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• Weekend Trailer Roundup: Graceland

  The first ever Weekend Trailer Roundup has finally come to a close, and with it comes a trailer worth watching- Graceland, a Filipino thriller directed by Ron... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Weekend Trailer Roundup: Planes

  The first weekend of Weekend Trailer Roundup continues with Planes, a spinoff of Pixar’s unimaginably successful and critically underwhelming Cars franchise. Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Weekend Trailer Roundup: Erased

  Today marks the beginning of a recurring segment I’ve christened the Weekend Trailer Roundup. Every weekend I’ll head over to the IMDB Trailer Gallery and sampl... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Justified: “Outlaw”

  What makes a surprise a surprise? One would think a genuine surprise is something that comes from nowhere, that introduces something so far beyond the expected... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Archer: “Midnight Ron”

  Like so many others who grew up in the nineties, The Simpsons was my first frame of reference for countless aspects of society. For some, the success of The... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Justified: “Money Trap”

  Obviously, when revisiting a character that was first introduced six episodes ago and hasn’t been seen since, it’s important to reintroduce that character withi... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Archer: “Legs”

  Archer has plenty in common with its predecessor, Frisky Dingo (for the unaware, a cartoon by Archer creator Adam Reed that premiered on Adult Swim in ’06),... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Justified: “Foot Chase”

  Justified is a peculiar animal. It manages to be smarter, faster and more enjoyable than the vast majority of its competitors, but at heart, it’s still a cop... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Archer: “The Wind Cries Mary”

  The great TV shows (and even the not-great TV shows) all have their place on history for whatever reason. Their impact on society. Their place in the pop-cultur... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Justified: “Kin”

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  Posted on 12 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Justified: “This Bird Has Flown”

  “This Bird Has Flown” is the TV equivalent of one step back and two steps forward. As far as Justified episodes go, it’s a touch on the slow side, and the big... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Archer: “Fugue and Riffs”

  What is Archer like for those who don’t get the references? Save for pop-culture virtuosos and the show’s writersw, it’s likely that everybody misses a... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Justified: “Truth and Consequences”

  Whenever an FBI agent swoops in and steals the big case from our locally-grown hero cop, I shudder a little bit inside. Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Justified: “Where’s Waldo?”

  A good TV mystery is hard to come by. Even a mediocre TV mystery is still a rare find these days (although maybe that’s just because weaker examples like AMC’s... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Justified: “Hole in the Wall”

  One of the last things I ever expected to see on an episode of Justified was Patton Oswalt taking a swift kick to the crotch, yet roughly two-thirds of the way... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Last Resort

  Well, seeing as how the horrors of schoolwork have put a slight kink in my blogging schedule, I’m forced to improvise. For now I’m going to be playing a bit of... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Vegas: Pilot

  I’m not quite sure who the target audience is for a show like Vegas. It toes an awkward line between period drama and police procedural, where the historical... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Boardwalk Empire: Resolution

  Ok, the first point I’d like to make about the Boardwalk Empire premiere involves a massive spoiler from last season’s finale, so let’s just start this whole... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• A Few Not-So-Brief Thoughts on the 2012 Primetime Emmys

  I don’t honestly know why I watch awards shows anymore. Originally, when my interest in TV and movies first peaked, awards shows were these massive, iconic... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Lawless

  If you’ve seen John Hillcoat’s 2005 film, The Proposition, you might experience a touch of deja vu within the first few minutes of his newest film, Lawless. Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO