So much news! Some of it isn’t exactly hot off the presses, I confess, but it’s all important TV news and, therefore, still Tidbit-worthy. THR is reporting that the CW is in talks to produce a contemporary version of Beverly Hills 90210. Yes, you read that correctly. However, before I could bury my head in my [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 11, 2008
Has this first full week back at work after the holidays felt like a long slog through thick mud on a molasses freeway? Trying to figure out how you’re going to make it to your next set of holidays, sometime in the distant, glorious days of May? Well, in the spirit of “it could always [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 2, 2008
The body of a local beauty queen washes up on the beach…a group of airline crash survivors find themselves on a remote island inhabited by invisible monsters…a policeman finds himself transported thirty years into the past. These are great openings, and great openings demand a strong finish. How did he get back to 1973? How [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Breaking up is hard to do. Everyone knows that. And yet, breaking up with a TV show shouldn’t be that difficult. It’s not like you need to worry about tears, or hurt feelings, or restraining orders. You just stop watching. No muss, no fuss. But then you start remembering all the good times you once had, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 25, 2007
Vanity Fair has named the best movie soundtracks, and Purple Rain came out on top. I’d like to say something snarky and rude, just on principle, but I really can’t. They got this one spot on. Thankfully, I can take exception with the inclusion of The Big Chill or American Graffiti. Using popular songs from [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 24, 2007
So far as I can tell, there are three reasons people watch Prison Break: 1. They enjoy the thoroughly implausible predicaments and the MacGyver-esque strategies Michael Scofield must employ to break out of prison/escape insane FBI agents/keep his head freshly shaved with nary a razor in sight/break out of prison again. 2. They appreciate the serialized format [...]
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
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