This year I thought I’d combine my “what I watched on my summer vacation” post with some talk about shows that you might not be familiar with that I think are great. I might have a bit of trouble describing what really makes them good, but all the following shows are worth checking out. The…
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Cars – Movie Review
Cars is set in a world where there are no people, but cars are alive (it sounds a bit eerie, but you have to remember that it’s a cartoon so you’ll get over that feeling quite easily). The hero of the story is an up-and-coming rookie race car (i.e. athlete) named Lightning McQueen, who’s tapped…
So long, farewell: Series finales 2006
Spoiler warning: Read at your own risk. As the 2005/2006 television season ends, several of my favourite shows are coming to close. Series finales are usually some of the best episodes. They might reward fans by summing up the show’s long run (like Seinfeld did by bringing back guests from throughout the series to testify…
Midseason TV mania, Part 1 (Drama)
Between January and March (which networks loosely like to call “midseason”) a number of new shows have debuted (and there are a few more to go). I don’t know whether it’s scary or not that so many of the new fall shows have been cancelled, leaving room for such a number of midseason replacements. With…
V for Vendetta: Movie Review
What if the US was in a state of chaos verging on civil war? What if the UK had come under the rule of a fascist dictator? What if the “Phantom of the Opera” was more interested in politics than music? What if that same man was the people’s only hope? That’s the gist of…
Oscar, Schmoscar 2006
I fancy myself a movie-lover, so over the last several years I’ve tried to pay more attention to the Oscar nominees. I thought, “These must be the best films of the year, so I should watch a handful of them.” People are raving about this year’s nominees, but after watching some of them, I sadly…
King Kong: Movie Review
Coming out in December, Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson’s King Kong is literally the 800-pound gorilla of this year’s cinema box office. This 2005 version is a more-than-faithful remake of the classic 1933 original about a monstrously huge gorilla found on a remote island who abducts and falls for a struggling actress, gets…
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe: Movie Review
I think the first thing people want to know about The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe is how it compares to other fantasy blockbusters like Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. First, I think it stands on its own as an enjoyable, spectacular movie. It is not as heavy or dark as Rings,…
