I am too old for Percy Jackson. I’m okay with that. But I think it’s important to start off this review with a qualification: Percy Jackson is not Harry Potter, it’s not the The Hunger Games, it’s not even Twilight. Which is to say, it’s not a careful examination of adult themes through the guise […]
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The fall TV season is full of all sorts of thrills, one of which is the plethora of conference calls TV journalists get to participate in with the minds and faces behind some of TV’s best shows. Over the past 2 weeks, FOX has hosted chats with writers, actors and executive producers from some of […]
On a particularly stormy night, I ventured out to Boston University Stage Troupe’s production of Bug by Tracy Letts, directed by veteran Chris Hamilton, hoping for a night of horror and suspense. Unfortunately, I was less than smitten with the results. Billed as “the play that gets under your skin,” I was not moved by […]
FOX’s newest animation offering is right up my alley. The Jonah Hill-headed Allen Gregory is a quick-witted and sarcastic satire of pretension, a wonderfully clever addition to a Sunday night lineup largely headed by dodo patriarchs. Hill’s deadpan voice performance in the title role is as close to perfect as animation has gotten since Ellen […]
If you read this site regularly you know how long I’ve been looking forward to this episode of Glee– since the first time I saw The Glee Project. Damian was my favourite from the get-go and the twist “everyone wins” ending landed him a 7 episode arc starting with 304- this week. But the episode […]
I once touted the virtues of the Hulu-enabled series catch-up on this very website, but today, in view of Netflix’s dismal stock showings, I’m here to throw the company a bone. Netflix remains a great way to stumble upon TV shows you never would have considered during their regular schedule. And so it was that […]
The Halloween Episode used to be a rarity. In 10 years of FRIENDS we got 10 Thanksgivings and what, maybe 2 Halloweens? Ugly Betty dressed up as a caterpillar in season one, and there was that one year when the Scooby gang became their costumes*. But lately it seems as though every show is onto […]
Family Guy is a ridiculous show that I watch mostly just in reruns. But its diverse comic style and occasional moments of poignancy make it worth it to try and mine out the greater moments buried in some of the silliness. A perfect example is in the landmark 150th episode when one of the more […]