The National Football League has built a television empire. The Super Bowl sets ratings records year after year. Sunday Night Football has been the top show in primetime for the last two seasons. And, since moving to ESPN in 2006, Monday Night Football has consistently been the most watched cable program and owns several of […]

This weekend, the remake of Carrie hits theaters. Brian De Palma’s 1976 version is a classic horror film, one that probably doesn’t need to be remade. But 37 years later, a fresh set of creative talent can look at adapting Stephen King’s original novel differently. Modern concerns about bullying and social networking can be incorporated into […]

When I originally thought about writing this piece, it was going to be a criticism of Robert Rodriguez. Had he fulfilled his potential as a filmmaker?  His latest film, Machete Kills, looked like total schlock. Maybe it would find an audience among those who share Rodriguez's love for the grindhouse and exploitation era of 70's […]

Was it a disappointing summer for movies? It certainly felt that way. Much of the online chatter from movie critics and fans regarded the disappointing blockbusters. Every film seemed to come with a "Yeah, but" qualifier when talking about it. Yeah, Iron Man 3 was pretty cool, but I didn't like what happened with the […]

With Keith Olbermann away in Atlanta moderating the trapezoidal shaped “roundtable” over at TBS for postseason baseball coverage, someone needed to step up and show up by Tuesday to ESPN’s Times Square studios to fill in on Olbermann. Now hosted for the next three weeks by? “Not Keith Olbermann.” ACT I: Larry Enters Your Living […]

By now, we’ve all been exposed to the gem that is “Sleepless in Austin,” otherwise known as THE MOST OFFENSIVE PERSON ON THE PLANET. Romeo Rose, which please tell me is a fake name, has the most worrisome and asinine dating requirements on the planet. He seems genuinely surprised that he hasn’t had a girlfriend […]

Like many fans of the series, Sunday's Breaking Bad finale is a bittersweet occasion.  The anticipation to finally see what happens with Walt's assault rifle, Jesse's imprisonment, the White family, the Nazis, and the ricin is like waiting a week to open what you know is the best present on Christmas morning.  On the other […]

The new Hugh Jackman thriller Prisoners was the No. 1 movie this past weekend, earning an estimated $21.4 million at the box office. Though there was really nothing else worth seeing in theaters, I wondered how much interest there would be in this film.  The trailers and commercials made Prisoners look like a compelling drama, […]