Monthly Archives: September 2010
WTF? NEWS: Fox cancels ‘Lone Star’
BOOOOO! Fox you dreamkillers!! You have done it again. Found the best new show of the fall season and killed it before you gave it a chance. The first casualty of the broadcast season is one of the best reviewed new shows of the fall: Fox is pulling “Lone Star,” its acclaimed drama about a [...]
FALL TV 2010 REPORT CARD
With every fall season I try to watch every pilot and determine what is worth pursuing. The pilot is what we all first see of a new show but often it isn’t the best gauge of how a series will turn out. A perfect example of that is say The Simpsons or Seinfeld. The pilot [...]
Retro Review: Garfield
The lovable lazy feline who scarfs lasagna and is a staple in the funny pages of newspapers across the globe comes to the silver screen in a live-action take. Garfield (voiced by Bill Murray) nearly has a heart attack when his love-struck master Jon Arbuckle (Breckin Meyer) brings home a wily pup named Odie. Arbuckle [...]
Retro Review: Stay
When it comes to challenges director Marc Forster isn’t one to walk away. Forster is the man responsible for such critical darlings as “Finding Neverland” and “Monster’s Ball”. The films themselves are complete polar opposites but challenging nonetheless. In his latest film, Forster finds himself another challenge as he delves into the world of psychiatry. [...]
Retro Review: Stuck on You
The far-out Farrelly Brothers are back. Still fondly remembered for helming such huge comedies as “There’s Something About Mary” and “Dumb & Dumber”, the Brothers have found little success in their latest outings. Treading very closely to their previous film, “Shallow Hal”, the Brothers tackle the subject of conjoined twins. Let the mayhem begin. “Stuck [...]
Retro Review: Get Carter
Written: October 11, 2000 Sylvester Stallone returns to his roots as the action star we know and love. Can he still carry the gauntlet? Stallone stars in a remake of the 1970′s classic “Get Carter” which originally starred Michael Caine. In this version, Stallone stars as Jack Carter, a Vegas thug who returns to his [...]
Retro Review: Zodiac
David Fincher is one of those directors that if you are a movie fan you always want to see his latest project. Fincher achieved this movie geek praise and critical acclaim when he made movies such as “Fight Club”, “The Game” and “Panic Room”. The last time that Fincher tackled the serial killer murder-mystery genre [...]
