The top 10 episodes of ‘Millennium’ Season 1 (1996-97)
TV review: This is not “X-Files”-style fun. Chris Carter’s second show is dark stuff, visually and thematically, as we follow troubled psychic Frank Black.
Hilariously inappropriate ‘Bad Teacher’ gets a passing grade (Movie review)
“Bad Teacher” had me at the moment in the trailer when Cameron Diaz’s Elizabeth Halsey — when informed that a meeting is mandatory — says “I don’t give a f–” and then they cut to the next scene.
First episode impressions: ‘Teen Wolf’ (TV review)
The aspect of the new “Teen Wolf” (8 p.m. Central Mondays on MTV) series that has gotten the most criticism is that Scott (Tyler Posey), the wolf-boy in this version, plays lacrosse, whereas Michael J. Fox played basketball in the 1985 movie.
First episode impressions: ‘Falling Skies’ (TV review)
Watching “Falling Skies” (8 p.m. Central Sundays on TNT) is like buying a greatest hits album where you already own all the songs. The opening scenes of the resistance fighters hiding in abandoned tunnels and buildings from the aliens and their mechanized drones is straight out of “Terminator.” And the “harnesses” the aliens put on the backs […]
‘The Killing’ season finale: A great surprise or a silly twist? (TV commentary)
AMC’s “The Killing” has repeat-viewing value that’s rare among crime-solving shows: There’s a certain pleasure in soaking up the pitch-dark murder mystery and the troubled characters the same way the streets of Seattle soak up the rain and wash out the color. But in general, mystery shows don’t have repeat value. The main hook is that we […]
‘Super 8’ gets derailed by crashes and monsters (Movie review)
It’s such a cliched truism that special effects don’t make a movie better that you’d think it wouldn’t have to be said ever again. And yet, “Super 8” — which features a wonderful cast of believable kids that has drawn favorable comparisons to “The Goonies” and “Stand By Me” — shifts its focus from the people to […]
‘Nine Lives of Chloe King’ successfully cribs from ‘X-Men’
First episode impressions (TV review): This new superhero combines traits of Wolverine and Rogue.
‘X-Men: First Class’ goes to head of the class
Movie review: The “X-Men” prequel saga launches in impressive fashion.
All 20 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 9 (2001-02), ranked
TV review: The original run of “The X-Files” bows out in respectable fashion as Doggett and Reyes take the lead. But Mulder and Scully also pop in.
First episode impressions: ‘Love Bites’ (TV review)
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the two genres that lend themselves to vignette-style TV shows are horror (the various incarnations of “The Twilight Zone” and, from a few years back, “Fear, Itself”) and romance. This summer’s “Love Bites” (9 p.m. Central Thursdays on NBC) explores the horrors — and, OK, a few happy moments — […]