The kid from Maple School broke away and dribbled down the court. Just five steps ahead of me, he had a wide open lane for an easy layup. As he…
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Knowing (2009, Summit Entertainment) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray Alex Proyas, the gifted director behind The Crow, I, Robot and the cult classic Dark City, really knows how to…
Parker Lewis Can’t Lose: The Complete First Season (2009, Shout Factory) Purchase from Amazon. In 1990, the same year NBC attempted to turn Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) into a…
Phoebe in Wonderland (2009, Image) purchase from Amazon: DVD Elle Fanning gives one of the most touching and heart breaking performances you will see this year in writer/director Daniel BarnzÁ¢€â„¢s…
The summer vacation. As I’ve mentioned a couple of times in the Basement Songs, during my childhood, when school let out for the summer, my parents would pack up the…
IÁ¢€â„¢m running through the streets of industrial Los Angeles cursing to myself. My eyes are searching, desperately scanning the sidewalk and disintegrating asphalt for a coat hanger. The sun beats…
Nobel Son (2009, Fox) purchase from Amazon: DVD Nobel Son, a new caper film on DVD, is a satisfying time if you happen to enjoy films with unexpected twists and…
Everwood: The Complete Second Season (2009, Warner) purchase from Amazon: DVD After a long wait, Everwood fans can rejoice. Warner Video has finally released the complete second season of this…
I awoke with a knee in my back and a song in my head. Crammed into a bed with Julie and Jacob, I teetered on the edge hanging over a…
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The Complete Series (2009, E1) purchase from Amazon: DVD What I love about the digital age is the opportunity for older series, obscure…
Who could have imagined that sunny California would be overcast and chilly the entire week my family traveled to Ohio without me? The gloomy weather seems to fuel the grayness…
S. Darko: A Donnie Darko Tale (2009, Fox) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray From the Á¢€Å“unnecessary sequels to films that donÁ¢€â„¢t need a sequelÁ¢€ department comes S. Darko: A…
Probably because my mother was a nurse, I will always have an interest in medical shows, good or bad. An early TV addiction to St Elsewhere helped fuel that interest….
While perusing the excellent selection of music stocked at the Burbank Public Library, I happened upon SugarlandÁ¢€â„¢s Love on the Inside misplaced next to Keith UrbanÁ¢€â„¢s 18 Kids greatest hits…
Spin City: The Complete Second Season (2009, Shout Factory) purchase from Amazon: DVD By its second season, Spin City, ABCÁ¢€â„¢s tightly written workplace sitcom starring Michael J. Fox, had worked…
The Popdose Staff, led by the intrepid Jon Cummings, has banded together to present a mixtape full of songs from our own weddings. Walk down the aisle with us, won’t you?
Scott Malchus has gone back downstairs for another week of Basement Songs — and this week, the Indigo Girls’ “Galileo” is on the stereo.
Gigantor: The Collection Volume 1 (2009, Koch Vision) purchase from Amazon: DVD Things my son said to me when I put on Gigantor to watch: Á¢€Å“What is THAT? Is that…
Galaxy Quest Deluxe Edition (2009, Paramount) purchase from Amazon: DVD While the new Star Trek film continues to soar through the box office to become one of the most popular…
Sitting on the patio at my brotherÁ¢€â„¢s house, as Sophie and her cousins laughed, splashing in the pool and Jacob glided though the air on the swing set, something unexpected…
Gavin & Stacey: Season One (2009, BBC Video) purchase from Amazon: DVD For those of you who a enjoy a great romantic comedy, you canÁ¢€™t do any better than the…
My first couple years in college, after school let out for the summer in early May, I would climb inside my parents’ red GM van and drive down to Athens,…
Knots Landing: The Complete Second Season (2009, Warner Home Video) purchase from Amazon: DVD I must apologize to Warner Home Video. Knots Landing: the Complete Second Season came out on…
Notorious (2009, 20th Century Fox) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray As a 39-year-old white male who lives in the suburbs, I am clearly not the intended audience for the…
October Road, The Complete Second Season (2009, Buena Vista) purchase from Amazon: DVD October Road got a bad rap. The ABC drama about a successful novelist (Bryan Greenberg) who returns…
Cold hearted orb that rules the night, Removes the colours from our sight. Red is grey and yellow white, But we decide which is right. And which is an illusion?…
IÁ¢€â„¢d like to pay tribute to my mother-in-law, Judie, a woman whose perseverance has set an example not only for all of her kids, but for all of us to…
Skins, Volume 2 (2009, BBC Video) purchase from Amazon: DVD Skins, the British teenage drama that airs in the states on BBC America, is the best teen series to come…
Spring is in the air, and the baseball season is still young — which has Scott Malchus thinking about the eternal hope of the hardcore fan while listening to John Fogerty’s “Centerfield.”
The Paper Chase: Season One (2009, Shout! Factory) purchase this DVD from Amazon: DVD The Paper Chase is a bit of a relic. Made in the late 70Á¢€â„¢s, the CBS…