For millions of years a race of military like robots have been locked in a brutal war. The two opposing factions are the heroic Autobots lead by Optimus Prime, and the evil Decepticons lead by Megatron. … more
For millions of years a race of military like robots have been locked in a brutal war. The two opposing factions are the heroic Autobots lead by Optimus Prime, and the evil Decepticons lead by Megatron. … more
I’ll leave the lavish praise to others with their own intellectual bent, and I’ll simply come at HBO’s VEEP from an honest, bipartisan angle: what’s so disappointing (if not confounding) … more
Asking me to review Boy Meets World is like asking me to review pizza: Yeah, I have a general sense of what to do, but there are a million different flavors of it, and is there any particular one you … more
My wife and I recently had the delight of taking a guided tour through the streets of Tombstone, Arizona. We’re both history nuts, and our guide – a retired doctor who’s gone about … more
(special thanks to Big Finish for providing me with a review copy!) It is the long, oppressive summer of 1912. Four months ago the RMS Titanic was lost to the Atlantic. In Europe the drumbeats … more
(special thank you to Big Finish for providing me with a review copy!) The TARDIS materialises on Serenity, the last surviving world of the Traken Union. Peri expects a good place for a holiday … more
My Boys got a lot of attention from the Chicago media when it debuted back in 2006 because it was set in Chicago. Since I had just gotten off the train a few months earlier, I wondered just what the big … more
I'm an old school Dark Shadows fan who used to run home from school like everyone else, saw both of the original films when they came out, protested at NBC when the 1991 series was cancellled and have … more
**1/2 out of **** "Dark Shadows" does well to give us just about everything we've come to expect from a director-and-star collaboration between the highly imaginative Tim Burton … more
(special thanks to Big Finish for providing me with a review copy!) Eight slash Q Panenka, a craggy comet with a 13km circumference, has an elliptical orbit that takes it between Earth and Jupiter. … more
(special thanks to Big Finish for providing me with a review copy!) The legend dates back to Roman times, at least: a great White Worm, as wide as a man, slithers out of the rocks of the Dark Peak … more
Tim Burton and Johnny Depp come together again in this wonderfully delightful film. Depp proves again that he is capable of successfully portraying any type of character … more
(special thanks to Big Finish for sending me a review copy!) A cell. Four walls, one door. Jamie McCrimmon can escape, but it means unravelling a puzzle of extraordinary complexity. And there are … more
Dark Shadows (2012) is destined to split the audience into two camps. Camp A will love this movie because they are fans of the Burton/Depp team. In their eyes, B/D can do no wrong, … more
When I first heard that Tim Burton was making a film based on the vampire soap opera of the same name “Dark Shadows“, I have to admit I really didn’t know what to think. Burton is great … more
Star Rating: In a 2007 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Johnny Depp proudly stated that, as he grew up watching Dark Shadows, he wanted to be the vampire Barnabas … more
For all the Miller-Boyett Lesson sitcoms I've seen, I have trouble thinking off the top of my head about any episodes of any of their shows that preached with sappy music against stealing. And once you … more
DARK SHADOWS Written by Seth Grahame-Smith Directed by Tim Burton Starring Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer and Eva Green Barnabas Collins: Of all the servants I could have spurned, I got the … more
Remember when Tim Burton had some indie cred, and his emo movies were something new that brought credibility and something different to the movies. Remember seeing his remake of Planet of the … more
TV Producers who get lots of hit shows onto the air tend to make hella lotta dough. TV producers Thomas Miller and Robert Boyett - Miller-Boyett Productions - struck a nerve with American families in … more
It was in the mid-90's when a little cable channel called Comedy Central first appeared on my radar. I can tell people with complete honesty that I knew and watched the station before it was even close … more
(special thanks to Big Finish for providing me with a review copy!) Siberia at the end of the 19th Century, and the TARDIS arrives just as a shooting star hurtles to the ground. … more
Taking place on an alternate Earth, the leader of the Justice League, Lex Luthor, flees to the present day Earth. He contacts the Justice League for assistance to battle against an organization called … more