TV Reviews
Sea Hunt: The Raft TV Show
The 39th show of Sea Hunt’s second year was also the last of the season. It was entitled The Raft. The premise was the deep sea diver Mike Nelson as played by Lloyd Bridges went to a location off the coast of the Channel Islands to find …
Star Trek: A Taste of Armageddon TV Show
Star Trek: A Taste of Armageddon is an interesting episode that tackles the futility of war and becoming complacent with the costs of war. The Enterprise visits a world where war is coldly conducted by computer. As shocking as it seems, when a hit is made and …
M*A*S*H: Good-Bye Radar: Part 2
In contrast to Part 1 where I had qualms and concerns about how the story progressed, M*A*S*H: Good-Bye Radar: Part 2 is stellar as can be. After learning that his Uncle Ed has died, Radar O’Reilly (Gary Burghoff) prepares to go home on a hardship leave. Only …
The Night Before Christmas
This animated tale, The Night Before Christmas, is not to be confused with the traditional Father Mouse story of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. This is another tale that is more current, in the computer age, in fact, though it does still include a mouse family, only these …
Family Guy - Padre de Familia
Peter Griffin is the best! And I say this unequivocally…and this is proven in the episode Padre de la Familia, where Peter becomes a part of a pro-American campaign….trying especially to rid the US workforce of non-Americans….He proceeds to visit his mother to obtain a copy of his birth …
Diagnosis Murder: Murder on the Run: Part 1 TV Show
So far, Diagnosis Murder has done one two-part story each season and this third year is no exception. Diagnosis Murder: Murder on the Run: Part 1 aired in January 1996 with the conclusion airing one week later.
This is a good time to note another change to season three, …
Naruto Episode 18 Subbed
Episode 18 picks up exactly where the previous episode left off but does not really add much to the story line. Inari is finally done crying and decides to do something about the situation that his village is in, but the other villagers are just as frightened as he …
Due South: A Likely Story
The best thing about Due South: A Likely Story is the story that Constable Benton Fraser (Paul Gross) tells both in the first and the last scenes. Gross is a good storyteller, and I understand that he’s a folk singer of some sort, so that may explain why …
Full House TV Show
Full house is a television show about a family btaht comes together to live in the same house after the mother of the family dies. When Danny’s wife dies, he brings in his wifes brother Jesse and his friend Joey to come cand help him take care of his …
Justice League Unlimited Season One: Wake the Dead
“Wake the Dead” is the 11th episode of Justice League Unlimited, season one. It features a powered up version of Solomon Grundy against the Green Lantern, Superman, Hawkgirl, Dr. Fate, Aquaman, and Lynx. Typically this would be an uneven fight, but Grundy had been powered up by …
Frontline: The Quake television show
Frontline is a news show on public television. It features stories of current events from around the world. This episode of Frontline was about the earthquake that devastated Haiti last year. The quake registered a 7.0 on the Richter scale. Frontline said that earthquakes of …
Transformers
I had seen the television series of Transformers. I liked the series very much. When a movie was released of the same kind, I was overjoyed and expected it to be way better than the series. And it was exactly that way.
The movie revolves around the life of Sam …
Nightmares and Dreamscapes: Battleground
I discovered this adaptation after reading the short story for Examiner.com. A reader presented the oppurtunity to watch it after I reviewed the story itself.
This is definitely an adaptation that deserves mention as it is really good. William Hurt turns in a great performance. He deserves …
CSI Miami
CSI Miami is a spinoff of the very successful TV Show SCI- Crime Scene Investigation set up in the hot and sexy Miami. The different location dictates some major differences in the content. To begin with- the cast is selected to reflect the ethnic diversity much better. Unfortunately the …
That Girl: Shake Hands and Come Out Acting
That Girl: Shake Hands and Come Out Acting from season four brings back Billy DeWolfe as Jules Benedict, who runs a workshop that Ann Marie has been participating in for years. DeWolfe is a charming actor of great ability. He often plays his parts with a British …
Jaws: The Inside Story TV Show
In 2010, the History Channel presented Jaws: The Inside Story, which is a great look at the making of Jaws, the 1975 movie hit. There are a wealth of new interviews and ones from the past that work together to present a really unique view of this film …
The X-Files: Season 2, Episode 10: Red Museum
Critics said that this was one of the more convoluted episodes thus far and, man, they were not kidding. This episode throws a lot at you. As you’re watching it, it all seems to flow and make sense, but looking back, it was an odd and twisty …
Roseanne Season Two
The second season of Roseanne was pretty good. There were a lot more laughs than I was expecting, especially since this season came out in the late 1980s or early 1990s. I thought it would seem really dated and hard to follow, but it actually held up a lot …
The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 5 Homer Defined
Homer becomes the town’s hero after he saves the town from a nuclear meltdown. However only Homer knows how he did that, by total fluke. However he was enjoying the praises he was getting and did not bother to come clean. He gets the chance to talk a famous …
The Twilight Zone: A Kind of a Stopwatch TV Show
The Twilight Zone: A Kind of a Stopwatch follows a man named McNulty is chatters away annoyingly and who ends up in the possession of a mysterious stopwatch that has the unique ability to stop time. All McNulty as to do is press the button and time pauses. …
Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV Episode: Into Thin Air
Everyone was asleep early last night so I found myself watching another episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents; Into Thin Air.
