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DVR Break-Up: Brothers & Sisters
March 3, 2009 – 2:56 PM | 31 Comments
DVR Break-Up: <I>Brothers & Sisters</I>

It’s not an official break-up yet, but I may need some space, some time to figure out if this is what I really want.
The show isn’t bad; the acting is still top-notch, and the cast …

Support Local Biz: February 4, 2009
February 4, 2009 – 11:37 AM | 5 Comments
Support Local Biz: February 4, 2009

My latest 90210 recap is up on SOAPnet.com.   “Weezy”?   Really, writers?
Also, in case you don’t plan to fly US Airways in the near future, you can read my Brooklyn piece in the in-flight …

Odds; ends
December 18, 2008 – 8:20 PM | 20 Comments

A comprehensive piece by Omar G on Twittiquette/Twitter annoyances.
My new favorite site, via Glark: Sexy People.
My latest Dirty Sexy Money write-up for SOAPnet.   (SHUT UP, LISA.)

In Critical Condition
November 13, 2008 – 9:52 AM | 10 Comments

Critical Condition is actually the beautiful and talented Mark Blankenship’s blog, and I’ve got a guest piece up over there about the return of Unsolved Mysteries.

Support Local Business: July 16, 2008
July 16, 2008 – 8:17 AM | 32 Comments
Support Local Business: July 16, 2008

Simon Tofield is back, with his cat, in “TV Dinner.” Do not drink hot coffee while watching.You may, however, make fun of me for having the premiere date of Tofield’s latest entered into my Outlook …

Misery
March 20, 2008 – 1:35 PM | 35 Comments
<I>Misery</I>

“After I finish shaving you, I’ll spoon-feed you some exposition.”  
I hesitate to criticize Stephen King film adaptations that turn out well, because so many of them don’t, and Misery is a good one — …

There Will Be Blood
February 24, 2008 – 4:37 PM | 13 Comments

As I just said in the Michael Clayton comments, sometimes a movie I go into expecting two hours of torture will fare better in my esteem merely by not sucking as much as I’d expected …

30 Rockmato
November 6, 2007 – 1:59 PM | 46 Comments

The TWoP site director asked me to do a little write-up for TWoP of my adventures on Friday — presumably in exchange for disrupting the office — and you can read it here. When you’ve …

Brad Womack and the President of Iran
September 25, 2007 – 3:15 AM | 20 Comments

What do they have in common?They’ve both made me very very tired today — the P. of I. because he clogged up traffic something fierce in midtown all day long, and excuse me, but why …

Brothers & Sisters: “Light The Lights”
September 3, 2007 – 3:29 PM | 2 Comments

Or, as I like to call it, “Shite The Shites”:

As we fade up on the Whedon household, whimsical flutes and sleigh bells on the soundtrack signal us that it’s The Christma-sode. Not sure you get …