Syfy network announced this past Tuesday that they had acquired the US distribution rights for the runaway Canadian-made hit, Lost Girl. FINALLY. Now all my American friends can (legally) see one of the best shows to air since Buffy went off the air. Ever since its debut last fall on Canada’s Showcase Televisi [...]
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ABC’s Castle Goes Out with a Bang in Possibly the Best Season Finale Ever
“I love you, Kate,” declares Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) to a fallen Kate Beckett (Stana Katic) in the closing moments of the third season finale of ABC’s Castle. It was some of the best television yours truly has ever seen. Feeling more like one of the finer episodes of 24, Castle demonstrated last night [...]
Smallville’s Series Finale Offers Frustrating Mix of Meaning and Mediocrity
Don’t be put off by the headline of this article. Not just yet, anyway. Watching the series finale of Smallville last night I found myself frequently on the edge of my seat with anticipation. The two-hour conclusion to a ten-year franchise was, in many ways, beat perfect. Threads were wrapped up nicely. Clark (T [...]
Stargate Universe Finale Provides a Somber Semblance of Closure
Warning: this review contains MILD SPOILERS Watching ‘Gauntlet,’ the last episode of Stargate Universe, I couldn’t get one overriding thought out of my head: surely this can’t be the end? Are we really never going to see these characters again or know how Brad Wright and Rob Cooper’s five year plan was going [...]
Will the iPad 2 Change the Way We Watch Film and TV at Home?
Recently my wife and I started a new pre-sleep ritual that involves coupling. Sorry, I meant, of course, Coupling, the excellent BBC sitcom by Doctor Who and Sherlock showrunner Steven Moffat. Typo notwithstanding,we do enjoy a level of intimacy (albeit platonic) in our new activity. In line with the changing viewi [...]
Game of Thrones Has Stellar Opening Moves
As an avid fan of George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy series, “A Song of Ice and Fire”, I anxiously awaited the April 17th premiere of the HBO television adaptation with three little words running through my mind in mantra-like repetition: Please. Don’t. Suck. From the moment that GRRM announced that HBO ha [...]
Soulless Fringe Finale Leaves This Viewer Cold
Over the past few months, yours truly has found himself PVRing episodes of Fringe and then not bothering to watch them (until recently for the purposes of this article). It prompted me to ask the following question: At what point did Fringe go from a compelling hour of television, to no longer being “must-see” TV f [...]
The Impending Finale of SGU Brings an End to the Stargate Universe
The end is near. Monday May 9 is the day that many followers of the Stargate franchise and all fans of SGU: Stargate Universe have been dreading. At 9/8c on that day Syfy will premiere ‘Gauntlet,’ Episode 20 of Season 2 of SGU: season finale, series finale and franchise finale. One day later, at 10 pm, it will [...]
From Sanctuary to Mortal Kombat: Television’s Online Evolution
In less than 25 years, the Internet has not only changed the face of the entertainment world, it has irrevocably altered the very nature of its inception, development and distribution. With video recording and editing software readily available and functional for dramatically less money and training, today’s hope [...]
Hawaii Five-0 is a Ratings Success, But There’s Serious Room for Improvement
One instantly accepts Daniel Dae Kim as Chin. He’s solid and straightforward and offers practical wisdom that balances nicely against Danno’s more emotional temperament—when the two have scenes together (which they need more of). Scott Caan is very likeable as Danno (when he and McGarrett aren’t arguing incess [...]
