Review: ‘GCB’
There's obviously controversy and a bit of inaccuracy built into the title ABC is abbreviating as "GCB" -- but "Just Sort-of OK Christian Bitches" would have looked unwieldy on a billboard.
View ArticleABC to counter Fox, NBC comedy blocks
ABC is countering comedy blocks just announced by Fox and NBC with new laffers of its own.
View ArticleReview: ‘Save Me’
Anne Heche’s TV roles have hewn toward the whimsical, and “Save Me” – a half-hour premiering with back-to-back episodes on NBC – is no exception. Echoing the movie “Hello Again” (which makes sense,...
View ArticleGet Off the Couch! TV Channel for Dogs Coming to DirecTV
Release the hounds: DogTV — touted as the first TV network aimed at man’s best friend — is a real 24-hour channel that will be unleashed on DirecTV starting Aug. 1. For the first two weeks of August,...
View ArticleViolence on MTV: Why Did Producers Stop Intervening on ‘Real World’?
On one of the final episodes of “Real World: Portland,” viewers watched as a cast member wrapped the cord of a blow dryer around its handle and hunted down another member of the house. “All day, every...
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘Kick-Ass 2’
This crudely entertaining diversion can't help but command attention, despite or perhaps because of its maddening unevenness.
View ArticleBen Affleck Is the New Batman
Ben Affleck is Batman. The actor will replace Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne in the upcoming untitled Batman-Superman feature for Warner Bros., the studio announced Thursday. Affleck becomes the eighth...
View ArticleFans Petition Warner Bros. to Remove Ben Affleck as Batman
Well, that didn’t take long. Fans rained a torrent of criticism down upon the internet just minutes after Warner Bros. announced it had cast Ben Affleck as the next Batman in its upcoming Batman vs....
View ArticleBatman Backlash: Ben Affleck Has Nothing on Michael Keaton
Comic-book fans have an understandable fear of not being taken seriously, particularly when it comes to a signature character like Batman, who has been subjected to no end of camp treatment and abuse...
View ArticleTV Review: ‘Dexter’ Finale’s Sloppy Sendoff
“Dexter” had been running on creative fumes the past few seasons, and Sunday night’s series finale — despite its emotional flourishes — merely underscored that this was a series well past its...
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