This week on a very special The Celebrity Apprentice … celebrity intervention? You know, I firmly salute anyone with the courage to sit a friend down and confront them about their problem with alcohol or drugs (or magic. Go Barney!) But there’s a time and a place! This week, the time and place chosen by […]

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 […]

(3/22 – 3/38) It was another screwy week of ratings. The combination of the Obama address and the NCAA tournament made for all kinds of scheduling nuttery. That doesn’t meant there weren’t some interesting numbers to look at. The ongoing dramas of the Heroes and Dollhouse ratings continued. Chopping Block managed to post a number […]

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 […]

As the very last season of ER winds down to a close it’s time to reflect on what has happened over the last 330 episodes. The one thing that comes to mind is death. Lots and lots of death. Not just the deaths of patients, nurses, helicopter pilots, ambulance drivers, tank drivers, convenience store owners, […]