I have grown to love this old show. But, this was an episode I have to admit I was not overly impressed with.
The episode is about a woman who checks …
TV SHOW MONK
If you think you have problems with phobias or fears, you have NOT watched and appreciated the show called: MONK on television. He has xenaphobia, he is afraid of most everything! He is totally obsessive compulsive about everything! He needs to have a personal assistant with him at all …
Have Gun - Will Travel: The Englishman
There’s always something humorous about seeing the proverbial duck out of a water, someone thrown into something that isn’t their element, and as the title here — Have Gun - Will Travel: The Englishman — notes, this story from season one is about an Englishmen who comes to the …
The Good Wife: Mock TV Show
The Good Wife is a show I watch every week, but even as I watch it, it often bothers me. In fact, the more the show goes along, the more I wonder if I might stop watching. This episode called Mock is a perfect example of why …
Vampire High Season 1 Episode 25
In this episode, the night students have come to the midpoint of the experiment and it is pledge time.
The episode begins with Essie trying to find helpers to decorate for the pledge ceremony and Merrill let it be known that Drew will be the speaker and he is shocked …
Warehouse 13 season 1 episode 11 Nevermore
This episode was about the feather and a book written by Edgar Allan Poe. Poe was writing mostly mystical works so that was greatly incorporated here with getting to know Myka’s family and the involving of Macpherson, Artie’s old partner.
Myka’s mother calls her she thinks that Myka’s father is …
Burn Notice: Lesser Evil
The season finale of Burn Notice was an episode called Lesser Evil, which guest starred Michael Shanks, famous as Daniel Jackson on Stargate SG-1. This was Shanks fourth appearance on the USA hit drama, and he was awesome. It was the conclusion of an arc that was extremely …
True Hollywood Story series
I used to really like this show. But I think after a time, I started wondering how much new stuff I really learned about the people that were featured. Furthermore, it seems like years ago, this program featured people who were actually interesting to me. Everytime …
MTV Roadies
I am a big fan of “MTV Roadies” from its beginning. Many of you people who doesn’t know about this show for them I can say that it is a reality TV show, where some guys are chosen from a very horrible, frustrating interview session, and then they put …
M*A*S*H: Requiem for a Lightweight
M*A*S*H: Requiem for a Lightweight is the third episode of this landmark TV series about the Korean War. Starring Alan Alda and Wayne Rogers, the show focuses on their characters of Hawkeye Pierce and Trapper John McIntyre. It’s all a lot of craziness and jocularity, while also …
M*A*S*H: Point of View
M*A*S*H: Point of View is a really unique and interesting episode of this series. The entire story, from fade in to fade out, is told from the eyes of Private Rich. Every angle and every view is from his perspective. What an ingenious idea someone came …
Angel Episode 1.1: City Of
I started watching Angel back in high school. It was still the first season, though I was unaware of that at the time. I lost track of it around mid-season 2 and never really caught up. With reruns airing on TNT, it gave me a chance …
Stargate SG-1: Bad Guys
Okay, I admit it. For some odd reason, I actually do like this tenth season entry for Stargate SG-1, even with Vala there. “Bad Guys” is really the only one I can think of that I can make that statement with. Of course, Vala is with …
Have Gun - Will Travel: The Outlaw
There are a couple of notable things to say about Have Gun - Will Travel: The Outlaw, episode 2 of season 1. Whereas in the first episode, the show ended with the familiar and catchy Paladin theme song, the situation at the end of The Outlaw was such …
“Charmed” Season 1 Episode 1: Something Wicca This Way Comes
Season 1, Episode 1 of the TNT series “Charmed” called “Something Wicca This Way Comes” not only paved the way for the rest of the series but gave a great look at the three sisters before they were witches and how they are going to handle their powers now …
Adam-12 Season 2 DVD
Unlike the sub-par and very sad season 1 release of the Adam-12 DVD, Season 2’s release by Shout Factory is a huge success! The two-disc set is one-sided, versus the horrible 2-sided discs from season 1. The discs are highlighted with photographs and well marked, versus no …
Macross Plus Episode 4 (Anime)
Macross Plus Episode 4 begins with Sharron taking control of all the computer systems and using them against Isamu who is trying to stop her and rescue Myung.
