TV Reviews
Birds of Prey episode 5: Sins of the Mother
One of the strangest things about this show was the direction that they took with Dinah. It hasn’t been “bad” exactly, just very bizarre. It seems like they could have just used Dinah in her more traditional Black Canary persona. This episode seems like it is …
Oprah Winfrey
I tried to watch recently on two different occasions. I had a hard time getting through each episode. The first time, I gave her the benefit of the doubt; I thought it was just the topic that I was not very interested in. She was really …
Harper’s Island (CBS)
Harper’s Island is a new show on CBS that follows the events taking place around a wedding party that has come to the island. The island itself has quite a gruesome history; years ago a serial killer did away with several of the residents including the mother …
Seven days season 3 episode 20 Sugar Mountain
Except the fact that the Russians were again bad guys who wanted to use a small boy to kill American politicians I generally liked this episode.
An airplane blew up in the airport and some very important person got killed in the way so Parker is sent 7 days back …
Laramie: The Star Trail
The Star Trail is the first episode of Laramie that takes one of the characters away to another place, and in this case, it’s Jess Harper (Robert Fuller). He’s in Rock Springs, and he gets drawn into a situation where he goes to work for Sheriff Tully Hatch …
True Beauty: The Stealing Challenge TV Show
I can’t believe ABC renewed the True Beauty series. I watched it in total disbelief last season. The concept is that models compete in various challenges for what they think are events to find the most beautiful person. Well, they’re right, except that the models assume …
Spartacus: Blood and Sand
“Blood and Sand” was the first season of the popular cable television series, Spartacus which used to air on Starz. It took me a very long time to start watching it because for most of the season, I either was not very interested in watching it or did not …
Claymore
Claymore is an anime that came out recently (about some months ago) and is still ongoing. I watched about 2 episodes and it quickly became one of my favourites. It takes place in a world where humans and demons (which they term ‘Yoma’) coexist, as well as ‘Claymore’s; half …
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Killed by Death
If you’re looking for something creepy to watch and don’t necessarily want to watch a movie, I would really recommend seeing the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode “Killed by Death.”
Hospitals, in my opinion, are creepy enough. But, what if you had some sort of invisible demon walking the halls …
Stargate SG-1: Unending
Let me say this upfront and let me be perfectly clear. I watched this episode on the internet and then when it aired on television. I will never, ever watch it again, unless it is to make an edited copy, but I just don’t even see me …
FOX Channel
FOX is one the channels we see the most at our house.
The truth is that with the filth that is television today, getting a package that incorporates new pay channels including the Fox channel is a good start.
The scheduling of this television chain for series is one or two …
CSI Season 2 Episode 11- Organ Grinder
CSI Season 2 Episode 11- Organ Grinder
It was a really nice episode but still, there was something in it, which gave me the feeling that things did not really add up, even at the very end when the crack the case. The thing I liked the best about this …
Batman: The Brave and the Bold: Menace of the conquerer caveman
This episode reunites Tom Everett Scott and Billy West, who voiced Booster Gold and Skeets respectively in an episode of “Justice League Unlimited”. They reprise the roles here and it plays to a similar effect.
The characters play off each other the same way and Booster is …
Junior Apprentice Episode 4 TV Show
Junior Apprentice Episode 4 had Lord Alan Sugar sending his apprentice hopefuls on a mission to find and sell art. I’ve seen this type of challenge before, and it’s always an interesting one. Basically, the teams visit several artists and then pick two they want to have …
Star Trek: The Infinite Vulcan TV Show
Written by Walter Koenig, Star Trek: The Infinite Vulcan was one of the animated Saturday morning outings produced in 1973. Oddly, Koenig’s character of Mr. Chekov is not part of the series, nor is his character part of this story, either.
In this particular story, Mr. Spock is unexpectedly …
That Girl: The Apartment
That Girl: The Apartment has some great scenes in it. Basically, Don Hollinger is going out of town so he lets his girlfriend, Ann Marie, use his apartment since hers is being sprayed for pests. It’s the perfect setup for merriment, and we get a lot of …
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Escape from Venice TV Show
From the second year of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Escape from Venice was the fifth show to air. This science fiction program came from the mind of Irwin Allen, and it’s always been a favorite of mine. In this show, Captain Crane gets his …
Hogan’s Heroes: The Big Record
Well, that was a cute episode of the show Hogan’s Heroes at lunch today; the Big Record; though it was somewhat predictable.
