It’s clear that Heroes is trying to address some of the criticisms of the past few seasons. The most obvious is that only a handful of characters are appearing in each episode, with others sitting them out so that the focus isn’t spread quite as thin as usual. That, however, leads to another problem: momentum. […]

“Yes, totally. Only thing, I like my testicles attached to my body rather than rolling around next to some eyeliner in Robin’s purse.” – Barney to Ted, about changing to be a better boyfriend to Robin I said a few weeks ago in my post about the premiere that I loved the way they were […]

Since The Curious Case of Benjamin Button got made, it was inevitable that a new movie would take its place in the “will-it-won’t-it” category of perpetual confusion. And taking Benjamin’s place? Arrested Development. Today news was released that a screenplay is in the works, but, the article notes, that doesn’t mean we should expect anything, […]

First Kafka made Gregor wake up as a bug. Now, Drex Greene is waking up in a body bag.  Sony pictures is venturing into webisodes (jumping on the same bandwagon as NBC with The Office and SyFy with Battlestar Galactica, to name two others). In Woke Up Dead, Jon Heder, probably best known for playing […]

Dear Seth, I just wanted to drop a line and congratulate you on basically turning Sunday nights on FOX into “Seth Sundays.” I don’t think the monopolization of a network by one person has been done since Aaron Spelling dominated ABC during the 1970s and ’80s. Of course, being the king of the Animation Domination, you […]

It’s bad enough Lance comes across as more of a meathead than a lawyer on this show. Knowing that he’s a lawyer, though, means he’s just perpetuating negative stereotypes of the profession. Yes, he’s strong-willed and competitive, which are good traits in the legal profession, but he’s also treating his fiance like complete and total […]

As quickly as the dead are stacking up for me in the new fall season, I am incredibly surprised at how many new shows I’m not just “giving another shot,” but rather that I find myself looking forward to. Usually, the most a new series will do for me these days is get me to […]