I hate almost all the characters because they are whiny, pretentious and self involved. But the high points outweigh the story. After all of these […]
Television: Supernatural Fandom Mourns the Loss of Executive Producer/Director Kim Manners
Monday January 26, 2009 In the early morning hours it began circulating as a rumor on German Supernatural discussion forums. By Mid afternoon it was confirmed as fact by a posting Supernatural actor Jim Beaver made on his Myspace Page. “Jim is in mourning for one of the best friends and best directors he’s ever […]
TELEVISION: Lost: You’re Gonna Love Jughead!
Well, sir… Lost [ABC, Wednesdays, 9/8C] is continuing on its roll! Among other things, we learn that Locke [Terry O’Quinn] was born in March of 1956 – and that ties into Charles Widmore [Alan Dale] in a supremely unexpected manner. It also figures in explaining why Locke was visited by Richard Alpert [Nestor Carbonell] as […]
TELEVISION: The Closer: Suicide Is Painless – But Was This Suicide?
The winter premiere of The Closer [Mondays, TNT, 9/8C] is following a pretty hard act – it’s mid-season cliffhanger, and so we both learn the fate of Detective Sanchez [Raymond Cruz] and witness Deputy Chief Brenda Lee Johnson’s [Kyra Sedgwick] reaction to Fritz’s marriage ultimatum. Even better, there’s an apparent case of suicide that coroner […]
TELVISION: Trust Me: TNT’s Workplace Dramedy Shows Promise!
When Trust Me [Mondays, TNT, 10/9C] premieres following The Closer, there will be a tonal shift of some magnitude. Whereas The Closer is a darker drama with humor, Trust Me is much lighter in tone, with a nearly equal amount of each. The set up is this: Mason [Eric McCormack] and Conner [Tom Cavanagh] are […]
Television: Sneak Peeks At Supernatural Season 4 Episode ‘After School Special’
The publicity department at Warner Brothers Television has once again provided the media with sneak peek teaser clips from an upcoming episode of Supernatural Season 4, which stars Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles as Sam and Dean Winchester: two always on the go monster hunting, ghost chasing, demon hunting brothers. After School Special,” will air […]
MOVIES: The Best & Worst of 2008!
For this year’s best and worst list I am going to follow the example set, this year, by legendary critic Roger Ebert, who decided not to rank his favorite films of the year. Instead, he listed the twenty films he most enjoyed in alphabetical order. It’s a really good idea – so, here are my […]