Posted // May 24,2012   What’s new on the blinky tube tonight: Men at Work (TBS) Series Debut: If it weren’t for the wallet-chain and tribal-tattoo jabs (really, the only funny part of this gawdawful pilot), Men at Work could easily be mistaken for a forgotten late-’90s NBC sitcom that even TV Land would pass on.

Posted // May 24,2012   A six-pack of new offerings at bargain theaters includes romance, action, comedy Martians and one very famous big boat.

Posted // May 24,2012  - The third time's a return to charm If dying is easy, and comedy is hard, science-fiction comedy is even harder. In this tiny ...

Posted // May 24,2012  - What's canceled, what's coming ABC Returning: The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Bachelor Pad, Body of Proof, Castle, Dancin ...

Posted // May 23,2012   What’s new on the digital dummy box tonight: Don’t Trust the B In Apt. 23 (ABC) Season Finale: June discovers that Chloe’s party-girl lifestyle is so infamous that there’s a Japanese comic book based on it

Posted // May 22,2012   What’s new on the electronic Jesus tonight: Glee (Fox) Season Finale: Graduation, singing, dancing, moving on, requisite Sue snark, etc. I wasn’t going to tear up over the exit of Glee’s Class of 2012

Posted // May 21,2012   What’s new on the idiot projector tonight: House (Fox) Series Finale: Following a one-hour series retrospective/ navel-gaze about eight seasons, the series finale of House (ominously titled “Everybody Dies”)

Posted // May 18,2012   What’s new on the thinker sucker this weekend: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (NBC, tonight) Last night, a kid from Salt Lake City choked on the Karate Pinata challenge; tonight, America’s new sitcom sweetheart Krysten Ritter (Don’t Trust the B in Apt. 23)

Posted // May 18,2012   It seemed initially like it might be a close competition for which wide release this week -- Battleship or What to Expect When You're Expecting -- would inspire more lazy critic puns. Instead, it was a blowout.

Posted // May 18,2012  - The same ol' destructo-porn Space nerds send a signal to a distant star system that looks a lot like ours in Battleshi ...

Posted // May 17,2012   Qui-Gon Jinn vs. Lord Voldemort! Well, not exactly. It’s the latest Greek tragedy coming to local dollar theaters.

Posted // May 17,2012  - 30 season finales in seven days Thursday, May 17Community (NBC) In the 90-minute season finale (actually, three half-hours ...

Posted // May 16,2012   Have you been thinking of getting into this “punk-rock music” but just can’t find the time to fit it into your busy lifestyle? Punk! is here!

Posted // May 16,2012   What's new on the television device tonight: Criminal Minds (CBS) Season Finale: In the two-hour Season 7 finale, the BAU team deals with a pair of bank-robbing serial killers (Tricia Helfer and Evan Jones) who’ve taken one of their own agent as a hostage

Posted // May 16,2012  - Comedy without unwitting suckers With The Dictator, Sacha Baron Cohen finds himself addressing a situation no entertainer w ...

Posted // May 15,2012   What's new on the tube-thingy tonight: Private Practice (ABC) Season Finale: Amelia goes into labor, Violet and Pete realize what they mean to each other, Addison makes a difficult choice, and I pretend to know any of these people.