Basically, they are kicked out of the recreation hall so the Gestapo can have an important top secret meeting there. Hogan and his crew want to find out …
Ben 10 Episode: Lucky Girl
This morning while looking at television and flipping through channels I saw one of my favourite cartoons being shown. On Cartoon Network there is a cartoon named Ben 10. In this cartoon a kid on vacation with his grandpa and cousin happens upon an alien “watch” whose correct name …
Have Gun - Will Travel: The Great Mojave Chase
Have Gun - Will Travel: The Great Mojave Chase, episode 3 of season 1, starts out with some fun humor, all stemming from Paladine buying a camel to take across the Mojave Desert. It creates quite a stir. Written by Gene Roddenberry, the best part was the …
America’s Next Top Model Cycle 10 Episode 1
The episode starts with Tyra giving a highlight of the past seasons. These include the plus size models they have, the cat fights of the girls, the emotional make-overs, the past winners and hilarious moments.
Then the 10th cycle contestants were introduced. They were asked to go to this …
The Dean Martin Comedy Hour: Jack Benny TV Show
Jack Benny was the Man of the Week for this edition of The Dean Martin Comedy Hour. Benny was a hoot, a terrific comedian and actor. I thought he was great and always enjoyed watching him. He was definitely worth being one of this show’s honorees.
It …
Marriage Ref
Sometimes I wonder just how ridiculous television can become, and one of those times was when watching the first episode of Marriage Ref. Perhaps it’s better referred to as a preview episode, a special 30 minute edition that aired after the closing ceremonies of the 2010 Vancouver Winter …
Project Runway: Eye Candy
Every year, Project Runway comes up with an extraordinary challenge for its contestants. Once it was garbage, another time was plants. This year, in the episode Eye Candy, it was candy.
I was a bit disappointed that the majority of the designers used the candy wrappers rather than the candy …
Tree house of Horror I Season 2 Episode 3
This Simpsons episode features three stories called “Bad Dream House”, “Hungry are the damned” and “The Raven”.
Bad Dream House
This story is based on the film poltergeist and sees Homer, Marge and the children move into a creepy house which they bought at a very cheap price. The reason for …
The Virginian: The Payment TV Show
The Virginian: The Payment focused chiefly on Clu Gulager and his deputy sheriff character of Emmett Ryker. In the show, Ryker is anxious about the impending arrival of an old friend, Abe Clayton as portrayed by veteran performer, Lloyd Nolan. What we come to discover is that the …
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
I watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, yesterday on NBC.
I thought yesterdays parade was put together rather nicely. The two previous years I didn’t think it was that good, but this years was vastly improved.
As a rule my family watches this traditional parade every year.
I liked the Rockettes. …
The X-Files: Season 2, Episode 18: Fearful Symmetry
I remember this being one of the first episodes of “The X-Files” that I ever watched. I also remember not being all that impressed by it. That view still holds up to this day. It’s not terrible, by any stretch, but it isn’t particularly memorable, especially …
Smallville: Instinct
“Instinct” is the fourth epsiode of season eight of Smallville, a TV series airing on the CW on Thursday nights. This was a pretty spicy epsiode featuring the debut of Maxima, a gorgeous alien with a plan to find a mate worthy of her power and beauty. …
Criminal Minds —“ Season One —“ Episode Nineteen —“ Machismo
This episode was set in Mexico. It wasn’t one of my favorites, but I will take two bad episodes out of twenty two. The unsub was killing elderly women. Who kills grandmas? That’s just plain wrong! But I guess that was the point. While it was fun to …
Friends: The One with the Cop
This is a show that occurs in the fifth season of the popular sitcom, and it is one of my favorities as it has a lot going on throughout the show and it definitely does not leave room for any boring parts.
The show features Joey fantasizng about his friend …
Lie to Me
I finally got an opportunity to watch the show Lie to Me last night. I’ll confess, coming in on a series in the middle of it, really did create some confusion for me as to who the characters were. But, from what I can tell, the show is definitely …
Stargate SG-1: Crusade
Stargate SG-1: Crusade is definitely not a favorite show. The biggest problem with it is that Claudia Black is back as Vala, and that’s a sure sign of disaster. The horrid premise has her in the Ori galaxy using a device to contact the SGC, and in …
Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader
When the game show Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader came out, I didn’t think it would be any good. And, because of that, I didn’t watch it.
