Release Date: August 30th, 2011 Running Time: 927 minutes The Show Damn Twilight for the romanticizing and tweenifying of all things vampire. At least when Anne Rice was being melodramatic with the material, it was still aimed at adults. I have always been of the Buffy brood, and True Blood since...

Release Date: August 23rd, 2011 Running Time: 92 minutes The Film Jackie Chan is a living legend that has wowed the world for decades with his insane stunts, comedic style, and dedication to entertaining his fans. When I heard that Little Big Soldier has been a long-time passion project of Chan’s,...

Release Date: August 30th, 2011 Running Time: 104 minutes The Film I will never understand how more mature subject matter such as college life or high school can be explored in PG films. The reality is that teenagers live R-rated lives. Focusing on teen life in a PG-13 movie is a big enough stretch,...

Release Date: August 23rd, 2011 Running Time: 927 minutes The Show Recently my wife and I have been thoroughly enjoying The Wire. The intense, realistic show features some of the best writing and character work television has ever seen. The Wire is a superior drama that proves how rewarding great...

Release Date: August 23rd, 2011 Running Time: 72 minutes The Film After reviewing the train wreck that was The Fox and the Hound II, I was not looking forward to reviewing another Disney “miquel,” especially not one following such a beloved film as Bambi. Though it is by no means on par with any...

Louie on FX. On his FX show, Louie, creator Louis CK often has other characters refer to his character (he’s playing a version of himself, Seinfeld-like) as a “comic’s comic.” It’s Louie’s self-deprecating reference to the fact Louis CK is, in real life, considered exactly that....

From HBO, a look at the penultimate True Blood AND the season finale! Episode #47: “Soul of Fire” SUNDAY, SEPT. 4 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT) As the Wiccan-vampire standoff reaches a critical juncture, Sookie (Anna Paquin) summons her faerie powers to prevent Marnie (Fiona Shaw) from bewitching Bill...

Release Date: August 23rd, 2011 Running Time: 91 minutes The Film Mel Gibson’s public meltdowns have affected more than just his own career. The controversy buried the release of Jodie Foster’s dramedy, The Beaver despite good reviews. Putting aside all of Gibson’s issues, the film has an exceptional,...

There won’t be a worse horror picture this year than Fright Night 3D, the slapdash and bewildering update of the stylish 1985 vampire tale about an insecure suburban teen and the vampire next door. It isn’t scary, it isn’t funny and it certainly didn’t need to be in 3D, employed here as a tacky...

Release Date: August 9th, 2011 Running Time: 83 minutes / 69 minutes The Films If there is one thing Disney does right time and time again, it is pairing cute animals together on adventures. Though not as heralded as Disney’s other work, The Fox and the Hound is unique in that it saw the transition...