From the opening scene where Phil (Bradley Cooper) calls his wife from a Bangkok rooftop and says “Honey, it happened again,” “The Hangover Part II” takes off as a brilliantly implausible, over-the-top mystery-comedy. It’s better than the original — which started strong but petered out at the end — precisely because it goes further into the realm […]
An entertaining “Star Wars” fandom debate broke out recently, prompted by FANgirl’s provocatively titled blog post “Luke Skywalker Must Die.” Jason at The ForceCast podcast blasted her post a couple episodes ago (May 20) and then he and his co-host, Jimmy Mac, had FANgirl (real name: Tricia) as a guest on the latest episode (May 27).
There is no sword in “Gideon’s Sword” (February 2011, hardcover). There’s probably some literary reason for the title, but still, I kept expecting a sword to figure into the plot. That’s the only criticism I can come up with for this new Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child novel, which launches a new investigator.
Although I dislike about 90 percent of wide releases nowadays, I still enjoy paging through the Entertainment Weekly summer movie preview and sifting out a few potential gems. Here are 10 summer movies I wouldn’t mind seeing (although I’ll have to track down some of them on DVD in the fall, including the first three […]
Movie review: James Wan’s old-school horror film is scaring up plenty of new fans.
One-season wonders (TV review): Three non-traditional leading men prove they can carry the show in this comedy-leaning spinoff.
Is the killing of a human being ever a cause for celebration? That question came to mind when I saw sports fans celebrating the death of 9/11 terrorist attack mastermind Osama bin Laden on Sunday night during the Mets-Phillies game.
One of the hosts of the Force Cast (at forcecast.net) recently argued that sci-fi fans should rebel against the term “nerd” because nerds are mainstream now and don’t deserve to be diminished with such a label. Many listeners have disagreed with him, though, noting that this once-derogatory term is now a descriptor rather than a put-down. […]
For as long as I can remember, TV has served up an epic season finale or two every May. In recent years, up until 2010, there were the season-enders of “24” and “Lost.” Before that, we had “Buffy” and “The X-Files,” just to scratch the surface.
“Friday Night Lights” (7 p.m. Central Fridays on NBC) continues to do the little things well: In the fifth-season premiere, Landry goes through his own version of “American Graffiti,” playing one last show with Crucifictorious, saying goodbye to Matt’s senile grandmother (who thinks he is going to SMU, not Rice), reminiscing in the Alamo Freeze parking […]