With 2010 winding down, I decided to take a look back at “2010,” the 1984 movie, to see how prescient Peter Hyams (the film’s director) and Arthur
I’d like to see “Somewhere” and “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” before making my top 10 movies list, but such is life in a small town, and I
Show: “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (Season 3, episode 10) Airdate: Dec. 15, 1998 Overview: This episode is the structural midpoint of the franchise; it’s sort of
Show: “Futurama” (Season 2, episode 8) Airdate: Dec. 19, 1999 Overview: In the year 3000, Christmas is known as Xmas and Robot Santa Claus has
Show: “My So-Called Life” (Episode 15) Airdate: Dec. 22, 1994 Overview: Rickie’s getting beat up at home, Angela wants to help him and a homeless guitar-playing
Show: “The Simpsons” (Season 1, episode 1) Airdate: Dec. 17, 1989 Overview: This is a classic not only because it’s a Christmas episode, but also
I don’t actively seek out mainstream pop hits like I used to, so when two songs are bouncing around my brain at the end of
1. Jenny and Johnny, “I’m Having Fun Now” — When two musicians in a relationship make an album together, it rarely results in good music; at least
Seth MacFarlane probably had the idea for “Blue Harvest” kicking around in his head for a while, and when it became an actual episode of “Family
This was the year when TV changed from low-definition to high-definition and from squares to rectangles (I still have a square, and I know I’m