Another television season has ended, and on some cliffs we’ve been left hanging–but nothing to make me crave next season. Alias, Battlestar, Lost, X-Files, and even Friends was always good for some major game-changing in the last episode, but this year’s shows aren’t quite stringing me along for next fall. Heroes – “How To Stop…
Category: Sci-fi
3 x 3 – Capsule reviews of Pirates 3, Shrek 3 and Spidey 3
You know it’s summer when the blockbuster sequels come out to play. Already the news stories have trumpeted which movie had the biggest opening, and which one came along to knock it off the top. In a three-in-a-row trifecta, this summer sees the return of the third installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean, Shrek,…
Grindhouse – Movie Review
Despite being born in that decade, I am not a fan of the 70s. I’ve never really understood the Hollywood fascination with the movies of that period, either. Ever since director Quentin Tarantino came on the scene, there’s been an association between the low-budget exploitation films of that era and a certain cinematic cool. Now…
Children of Men – Movie Review
Not too long ago, the movie V for Vendetta took us to a dystopian England of the not-too-distant future. In the movie Children of Men, London is again not looking too great in a few years’ time. Based on P.D. James’s novel of the same name, Children of Men depicts a world where most of…
The Fountain – Movie Review
If you’ve seen any of Darren Aronofsky’s other movies (i.e. Pi or Requiem for a Dream), you know that they are not going to be easy to follow. Partly that’s what fans (and I count myself in that group) like about them. An Aronofsky movie seems to be inventive and fresh. So when he decides…
Heroes 101
One of the hottest new shows this season is the sci-fi drama Heroes, and (not being one to stay off the bandwagon) it’s one of my favourite shows. For those of you who aren’t already watching, I thought I’d give you a bit of a primer on the show so you might want to give…
Fall TV 2006 – week three
It’s a fitting “finale” to the month or so of premieres which we’ve been enjoying that my three favourite shows should make their returns within the same week. It’s been a busy few weeks, so I haven’t really given myself the breathing space to get all excited with anticipation. Lost, Veronica Mars and Battlestar Galactica…
Fall TV 2006 – week two
My DVR runneth over. Between the returning shows, new shows that started last week, and new shows that started this week, I have had a huge backlog of episodes to watch. Week one I watched no less than 11 premieres. Let’s start with the two that came on after I posted my last update: Brothers…
2005: The Year on TV
Let’s face it. The new fall season is a dud. They’ve cancelled shows that I was watching (like Just Legal and Threshold) and kept on inferior ones (like Invasion, Surface, Ghost Whisperer) that I wouldn’t want to watch unless you paid me (and I ain’t seen no cheques in the mail yet!). However, calendar year-end…
