Last year, I had the opportunity to interview Amin Maltaqa, director of a beautiful film called Captain Abu Raed, which was shot in Jordan. I asked Amin about the lighting, because the entire film seemed to be bathed in this golden glow. He said much of it was filmed specifically in an area blessed with […]

I totally see where my friend Jen is coming from when she writes about the flaws in Castle‘s writing; I really do. However, I’m with commenter Franklin on this one: I love it just the same. And to give the writers a little more credit than Jen did, I think I may know what they’re […]

I know that all the talk after last week’s episode of Lost was about Ben, and his fate, but, frankly, that’s not the character that I’ve been thinking about the most recently. I don’t think there are any alternate timelines at work and I don’t think little Ben is in any real danger; he’ll be […]

“Did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying: Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?” The plot thickens this week as we get a better look at just who Queen Rose is. It was already clear that she was more than just a figurehead, from what we saw […]

We’ve reached the halfway point of the first season of Ashes to Ashes and the reason for Alex Drake’s trip back to 1981 is beginning to take shape. She’s suspected all along that it has something to do with her parents’ tragic death. The latest chapter reveals that mommy and daddy were involved in all […]

That seems an appropriate title, as one of the early complaints about the show was that it lacked the Whedon funny. That was remedied this week as the various members of Dollhouse HQ suffered the effects of a designer drug. The funny was just a small slice of what we saw on the screen though. […]

After the climactic events of the last couple weeks, the show took a bit of a breather this week. It was a time to revisit some old stories and some old friends, including Charley Dixon. It was nice to see Charley again, but this episode mostly served as a reminder that the Connors will never […]