The fourth and current season of Damages is the first to show on DirecTV instead of FX. Despite the lower budget and the smaller audience, it’s still one of the best shows on TV. Ellen Parsons is heading a wrongful death suit against a Blackwater-style private security firm operating in Afghanistan. Her lover, Chris, is her… Continue reading this entry

I became a fan of the revived Doctor Who series the moment it started, with Chris Eccleston’s surly depiction. When he chose to leave the series for fear of being typecast, I wasn’t sure that he had an idea of just how well the series would’ve turned out. Tennant’s first season in the role carried… Continue reading this entry

It’s a sign of greater experience (and age) when one comes to the realization that in fiction, every story has been told. The series finale for the revived Battlestar Galactica proves that, if but a little. Experiencing fictional archetypes can be disappointing, but only if the details and delivery seem hackneyed, hurried and patronizing towards… Continue reading this entry

Then when I was working on the first episodes of the series, he needed to have something in his refrigerator. What does he have in his refrigerator? Well, we know he likes yogurt. And then the writer of the second episode, Alfredo Barrios, thought that was funny and so he threw a yogurt into his… Continue reading this entry

“Olivia Dunham, F.B.I. I’m ugly, but for some reason, every dude wants to shag me. I’m remarkably brilliant but it takes a lot of close-up shots of me and my inquisitively, downward-curved lips to figure something out. And I use my womanity, for all its good and bad, when I have a case. Except when… Continue reading this entry

Considering my personal schedule I’m just glad I can record shows and get back to them later on. It’s fall again, and every network and their mother has a must-see show. Here’s my fall viewing list, according to priority. Watch within the week of showing: House, The Mentalist (review coming up soon), Fringe, Supernatural, Terminator:… Continue reading this entry

In any other written word’s realm, the warning that a piece is long and meant to be so is unnecessary. Among us bloggers, it’s only polite to do so. Be warned: this post is long, and it isn’t just about Sharkwater either. Today is Earth Day (Wikipedia entry). While 2007 may have been the year… Continue reading this entry

Torchwood, Season 2, episode eleven: I am very picky of the shows that I watch, and while this series usually entertains me, this time it sorta kinda pushed the envelope a little bit too damn far. That’s fifty minutes of my life I wish I didn’t spend watching this episode. Not after that scream. Chris… Continue reading this entry

I have to say that of the new shows that came out this past fall season, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has got to be my favorite. Sure, it features a John Connor who’s yet to grow his own fangs, but all together the show boasts of a solid storyline, above average acting (River Tam… Continue reading this entry

I saw 300 today. Action, muscles, death. And not as much gore as one might think. Sure, the flying limbs and the thousands upon thousands of punctures through the movie were stark, but not as stark as, say, Kill Bill. It’s a war flick, and for a war flick, there was nothing gratuitous at all… Continue reading this entry

…Would have to be ABC’s Brothers and Sisters. I can sing praise after praise for the show, but the biggest commendation I have for the show is for its universal appeal. I doubt that there is no American family out there that doesn’t see one bit of their own reflected in the show. Last night’s… Continue reading this entry

At the suggestion of Meryl, I checked out the first two episodes of NBC’s Heroes. In the simplest words possible: Oh, my Lord. I’m taking a shine to Ali Larter’s character, Niki, with the Evil Twin Guardian Devil watching over her, and dear me, is that Milo Ventimiglia, teen trouble from Gilmore Girls playing the… Continue reading this entry

I didn’t know GayPatriot liked Crash; I liked it too. It’s a good enough movie to not lend itself to any sort of review or critique, but I will say this: If you know what kind of bullets come in a red box, what would be one of the most tense moments in the film… Continue reading this entry

My friend and I went to see the latest Harry Potter movie at the theatres yesterday. That I saw a film during its theatre run is a small wonder in itself; having seen the two movies prior to this one, I figured this one was well worth the money. I was in no way disappointed.… Continue reading this entry

No spoilers about tonight’s episode just yet, but I have not seen Alan Shore try a case with as much seriousness as he did in the trial of Catherine Piper. This show is just pure genius. It’s got the grit and gravity of The Practice, what would have been the humor of Ally McBeal had… Continue reading this entry

Hey, did I ever admit to having the new Battlestar series (Heh, “new,” yes? As if the “original” one were worth discussing…) as my favorite scifi show? It’s been that way for a while now, and I have a love-hate cycle going on about it too. I’m the type who can really get into a… Continue reading this entry

Y’know, she may have been annoying and the comic relief was quite excessive, but I’m going to miss Vala. Just for the record. Here’s what I thought of SG1′s season 9 after the first three eps; I will admit that I really like the direction this season’s storyline has taken. UPDATE: Lurking around the Gateworld… Continue reading this entry