Release Date: December 20th, 2011 Running Time: 286 minutes The Show Ever since Comedy Central resurrected Futurama from cancellation, the series has been back with a vengeance. Boasting gorgeous HD visuals and an ultra-sharp comedic wit, the show rivals anything on Fox’s Animation Domination. Futurama...

In the new adaptation of John le Carré beloved Cold War thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Gary Oldman delivers an engrossing performance as George Smiley, the retired head of the British secret service, who goes back into the fray to hunt a Russian mole hiding somewhere within the establishment....

Release Date: December 13th, 2011 Running Time: 105 minutes The Film I have never been a big fan of the Planet of the Apes franchise. I can appreciate the film’s cinematic value, but my generation was not around at the height of the popularity. Rebooting the series, Rise of the Planet of the...

Release Date: December 13th, 2011 Running Time: 106 minutes The Film Mixing comedy and self-referential humor with the horror genre is a tough task because the laughs often lessen the impact of the scares. Joss Whedon mastered this balance alongside producer/writer and Buffy cohort, Marti Noxon. Following...

Instead of ending the year with a boring ‘top ten’, I thought I’d shake things up with a top eight. But not just a top eight- a top eight of show PAIRS. Think of it as a peanut butter cup concept: two great tastes that taste great together. What I realized is most of the shows I watch...

Release Date: December 6th, 2011 Running Time: 146 minutes The Film Writer/Director Tate Taylor’s adaptation of the Kathryn Stockett best-seller tells the story of a young and bold author named Skeeter (Emma Stone) in 1960s Mississippi. Repulsed by the racist privileged women around herself, especially...

Release Date: December 6th, 2011 Running Time: 106 minutes The Film The Transformers franchise has had many television iterations since the iconic Generation 1 series, both tradition and CGI, but none ever grabbed me like the original. Launched with the newly formed HUB channel, Transformers Prime...

Release Date: November 29th, 2011 Running Time: 929 minutes The Show Back when it first aired, who would have guessed that Smallville would run for an entire decade? Though a longtime fan, it was always a frustrating show for me because moments of mythological greatness would be offset by cheesy villain-of-the-week...

Shame, one of the year’s best movies, is a downward spiral into a sad world of sexual encounters for an addict whose limits are about to be tested. He’s played by Michael Fassbender in an extraordinarily exposed performance where the actor goes to hell onscreen, if not quite back. Also in this...

Shame, about a sex addict in a downward spiral, is an incredibly sad film. As a character study that charts the disintegration of an outwardly successful alpha male undone by impulses imploding beneath the surface, this frank, adult film calls to mind Last Tango in Paris, Carnal Knowledge, Bad Timing...