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Julie & Julia – Movie Review
Like most of your best movies, Julie & Julia isn't at all about what it's about. That's probably going to trouble a certain number of moviegoers, who are looking for a food movie, or have certain expectations because it's a Nora Ephron film. It...
GI Joe: The Rise Of Cobra – Movie Review
The next movie based on a toy is out, and while GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra delivers far more fun and watchability than the previews would lead you to believe, there is ultimately something strikingly disingenuous about it. You have to give summer blo...
PSYCH Premiere Review, James Roday And Dule Hill Interview, And Awesome Prize Pack Giveaway!
It won't surprise anyone to learn that I'm a fan of USA's PSYCH. The new season is starting this Friday, August 7th at 10/9c, and the show is kicking things off with a solid start. Below I've got details and clips, an interview with James and Dule,...
Funny People – Movie Review
There's a joke in Watchmen which Rorshach enters into his journal. It's an idea that's been around forever, but it's summed up well in the quick delivery of a none-too-funny joke. Basically - A man goes to a doctor and complains that he's depressed...
Monk’s Tony Shalhoub Interview
Monk is kicking off its eighth and final season on August 7th, and I got the chance to take part in a Q&A with Tony Shalhoub a few days ago. It was a great time, and there were a lot of great answers. This was especially fun for me, because I'...
300: The Complete Experience Blu-Ray DVD Review
Arguing the merits of 300 as a film probably serves little purpose at this point. Once we come out with the bigger, better Blu-Ray release for a film, we've got a pretty good idea where we are. We also know that we may have made a few Zack Snyder c...
The Ugly Truth – Movie Review
The Ugly Truth is the sort of movie that's going to attract all the romantic comedy buzzwords. It's formulaic, contrived, predictable, perhaps even stupid. These words will be tossed around rather smugly, as though they did not apply with equal mea...
Pushing Daisies – The Complete Season 2 Blu-Ray DVD
Pushing Daisies is the most unfortunate sort of victim of the attention to ratings, but the DVD release will hopefully let it live on. Although it lasted through two seasons, it was still (ha ha) killed off ridiculously early. The first season won ...
The Mighty Boosh – Three Seasons On DVD
The Mighty Boosh just isn't for everyone. I think you've really got to start there. While there is something about The Mighty Boosh that is reminiscent of the style and/or theory behind some classic British/UK television, you've got to get your min...
ScreenTime – Clifton Collins Jr. – Exclusive Interview
Welcome to ScreenTime. I got the chance to put Clifton Collins Jr. through the ringer recently, and it was a tricky bit of work. As you probably know, I do one kind of interview (which is why this section is not called "Interviews"). I don't parti...
Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 Premiering July 21st – It’s The Wildest Season Yet
A lot of people are turned off by Gordon Ramsay, but I like him. Sure, he screams at people in the kitchen, but it's sort of what he knows. It's the boot camp approach, and it's what he went through himself. More importantly, he's a hell of a nice...
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince – Movie Review
As surprising as it must seem, the Harry Potter series has found its savior in director David Yates. It's surprising for a number of reasons actually, but the two that stand out most are that he seems to have come from more or less nowhere (especial...
Public Enemies – Movie Review
Public Enemies, a story about John Dillinger, recreates the 1930s admirably, but also takes a shot at recreating its movies. It's a complicated love affair this film is spinning, because it's trying to be true to the lives of its major characters, b...
Knowing – Movie Review – DVD Details Included
One of the things I love most about Knowing is its title. By the time the film ends the title runs in so many directions that on its own it spins out as many questions as the entire movie. The trickiest of these is the ultimate question about knowl...
Defending Transformers From Roger Ebert… Again… Sort Of
Roger Ebert put out a blog post on July 5th title I'm a Proud Brainiac in response to response to his review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and it's been making the rounds at movie sites everywhere. Before I start responding to that respons...