This was the best episode because it brings the story to a good conclusion while showing off the excellent fight …
Gilligan’s Island - The Second Ginger Grant TV Show
I have to admit this episode gets me confused every time I watch it. My head spins when Maryann becomes Ginger and Gilligan takes on Maryann’s personality. Mind things like this are difficult for me to swallow. I did enjoy watching Ginger perform in the opening scene. She shows …
Bones the TV Series
This is my all-time favorite TV shows. I am waiting impatiently for September 17, 2009 for the announced premiere date of Season 5. Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) works side by side with Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) in solving FBI crimes where the remains are bones. This is based …
Pokemon (TV Show) - Electric Shock Showdown (Episode)
“Electric Shock Showdown” is an episode of the “Pokemon” television series. This episode is quite good for two reasons: the gym battle is very well animated and fast-paced and the dilemma that Pikachu finds itself in when faced with the prospects of evolving to its next evolutionary stage so …
The Equalizer: The Day of the Covenant TV show
The Equalizer: The Day of the Covenant was a fourth season episode. In fact, it was the fifth show to air that year. Edward Woodward starred as Robert McCall, a New York city detective who always looked so refined in his suit. I’m not a fan, …
Palmer Hollow Milk Chocolate Rabbit
We see them every year at Easter time — chocolate bunnies, some stuffed and some not. Many companies make them, one of which is Palmer. The Palmer Hollow Milk Chocolate Rabbit looks adorable. It’s in a pretty box that is alluringly printed with colorful rabbits to …
Cowboy Bebop Episode 8
Cowboy Bebop Episode 8 has the crew of the Bebop stopping a ship hijacking and collecting a bounty on the hijackers. Spike then meets a man named Roco Bonnaro, who is impressed with his martial arts skills and is being pursued for carrying a very valuable plant with …
Stargate SG1: The First Commandment
This episode dealt with a Colonel from Stargate Command who actually fell for the, “You’re a God,” rhetoric that primitive people always spouted when teams came through the Stargate.
Seems another Stargate team was sent to a planet and never returned. When SG1 arrives, they find out from one …
Only Fools and Horses —“ Stage Fright
Stage Fright is episode 3 of the 7th and final series of Only Fools and Horses. A local club owner gets in touch with Del boy as he is stuck for an act to perform on his dear old mum’s birthday the following evening. Without Raquel’s knowledge, …
CHiPs: Name Your Price
In CHiPs: Name Your Price, Ponch (Erik Estrada) gets a chance to be on a game show that is something like The Price is Right. I don’t think I’m spoiling anything when I say that Ponch is right on for the entire show until he has to price …
Confessions of a Teen Idol - Episode 1
Confessions of a Teen Idol - Episode 1 was a re-introduction for many of some of their favorite teen idols of old. All of these men are no longer in show business, but all have indicated an interest in starting up their careers once again.
Producers Scott Baio and …
Casper’s Haunted Christmas
My daughter was watching some Christmas specials on TV last night and came across one that wasn’t too bad; though not overly impressive, Casper’s Haunted Christmas.
This animated film featured Casper the friendly ghost (with a much deeper voice than I remember him having) and his friends at a local …
Destination Truth TV Episode: Ghosts of Petra/The Lizard Man
Hmm, I ended up staying up a bit later than normal to watch Destination Truth last night (I paused live television while putting the kids to bed). But, I’m starting to wonder if it was really worth it.
I still love this show. But, last night’s episode was a bit …
Mork & Mindy: It’s a Wonderful Mork
Wow, who knew a clever show like Mork & Mindy would have gone down the road so many other shows have gone down; doing it’s own version of It’s a Wonderful Life?”
“It’s a Wonderful Mork” isn’t too bad but it’s still something that has been done before. How many …
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