With the end of March also comes the end of CBS’ How I Met Your Mother. After nine seasons, the series is wrapping up, finally giving us the ending that the show and its title promised when it debuted in 2005. I plan on watching the series finale, yet I don’t know how excited I […]

I’d like to think I’m a dedicated television watcher. I pay more than I probably should for the cable package with all the premium channels, so that I’m not deprived of any of the great shows being produced by HBO, Showtime or even Starz. I have a Roku in one room, a Chromecast in another, […]

Early on during Fox’s new version of Cosmos, host Neil deGrasse Tyson shares what is likely a guiding principle for his life and work, but certainly a fundamental premise of this new show: “Science gives us the power to see what our senses cannot.” What our senses can’t see without science — and some extremely […]

Thankfully, the Oscars had Lupita Nyong’o Sunday night. The 86th Academy Awards was a tough watch. Maybe it’s always tough, as Hollywood gives itself a collective pat on the back and the ceremony hands out awards to many winners whom only the most hardcore of movie followers and analysts are familiar with. As vital to […]

  Comic book fans love their favorite characters. When comic books are adapted into movies, fans want to see those characters translated faithfully, as closely as possible to the source material. (That doesn't just apply to comic books. Fans of novels, nonfiction books and plays don't want to see any drastic changes to their favorites […]

Guardians of the Galaxy was going to be a tough sell for Marvel Studios. This group of outer space outlaws doesn't feature any recognizable icons like Iron Man, Captain America, Thor or the Hulk. The characters and their stories are even relatively obscure among comic book fans, enjoying a 25-issue series run from 2008 to 2010 […]

Have you begun watching season 2 of House of Cards yet? Holy crap — can you believe what happened in that first episode? You said you started watching, right? If you haven't, I don't want to spoil anything. But if you've watched it, we have to talk about it! That was unbelievable! What a way […]

Looking back on my childhood with my younger sister, I realize now that it wasn't always fair for her. I was a big comic book fan, finding entertainment and escape in the adventures of Batman, Spider-Man, the Avengers, Daredevil and dozens of other superheroes. My sister had her own amusements and diversions. She played with […]

It never looks good when a movie is pushed from the spotlight month of October to the relative obscurity of February. So when George Clooney's The Monuments Men was bumped from Oscar season to a time when studios often dump films that aren't well regarded, that wasn't a good sign. When the decision was made, […]

Perhaps the greatest tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman is that most everyone seemed to know who he was when the news of his death began to circulate on Sunday. Hoffman, 46, wasn't a Hollywood star like George Clooney or Brad Pitt, but took such a variety of roles and showed such range with his choices […]