We are currently living in the age of “peak” television. There are just so many shows that it’s hard to decide on the few you’re going to watch. Quantity doesn’t always promise quality, and there have certainly been a fair…
Top Ten Bizarre Movie Musicals
Many movie musicals have become enduring fixtures of Western pop culture. Masterpieces like Singin’ in the Rain (1952) and The Sound of Music (1965) have been lauded not only as triumphs of musical storytelling, but as pieces of cinema able…
Top Ten: Friendships on TV That We Love to Love
Do some of you also get tired of the persistent need of television shows to push a certain romantic pairing on us? Sometimes it’s nice to see an average relationship and see how it grows and works out. Which is…
Top Ten: The Best of Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki is a genius filmmaker. He has continually created masterpieces, infusing the cinematic world of animation with a vigor and magical realism that it hadn’t seen before his touch. His animation is intricate and worked on with painstaking detail,…
The 11th Doctor’s Final Hour: Matt Smith’s Ten Best Episodes
Allow me a moment or two of indulgence. I was late to the party when it came to watching Doctor Who, missing the hype that surrounded David Tennant’s era and passing the show off as something that would never interest…
Summer TV: 10 Shows You Should Be Watching
Summer isn’t typically the season you’d think of when wanting to discover new television. For those adventurous and optimistic folks, summer is for relaxation, tans, friends, mixed drinks and my personal favorite, the beach. It’s also a time to catch…
Top 10 Robert Downey Jr. Roles
Let’s be honest, we all have a little bit of a crush on Robert Downey Jr. Sure, he ventures into the man-child territory from time to time and sure, he’s been contracted to one character for far too long, but…