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DVD’s I Bought This Week: September 8th
Rob Hunter loves movies. He also loves competing against the Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company with his own paper company called Disemboweled Trees Inc. These two joys come together in the form of cash...
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This Week In DVD: November 30th
This week sees a first in the history of the column… at least I think it’s a first. Not only are there no new DVDs worth buying this week, but there are also none worth avoiding. It’s an all rental...
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What You’ll Be Seeing on NBC in 2011-2012
Earlier today NBC released their full schedule for the fall television season. Much of the schedule confirms things we already knew from previous reports. But the schedule does confirms some of the...
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Culture Warrior: Comedy Stardom and the Problems of ‘The Office’
Episodes and seasons and weeks after its inspiration and its humor have peaked, I still continue to watch new episodes of The Office week in and week out. I don’t know why – I never do this with...
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Movie News After Dark: Ebert on Your iPad, The Faces of Ron Swanson, The...
What is Movie News After Dark? Usually it’s a pretty straightforward look at what’s happening in the world of film. But sometimes, mostly on Friday nights when we’ve run out of actual news, it becomes...
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Movie News After Dark: Cloudy with a Chance of Sequel, A Dark Knight Tease,...
What is Movie News After Dark? It hasn’t been around for an entire week, so to be honest it’s not really sure. It knows that its primary function is to collect movie news links, but then what? Is...
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This Week In DVD: September 6th
This is a pretty big week for DVD releases with plenty of titles worth buying and renting as well as a couple worth skipping completely. There’s no real common thread here aside from almost half of...
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Channel Guide: Laugh Riots No More: Comedy TV Finds Its Inner Mean Girl
Editor’s Note: We are very excited to welcome you to the relaunch of Channel Guide, our twice weekly column covering the world of television. Taking over the column are not one, but two talented ladies...
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Channel Guide: The Uncertain Future of Community, and What It Means for TV
When NBC revealed its mid-season line-up last week, the Internet reacted almost instantly, with a violent fervor befitting of Arrested Development’s cancellation. Not because the travesty that is...
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Channel Guide: Breaking Down the Golden Globe Nominations
Ah, the Golden Globes. The redheaded stepchild of award show season – a veritable island of misfit toys in terms of pop cultural offerings. Ridiculous as they oftentimes may be, the picks of the...
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Year in Review: The 11 Best TV Shows of 2011
Because it’s Saturday, we’re talking television. That’s when Amber Humphrey publishes her weekly entry of Channel Guide, our twice-weekly column on all things television. But there’s something else at...
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Jean-Ralphio Will Hobnob With Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake in ‘Runner,...
Anybody who watches Parks and Recreation already knows that Jean-Ralphio is probably the most connected, cutting edge entrepreneur/promoter/personality in Pawnee, Indiana, and maybe in all of the...
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What ‘The Newsroom’ and 3 Other TV Shows Think of Our Political Climate
Two nights ago, Aaron Sorkin’s heavily-anticipated and rather polarizing new show The Newsroom aired its debut on HBO. With the pilot’s central focus on the BP oilrig explosion, the premium cable...
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Rare Optimistic TV Characters Offer a Refreshing Counter Balance to Curmudgeons
On shows like The Newsroom, Californication, and Curb Your Enthusiasm, the curmudgeon is exalted; intentionally unlikable folks populate the worlds of Girls and Mad Men; and a thoroughly bratty child...
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A Guide To 21st Century Television Stock Characters
The precocious child; the old grump with a heart of gold; the plucky young woman, looking to make it in the big city all on her own, who spins around in the middle of a busy street with a big, stupid...
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This Week In Discs: Safe, The Five-Year Engagement, Piranha 3DD and More
Welcome back to This Week In Discs! As always, if you see something you like, click on the image to buy it. Quick A motorcycle courier finds himself targeted by police after a mysterious man forces...
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Year in Review: The 12 Best TV Shows of 2012
While the new fall line-up wasn’t too impressive (there are only two freshman series on this list, neither of which premiered in the fall) and former powerhouses have stumbled (Mad Men, Boardwalk...
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The Commander-in-Chief’s TV Watch List
What happens when you’re the loudmouth who spoils an episode of Breaking Bad for President Obama? Recently, The New York Times did an oddly in-depth piece on the viewing habits of the 44th President...
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‘Boardwalk Empire,’‘Parks and Recreation’ and Two Criterion Titles are the...
Welcome back to This Week In Discs! If you see something you like, click on the title to buy it from Amazon. Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down! (Criterion) Pedro Almodovar’s Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! was a massive...
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8 Examples of Hollywood’s Sleepy Time Tea Obsession
Universal Pictures Generally, film and television characters have the least discerning tastebuds of anyone, ever, when it comes to drinks and libations. They sidle up to a counter or bar and order the...
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