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The 10 Most Anticipated Movies of Early 2009
Submitted by BrianTT on January 6, 2009 - 6:58pmCHICAGO – Believe it or not, there are movies worth marking your calendar for between Oscar season and the big summer blockbusters of 2009.
Reality Show ‘13: Fear is Real’ is Scary Bad
Submitted by BrianTT on January 6, 2009 - 1:30pmCHICAGO – Every time we think we that we may have hit the bottom of the barrel when it comes to reality show television, someone, usually at The CW, figures out a way to scrape just a little bit lower.
‘Damages’ Returns With Intense, Riveting Start to Season Two
Submitted by BrianTT on January 6, 2009 - 11:39amCHICAGO – The complex, twisted world of FX’s excellent “Damages” returns this week with a spectacular set-up for what promises to be another riveting season of twists and turns down the alleys of legal ethics and questionable moral behavior with an even more impressive ensemble than the one that won Emmys for its highly lauded first season.
‘10 Items or Less’ Misses Checkout Lane With Third Season Premiere
Submitted by BrianTT on January 5, 2009 - 4:33pmCHICAGO – The largely improvised “10 Items or Less” returns for a third trip to the grocery store on Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 on TBS with what looks like another hit-and-miss season of occasionally inspired humor surrounded by generally boring characters in an overall mediocre show.
Mid-Season Premiere of ‘Nip/Tuck’ Hints at Series Face-Lift
Submitted by BrianTT on January 5, 2009 - 2:45pmCHICAGO – After recently lamenting the decline of “Nip/Tuck” in my review of the Season Five, Part One DVD, no one is more shocked than I am at the creative success of the mid-season premiere, airing January 6th, 2009 at 9pm CST on FX.
Health of ‘Scrubs’ Improves With Transition to ABC
Submitted by BrianTT on January 5, 2009 - 2:15pmCHICAGO – The medical staff at Sacred Heart have picked up their surgical tools and switched networks from NBC to ABC with the eighth season premiere of “Scrubs” as two episodes of the Zach Braff comedy air back-to-back on Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 at 8pm CST.
Great Performances Wasted in Sterile ‘Revolutionary Road’
Submitted by BrianTT on January 2, 2009 - 9:56amCHICAGO – Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) and April Wheeler (Kate Winslet) refuse to believe that they’re like everyone else in the 1950’s suburbia of Sam Mendes’ frustrating “Revolutionary Road”. They may go to the same jobs and travel in the same social circles, but, unlike the bored housewives and husbands around them, they haven’t given up on their dreams.
DVD Review: Fifth Installment of ‘Nip/Tuck’ an Imperfect Season, DVD
Submitted by BrianTT on December 31, 2008 - 11:18amCHICAGO – “Tell me what you don’t like about yourself.” Doctors, I don’t like what you’ve done to a once-fascinating show. Ryan Murphy and the team behind “Nip/Tuck” missed a great opportunity with the fifth season of their cult hit show, now on DVD, and continued their series’ soapy decline.
Blu-Ray Review: ‘Resident Evil: Degeneration’ Dead on Arrival
Submitted by BrianTT on December 31, 2008 - 11:15amCHICAGO – Instead of playing one of the most anticipated games of the last few years, “Resident Evil 5,” fans of one of gamings most influential franchises are being asked to watch what is essentially a 96-minute cut scene that serves as a prequel or appetizer for what is to come in 2009.
2009 Mid-Season TV Preview: ‘Lost,’ ‘Damages,’ ‘Nip/Tuck,’ ‘24,’ More
Submitted by BrianTT on December 31, 2008 - 11:08amCHICAGO – Be honest, TV fans. Fall 2008 was lackluster at best. The TV season really starts now.
With the strike delaying production on established series and the development of new ones, many more programs are returning or premiering in Jan. 2009 than the average mid-season. It couldn’t have come at a more important time for the medium, too.
Blu-Ray Review: ‘Eagle Eye’ Makes Modern Paranoia Ridiculous
Submitted by BrianTT on December 30, 2008 - 11:20amCHICAGO – “Eagle Eye,” the second collaboration between new star Shia LaBeouf and director D.J. Caruso after the surprise success of “Disturbia,” isn’t nearly as successful a diversion, stretching the very concept of suspension of disbelief to the breaking point.
Blu-Ray Review: Cult of ‘Serenity’ Will Grow With Great Release
Submitted by BrianTT on December 30, 2008 - 9:10amCHICAGO – The regular flow of imports from standard DVD and HD-DVD to the champion of the format war, Blu-Ray, continues with this week’s release of an HD-DVD hit, Joss Whedon’s excellent “Serenity”.
Blu-Ray Review: Romantic Comedy Lives in ‘Ghost Town’
Submitted by BrianTT on December 29, 2008 - 7:07pmCHICAGO – With three of the most charming and enjoyable leads in any romantic comedy released in 2008, David Koepp’s “Ghost Town” should find a steady and satisfied audience on Blu-Ray this winter.
