With the success of cable network original programming like “The Sopranos”, “Dexter” and “Sex and the City”, it wasn’t long before it seemed almost every cable network had at least one flagship original program. Many of them have come and gone, or faded back into the vaults of their respective studios. While “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” has only aired one complete […]
The Green Hornet has come a long way from his initial radio debut in 1936. Considered to be one of the first superheroes, The Green Hornet’s true identity is Britt Reid, son of wealthy newspaper editor, James Reid. Britt finds the Los Angeles nightlife of liquor and women more enticing than his father’s paper and […]
With 2011 already underway most of the movie going audience is looking forward to films like Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Captain America and Thor. While there’s nothing wrong with superhero movies (except Transformers), most people seem to be somewhat aware of the super-popular titles to be released in 2011. For those other movies that […]
It was announced earlier this week that Verizon will start offering presales of the smartphone titan on February 3rd. After being offered first to existing Verizon customers, the Verizon iPhone will be available to new customers on February 10th. While the technical specifications of the iPhone 4 will be virtually identical to that of AT&T, […]
As I sat in the theater watching Gulliver’s Travels I kept thinking about how much this film reminds me of The Lord of the Rings, not in terms of quality or content, but rather of length; I could have sworn I was watching a three hour movie. Much to my disbelief as I left the […]
After six years of waiting Gaylord Focker (Ben Stiller) and company return to their awkward family dynamics. This time around the Focker kids are getting ready to enter kindergarten and Jack Byrnes (Robert DeNiro) is priming his son-in-law Gaylord “Greg” to take the reins of the Byrnes family clan. Shenanigans ensue as Greg tries to […]
As an avid fan of the television series Family Guy and an even more avid fan of the original Star Wars trilogy, few combinations could be as alluring as the recent Family Guy spoofs of the original Star Wars films. Beginning with Blue Harvest, the Family Guy characters took on complementary roles in the Star […]
10. Father of the Bride Many forget that the 1991 modern classic starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton and the future wife of Brad Paisley was actually based on a 1950 film of the same name. While it is formulaic and predictable, it is still awful y funny. The proof is in the pudding with this […]
Let me start off by discussing the positive – the box art is really very pretty. Now lets move on to the rest. TRON: Legacy is the highly anticipated film sequel to the 1982 cult classic TRON. While the original is by no means a great film, it was ground-breaking in its own way. Interestingly […]
Imagine a movie, imagine that movie stars two of the hottest commodities in Hollywood and add a sensual, somewhat dark French-thriller plot. If you did that, you would have the trailer for The Tourist, and it would sound like a pretty good movie, right? But then if you take away the words “dark” and “thriller” and […]
