I’ll admit, I’m a bit of a snob when it comes to television. I may cast a wide net in my viewing choices, but I’d like to think that net has a fine mesh. Sure, there are some dubious selections on my DVR, but I can rationalize most of them. […]
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Wristcutters: A Love Story (movie)
Wristcutters: A Love Story is one of those movies that almost panders to the not-especially-lucrative EJ demographic. It would have completely flown under my radar, except that it features performances from Tom Waits, who I love more than oxygen, and Will Arnett, who I love more than the actual concept […]
EJ’s Observations
Ben Cossar, through his intermediaries, approached me to write for this thing we call Spunkybean. There were certain tests I had to pass, of course. Actually, I think they could better be described as ‘rites’. I don’t want to talk about the specifics, but let’s just say, well, I’ve been […]
Lost Revisited (Week 2)
Am I correct in thinking that the entire Lost viewing audiences makes the same noise at the end of every episode? It’s sort of a horrified impatience with the sheer length of a week. To me, it sounds like “Buh!” Plus, I flutter my arms slightly. Your mileage may vary. […]
Lost Revisited
You guys? That was really good. And not just in the way where we’re all excited about Lost being back. That was flat-out really good. Before we start on the premiere, a friend of mine put forth the theory that it’s actually a woman in the coffin in last season’s […]
Icons
The new Entertainment Weekly has a feature on the “100 Greatest TV Icons”. Strangely, both the cover and article title claim it’s the “50 Greatest TV Icons”, though my copy very clearly includes numbers 51-100. This is where the problems with the list begin. Obviously, any list like this is […]