Having missed the two previous Mummy films, I wasnÁ¢€â„¢t too concerned about watching the third in the series, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. This film contains an entirely…
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In the annals of television history, Son of the Beach will not go down as a classic show — and I don’t mean that as an insult to comedian Tim…
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The Longshots (2008, Dimension Films) (Purchase at Amazon) LetÁ¢€â„¢s face it, I knew going into watching The Longshots that I wasnÁ¢€â„¢t the intended audience. I could have watched it alone…
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Somewhere in the translation from script to screen, a really smart idea got lost when Anamorph was made. ThatÁ¢€â„¢s not to say that the movie is entirely bad (and it…
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Spin City: The Complete Season 1 (Dreamworks/Shout! Factory) (Buy this DVD at Amazon) The success of any workplace series comes down to casting. If we believe that every character in…
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Just in time for the holidays, the complete Speed Racer series has been re-released in a groovy collector’s set. If you’re a fan of the popular anime cartoon that came…
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It all started back in September, when Robert Cass sent an e-mail to the staff telling us Billboard had announced that Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” is the top song of…
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Garden Party (Lionsgate, 2008) purchase this DVD (Amazon) Garden Party, just released on DVD after a brief theatrical run, is one of those indie films that kind of meanders through…
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Last Saturday, as the latest round of California wild fires burned on in cities nearby our home, we waited anxiously to see whether the Pasadena Marathon would be canceled. For…
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Beautiful Ohio (IFC, 2008) purchase this DVD (Amazon Chad Lowe has long suffered being the second banana to his brother and his ex-wife. Even though he won an Emmy for…
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Well hey there. In case you didn’t know, this is the last week of The Three Strike Rule until the new year. Hey, don’t get mad at me, take it…
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Back in January, I wrote a special Basement Song column dedicated to my daughter, Sophie, on her birthday.Á‚ Tomorrow, November 14, is my son Jacob’s birthday, and I now I…
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IÁ¢€â„¢m hooked on Torchwood, the BBCÁ¢€â„¢s latest sci-fi drama (a spinoff from their cult hit, Dr. Who). The entire second season has just been released on a five-disc DVD box…
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Five years ago I began a mission running marathons and half marathons to raise money and awareness for cystic fibrosis. I felt helpless. I felt that I wasnÁ¢€â„¢t doing enough…
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Birthday wishes: IÁ¢€â„¢ve never given much credence to the old Á¢€Å“make a wish and blow out the candlesÁ¢€ bit simply because most of my wishes, my birthday wishes, never came…
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Shaun Hamid is back tossing his voice into the TV arena with me.Á‚ We hope that in the coming weeks you, our readers, will help continue our conversations about television…
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Certain albums deserve to be heard outside the confines of small headphone speakers and cranked through the stereos of traveling cars speeding down the freeway.Á‚ The Á¢€â„¢59 Sound, the sophomore…
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This week, something new for the column: I invited my fellow TV critic, Shaun Hamid, to sit in and discuss the highly acclaimed Mad Men.Á‚ Á‚ I hope that our discussion…
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The Whomobile was a 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 rustbucket my dadÁ‚ purchased in 1984. By the time I got around to driving it in 1985, its roof was covered with…
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In 1982, the rock supergroup Asia kept my interest long enough to make me seek out previous work by the band members. This led me to the band Yes, and…
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Because of the stiff competition on Tuesday nights this fall, Fox and the CW premiered their 9:00 PM Tuesday shows in early September hoping to capture the particular audiences these…
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Each year when a stalwart of the entertainment industry makes his or her final curtain call, I find myself wishing IÁ¢€â„¢d paid closer attention to their work and inevitably fill…
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The first time I heard Tom Waits’ Á¢€Å“Kentucky AvenueÁ¢€ was in my AP English class back in 1987. My teacher, a brilliant Á¢€Å“Mr. ChipsÁ¢€ type of character named Mr. Denman,…
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I donÁ¢€â„¢t have anything profound to add to the many comments and editorials you are going to see and hear today. All of you fine readers that come to Popdose…
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Two of the most pleasant surprises of the late summer have been a pair of new comedy series: Z Rock on IFC and Gavin & Stacey on BBC America. They…
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Maybe itÁ¢€â„¢s the fall, or the fact that IÁ¢€â„¢m missing the fall, but every September my heart starts to feel the season change as if it were turning from blood…
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Steven Bochco (Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue) returns to the television landscape tonight at 10 PM EST with another lawyer series on TNT. Raising the Bar focuses on the justice…
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The freshmanÁ¢€â„¢s bags sat on the floor next to the bed his mother had just finished making up. It would be the last time she made his bed and the…
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For me, the waning days of summer always bring to mind the city homecoming fair that took place at the end of every August in my hometown of North Olmsted,…
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I am running for my son. That is the mantra I repeated to myself in times of exhaustion when I was training for my first two marathons back in 2003…