However, I’ve been seeing some re-runs of the show on some of our local channels and have to confess, it is …
Due South: White Men Can’t Jump to Conclusions
From season two of Due South comes White Men Can’t Jump to Conclusions, which has Constable Benton Fraser believing in a youth who has been set up by his friends to take the fall for a shooting. They mystery begins with simple sounds, the sounds of gunfire that …
Cha$e episode 6 Twins in the City
Cha$e, Twins in the city is episode 6 in the game show where the participants are being hunted like wild animals in the city of Los Angelis. In this one there are five sets of identical twins competing against one another. It brings out the competitiveness and rivalry between …
Death Note Episode 25 (Anime)
Death Note Episode 25 begins with L questioning Rem about the Death Notes, but the Shinigami reveals as little as possible about them. Meanwhile, Light makes sure that Rem will have to kill L to protect Misa, and kill herself in the process.
This was a very dark and …
Full House Season 2
I fully admit that I own every season of Full House on DVD, even though special features are sadly lacking. The second season is when the show began picking up, and when it started to find its footing.
As much as I love the show, even I have to …
The Twilight Zone: The Chaser TV Show
The Twilight Zone: The Chaser is an okay outing for this science fiction series. I don’t particularly love it, but I don’t dislike it, either. It’s one of the few roles I can somewhat tolerate John McIntire in. He plays a mysterious professor who sales …
Bones (TV series)
Bones is a crime drama that stars former Angel star David Boreanaz as Seely Booth, a FBI agent who enlists the help of socially awkward anthropologist Temperance Brennan. It is based on the life and books of Kathy Reichs.
The series is your typical boy/girl partnership trope, but it …
Hawaii Five-0: Ho’apono TV Show
Hawaii Five-0: Ho’apono was the latest episode of this crime drama to air. I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed the opening, not because of the big chase scene that was part of it, but because they showed us a famous old war ship. I totally …
Doctor Who: Season 2, Episode 14: Doomsday
So ends the second season and Billie Piper’s run as Rose Tyler. With an ominous prediction from Satan, I was expecting Rose to die, and the episode really plays up the possibility, with Rose’s voice over confirming it.
“Shockingly”, it turns out that the Beast was lying, or at …
Whoopi: Don’t Hide Your Bag TV Show
In a post 9/11 world, things were a bit crazy with the color alert system and concern about unknown packages of any kind. This episode of the new sitcom, Whoopi, which was called Don’t Hide Your Bag, took advantage of American’s fear of terrorism. It puts what …
MacGyver: Fraternity of Thieves
MacGyver: Fraternity of Thieves touches close to home for Pete Thornton (Dana Elcar). The action begins when MacGyver tails an agent who has been living outside his means. When the agent is killed, things begin to explode, especially when Mac becomes suspicious of one of the Phoenix …
The Singing Bee
Filipinos love music. I guess everyone else does. But music is the most closest to every Filipinos heart compared to other mediums of art. Because of this, videoke (video karaoke) and magic sing microphones sells like rice congee. And television networks have invested in this opportunity by staging singing …
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds Part Two
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds Part Two is almost as good as part one, although it too unfortunately suffers from a few flaws like the first half. For example, it is real unfortunate that the episode does not show any of the fleet’s …
Laramie: The Last Battleground TV Show
Laramie: The Last Battleground is a fourth season episode of this wonderful western series. It’s one of the better shows, full of drama and heart both. Both John Smith and Robert Fuller are featured in their regular roles of Slim Sherman and Jess Harper, but it’s Smith …
The Andy Griffith Show: Aunt Bee the Crusader TV Show
The Andy Griffith Show: Aunt Bee the Crusader gives Frances Bavier the spotlight as Aunt Bee Taylor. The show aired for the first time back in January 1964 and had Aunt Bee trying to help a local farmer from being evicted from his home.
There are some interesting things …
Spongebob Squarepants Season One: Boating School
Spongebob is having one heck of a time passing his boating exam, and all he wants to do is pass his test so that he can get his driver’s license. He does not know what he is going to do if he does not pass this time, or …
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