Alvin's Adventures in Pop Culture

New trailer for 24 Season 7 kinda brings it

OK. So 24 Season 6 was a bad “day” for us all. But check out the new trailer for Season 7 (be careful about watching this if you don’t want any spoilers). Exclusive First Look: 24 Season 7 Trailer Fox already spoiled a bit by announcing the return of the not quite dead Tony Almeida…

Happy 20th to Star Trek: The Next Generation

If there’s one bad thing that anniversaries do, it’s make you feel old. I can’t believe that even Star Trek: The Next Generation came on the air two whole decades ago. In honour of the show that really brought me into the sci-fi fold, here are my favourite episodes (one per year) in no particular…

New Abrams Series; Future Plans for Narnia

New Abrams series in the works – Fringe (future-Yay!) This story is being reported all over: JJ Abrams is at it again (ManiaTV) Fox scares up J.J. Abrams’ ‘Fringe’ (Variety) J.J. Abrams, the tv and movie wunderkind behind such shows as Alias, Lost, and such movies as M:I III and the new Star Trek has…

Fall TV 2007 Pt. 3 – More Shows

I don’t give up on new shows until after at least watching 2 episodes (but last week’s Moonlight is really pushing my tolerance in that regard), but the rest of the new and returning shows that I watched were a bit disappointing. Pushing Daisies This highly-anticipated new show is very quirky in that Tim-Burton-esque, magic-realism…

Fall TV 2007 Pt. 2 – New Shows

The new shows that caught my eye this year are mostly those with a little bit of oddness to them. This season there are a few shows that try to add a bit of specialness to otherwise “ordinary” characters (I guess that’s the Heroes influence). Bionic Woman Easily my most anticipated, this latest “reinvention” from…

Fall TV 2007 Pt. 1 – Returning Shows

Everyone starts with the new shows, but since I watched the old shows first, that’s where I’m going to begin: Heroes I’m assuming you all watched the return of last year’s hot new show, so let’s get to it. I’m still not convinced that Hiro’s time-trip back to feudal Japan isn’t a premature shark-jumping, but…

Alvin’s Blog 2.0

It’s been a while since I last posted. I guess that’s the problem when you take vacation during Fall TV premiere week (“Bad blogger!”). I’m still on the road, so I haven’t had time to catch up with what shows are waiting for me on my PVR/DVR at home (new Heroes, yay!), but I know…

Alvin’s 50 Favourite Shows

Welcome to my 100th post. To honour this auspicious milestone, I’ve decided to do what many web sites seem to be doing — come up with my top 50 TV shows of all time (I started with 100, but it was just too much — and even with 50, I hope you’ll stick with me)….

Stardust – Movie Review

The story of Stardust begins when an Englishman crosses over a wall that separates his village from the mysterious, magical kingdom of Stormhold. Years later, his son Tristran (in an attempt to win the heart of Victoria, the beautiful but indifferent object of his affection) promises to bring her the falling star that passes over…