Yes, I’m Still Watching…Damages February 25th, 2009 Oh, Damages. When the show debuted in 2007, there was something very fresh about its structure, something that I couldn’t really put my finger on at the time. It was a show that brought to the table some great acting talent, in pa...

So this is weird. I didn't plan it this way, but it just worked out. After seeing Gran Torino I happened to catch Rails and Ties directed by Alison Eastwood on HBO. Since I did think it merited mentioning here I figured I review it. To say the apple doesn't fall to far from the tree would be an inte...

“I Lied, Too” January 7th, 2009 Damages is one of the few shows that, despite airing during the period when I began this blog, I have never honestly blogged about the show. The reason is simple: I wasn’t really doing episodic reviews back when the show first emerged, and it took me...

Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free (S02E01) "Actually, I take that back. You should be scared. You should be terrified." - Ellen Payback's a bitch, ain't it? Not if you're Ellen Parsons - then it's a slow, methodical, patience-testing process where it apparently take...

Oh Ellen Page. Why must you make it so easy to spark lesbionic rumors after every public appearance, from outfits showcasing your boyish frame, hiring a Power Lesbian publicist to defend your Non-Power Lesbian status, and showing Jay Leno and the country just how masculine your workout moves are? No...

In 1985, when I was a 14, all I wanted for Christmas was Stephen King’s SKELETON CREW, then fresh in hardback. I got it, and the cold winter nights were perfect for reading “The Mist,” the eerie first of 22 stories in the collection. But really, what were the Weinstein brothers thi...

     Good Night, and Good Luck , the latest directorial effort from George Clooney , will open the 43rd New York Film Festival September 22 at Lincoln Center. Luck stars David Strathairn ( A Midsummer Night's Dream ) as journalist Edward R. Murrow , who stood up to the Red-baiting during the McC...