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V Season 1, Episode 3 Review: A Bright New Day

November 19, 2009

“A Bright New Day” opens with a really effective montage of confessions from members of Father Jack’s congregation. We hear their thoughts and feelings about the alien arrivals and how, for some, it challenges their faith… Read More

Heroes Season 4, Episode 10 Review: Brother’s Keeper

November 17, 2009

Since the start of this season, Heroes has been doing a pretty good job of building up the character of Samuel to seem to be something more than a straightforward villain. Unfortunately the reveal in “Brother’s Keeper”… Read More

AMC’s The Prisoner Review: A Challenging Investment

November 15, 2009

The Prisoner, a ‘reimagining’ of the iconic British fantasy drama from the 1960s, tells the story of a man who wakes up stranded in a strange place known as The Village. Given the name Six, he discovers that nobody in The Village… Read More

FlashForward Season 1, Episode 8 Review: Playing Cards With Coyote

November 13, 2009

Is there any show more annoyingly inconsistent on television right now than ABC’s FlashForward? After finally moving the series’ plot forward last week and giving us our first set of answers, I had hoped that we may have reached… Read More

Forrest Gump: Sapphire Series Blu-ray Review

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November 12, 2009

"You know Tom Hanks, 'Forrest Gump.' Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and won a ping-pong competition. That ain't retarded." – Kurt Lazarus Forrest Gump (1994) has transcended the realm of… Read More

4.5

out of 5

V Season 1, Episode 2 Review: There Is No Normal Anymore

November 11, 2009

Having opened last week with a fast paced pilot episode, “There Is No Normal Anymore” has the difficult task of managing expectations and beginning the transition from opening to series. Fortunately although the episode is… Read More

Heroes Season 4, Episode 9 Review: Shadowboxing

November 10, 2009

Towards the end of “Shadowboxing” there is a moment that had me pumping my fist in the air. Could it be that the show is pulling a major surprise on its audience, killing off a main character in a genuinely meaningful sacrifice? It… Read More

Heat Blu-ray Review

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November 9, 2009

Though there are notable exceptions (Ali, Last of the Mohicans), it is not an unreasonable stretch that Michael Mann has made a career telling stories about cops and robbers. From Thief (1981) and Manhunter (1986) through Miami Vice (2006) and… Read More

4.4

out of 5

Modern Warfare 2 Review: The Best Headache Ever

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November 9, 2009

Poised to be the biggest game of 2009 and predicted to break all videogame sales records for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 with healthy PC sales too, Infinity Ward's sequel to critically acclaimed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has completed… Read More

4.9

out of 5

Star Trek (2009) Blu-ray Review

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November 7, 2009

Space. The Final Frontier. A place few were willing to venture with the last two Star Trek: The Next Generation helmed films. On virtual life support, J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot collaborators reinvented the iconic franchise into something hardened… Read More

4.7

out of 5