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In short, the Kindle Fire delivers. But you have to keep in mind that it is an e-reader, not a tablet computer. This distinction...
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In short, the Kindle Fire delivers. But you have to keep in mind that it is an e-reader, not a tablet computer. This distinction...
It’s not quite the end of the year yet, but I’m ready to make a bold prediction for 2012: HBO is going to offer...
A few weeks ago a woman launched a lawsuit against the makers of Drive because the film’s trailer bore little resemblance to what the...
I’ve spent the last two weeks slowly slogging my way through the Star Wars Blu-rays. For the first time, I watched all the movies...
This week the Star Wars trilogies come to Blu-ray. Predictably, there is a loud outcry over the fact that we’re getting the 1997 special...
After recently moving from a large spacious apartment in Central Alabama to a very small New York one, it has become clear to me...
There’s been a big brouhaha in the last week or so over Netflix’s decision to boost rental rates. While monthly prices are only increasing...
Last weekend the worst-case scenario happened: I dropped my iPhone 3GS and the glass screen shattered. While the phone still worked, my iPhone is...
Two weeks ago I called up my cable provider and told them to take their service and shove it. Well, not quite, but I...
Having not read any of George R. R. Martin’s books and largely ignored the HBO marketing, I went into Game of Thrones not knowing...
After growing-up in the Eastern Time zone and now living in Central Time for the last two years, having TV shows come on one...
I for one was disappointed when I learned that TLC’s new program Uterus Cannon was a hoax. But Extreme Couponing has made up for...
The big film news this week — if not of this year — was that Peter Jackson is going to shoot The Hobbit at...
Last week Amazon announced its online music streaming service called Amazon Cloud. On paper it sounds like a great idea. You no longer have...
The final episode of Big Love aired last night. It was never a popular show and I doubt it will achieve immortality in reruns...
Each year fewer people are going to the movies. Yet, it seems like interest in the Academy Awards is at an all time high....
While Steve Jobs may be out of commission — perhaps permanently — Apple is quickly moving for domination in home computing and home media....
The big brouhaha in the TV world last week had to do with MTV’s new show Skins. I haven’t watched the show, apparently not...
I claim to hate going to movie theaters for lots of reasons — cell phones, crying babies, stale popcorn, etc. But the one thing...
If there is one Hollywood trend that finally needs to die in 2011, it’s measuring successes by box office gross. Gross revenue is the...
Hollywood tends to be quixotic about middle class life. Just about every character in a TV show or movie set in New York City...
Let’s play a game. In the newspaper you see an advertisement for a 50th anniversary screening of Psycho at your local art house movie...
I was channel surfing the other night and Idris Elba popped on the screen (better known as Stringer Bell from The Wire). He’s a...
The closest I’ve been to a George Clooney character is unfortunately his one in Up in the Air (I wish I could tell people...