POSTED // Dec 5,2007 - Last New Episodes Apparently, the only news some of you follow is about the Writers Guild of America strike, so here’s the latest: It’s still going on, no end in sight, get ready for reality shows and leftovers. The twist of the knife is...

POSTED // Nov 28,2007 - I’m outraged, I tell ya, at how Joel and Ethan Coen have tried to fool us into thinking that Scottish actress Kelly Macdonald is actually from west Texas in No Country for Old Men. Proud Americans should boycott this movie! Spread the word to each...

POSTED // Nov 28,2007 - Kathy Griffin: Straight to Hell Thursday, Nov. 29 (Bravo) It’s her first stand-up comedy special since telling Jesus to “suck it” and Sen. Larry Craig’s wide-stance incident—what do you think half the new material is going...

POSTED // Nov 21,2007 - Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) is not human. That’s not just a metaphor, a way of conveying the emotionless brutality of No Country for Old Men’s relentless killing machine. It might even seem contradictory, given the wince-inducing detail...

POSTED // Nov 21,2007 - It’s hard to say whether Amy Adams embodies a Disney heroine more in Enchanted when she’s rendered in cel animation or when she’s wandering around New York City. In the opening sequences, she provides the voice for Giselle, a maiden...

POSTED // Nov 21,2007 - October Road Thursday, Nov. 22 (ABC) Season Premiere: Everybody’s favorite stoopid-soap mash-up of Grey’s Anatomy, Everwood and a fistful of Thorazine returns for a second season! On Thanksgiving! Squeal! After tonight’s episode (wherein...

POSTED // Nov 14,2007 - Your documentary, on some level, is going to be a lie,” says New York Times art critic Michael Kimmelman near the end of the mesmerizing documentary My Kid Could Paint That. “I’ll say that right now if you’d like,” he offers...

POSTED // Nov 14,2007 - Writers Guild of America Strike It’s still going on, and this month’s episodes of most scripted TV series will be the last new ones you’ll see until … So, are ya ready to fall back in love with reality TV? Not only will the networks...

POSTED // Nov 14,2007 - Ever notice that big numeral 1 on the back of your DVDs? That’s its region coding: North America is Region 1 as far as the DVD mafia is concerned. Any DVD you buy in the United States or Canada is coded for Region 1, and any player you buy here...

POSTED // Nov 7,2007 - Let’s be frank about this right at the outset: Lions for Lambs is one hell of a preachy movie. From start to finish—interrupted occasionally by bursts of military gunfire—the movie lectures you in the form of characters lecturing each...