Yes, Super Bowl commercials have become such a big part of the Super Bowl that they now demand their own posts and columns. As a whole I’d have to say this year’s were underwhelming, usually there are multiple commercials featuring big stars and/or crazy special effects but those were few and far between this year […]
These are just impressions from the first season of Downton Abbey, I have not yet watched the second. First I have to say nothing bores me more than the stilted language, laborious plotlines (that usually fill up hundreds of pages), and the suitor/forbidden love carousels that make up most every British Victorian era novel. Having […]
The brain child of ThunderAnt, i.e. current Saturday Night Live performer Fred Armisen and relatively unknown writer/musician Carrie Brownstein, “Portlandia” is a sketch comedy TV show that runs on the IFC (Independent Film Channel, apparently indie films weren’t enough). If the name didn’t tip you off, the show takes place in and around the city […]
Alcatraz premiered a couple nights ago and exceeded my expectations. The show begins with two police officers in 1963 going to Alcatraz for a prisoner exchange, but everyone has disappeared. One of those officers is Emerson Hauser. Fast forward to the present, Hauser (played by Sam Neill) is an off the grid FBI agent. His […]
As this is my first of many (planned) TV reviews, let me begin by telling you what I am currently watching. These are the things I DVR’d this Fall: Monday – Terra Nova, The Playboy Club, Hawaii 5-0…… AND WE’RE OFF TO A GREAT START!! Tuesday – Glee…. trust me I don’t JUST watch crap. […]