Last night I went to a benefit screening of "The Watchmen," the ultimate anti-hero movie. It made me think about the cable TV trend of unlikely (and maybe even unlikeable) protagonists. I don't know if anti hero is actually the right word for people like mafia boss Tony Soprano, "Weeds'" drug dealin...

TV is such a collaborative medium that it can be hard to appreciate each individual's contribution to the finished product, but users (particularly those who are geeky about music) tend to notice what songs get used, and those touches can be credited to the music supervisor. The Sopranos used pop so...

Move over Jack Sparrow- and make room for Dracula. After several years as the hottest thing in Hollywood, Pirates are in the past, and American's are bloodthirsty for Vampires. HBO's new series Trueblood became a cult hit and the rave among TV fans and critics this fall. Today, the movie Twilight hi...

Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, Ratings, Reality-Free It's no big secret. People love their movies and TV shows based on vampire book series -- romantic vampire book series, to be exact. Proof of that will be crowding your local multiplex this weekend thanks to the release of...

Filed under: Other Drama Shows, TV on DVD, OpEd, Retro Squad, Reality-Free, Six Feet Under This post might get a little esoteric, but I'll just lay it out there and, as always, you can either take it or leave it. If you don't like talk about death and dying, stop reading here. If I was asked to say ...

Filed under: TV on DVD, OpEd, Video, Retro Squad, Reality-Free, Six Feet Under One of my favorite parts of Six Feet Under is the opening titles. When I get ready to watch the show, I don't turn it on and do other things while the opening titles play. I sit down and watch the titles from the beginnin...

Filed under: Industry, Programming, Web, Celebrities, Reality-Free What's happening on other blogs via the interweb. Rainn Wilson, the early years. Mad Men's Rich Sommer is a big nerd. OMG, did you miss the New Kids On The Block on The Today Show?! Here they are. An ex-Six Feet Under star might be m...

12 episodar. Serien som starta med at Nathaniel Fisher Jr. kom tilbake frå Seattle til Los Angeles i forbindelse med faren sin død og etter kvart enda opp i families begravelsesbyrå der broren allereie jobba, fekk også ein skikkeleg slutt i sin femte sesong. 19. august 2005 blei den sekstitredje...

HBO has named a talent agent as president of its entertainment division, hoping she'll generate the kind of attention the pay-cable network once enjoyed with series such as "The Sopranos" and "Sex and the City."...

Shotgun CD reviews are short reviews on CDs that you can usually pick up for $10 or less. For further explanation, check the FAQ Six Feet Under - Maximum Violence (death metal): Chris Barnes serves up the some of the best death metal vocals available poured over a plate of steaming hot metal. This a...