Year: 2006 (Page 202 of 228)

A show I like is being cancelled? What a shock…!

After only a few episodes, CBS is yanking “Love Monkey” and the odds of it getting out of the network-built cage are pretty slim. What a gyp. Tom Cavanaugh is hilarious, the episodes thus far have been great, the soundtrack’s awesome (this week found a schoolyard basketball game being played against the soundtrack of “Daft Punk Is Playing At My House”), and the story – an idealistic A&R guy tries to stick to his principles AND be a success in the music industry – is unique. I’d say that maybe VH-1 could pick it up, but that would utterly confuse the network’s viewers because it’s almost entirely about music…

Harvey Dent: sexy cowboy by day, two-faced villain by night

After being teased with the Spiderman role back when Tobey Maguire was having back trouble, “Brokeback Mountain” star Jake Gyllenhaal may finally be getting his comic-book fix. Though Christian Bale will reprise his lead role as the fly-by-night guy with the gadgets, Gyllenhaal will reportedly get to play District Attorney Harvey Dent in the “Batman Begins” sequel–and Dent will then mutate into his alter ego, villain Two-Face, in the third film in the series.

Hey, as long as they give this Two-Face more than the ten seconds of back story that Tommy Lee Jones got in “Batman Forever,” we’ll be happy.

A priest and a one-armed deputy walk into a bar…

Another week, another good episode of “Invasion.” The look on Sheriff Tom’s face is absolutely priceless when his 17-year old daughter comes out of his one-armed deputy’s tent dressed only in a towel. They both claim they’re “just friends,” but one has to wonder why she’s not dressed. For those that wonder what’s underneath Alexis Dziena’s towel, I point you to her appearance in the Bill Murray vehicle, “Broken Flowers,” where she bares her considerable assets for the camera. (By the way, this picture doesn’t do her appearance justice – she goes full frontal.) If you’re worried about the whole underage thing, she’s 22 now and was 20 when she filmed the movie.

Creepy old men stuff aside, something is stalking the Varon household. It’s lightning quick, which doesn’t make a whole lot of sense when it turns out to be the unfinished torso of Dave. Unless these hybrids have enhanced speed and strength, I don’t know how a torso with stumps for hands can move that quickly. Regardless, the freak factor was in overdrive when Dave was searching around the house for the Torso.

I had a feeling, when they didn’t show the one-armed deputy actually shooting the Sheriff, that he was not the guy. The writers did a nice job of pointing us in another direction before finally revealing the priest as the true shooter. I’m a little unclear on his justification for trying to kill the Sheriff – it definitely seems un-priest-like.

And don’t fall for Sheriff Tom’s nice guy act. He is actively sending hybrids to the camp in the Keys where they appear to be training an army. The hybrids are eventually going to attack and, when they do, it is going to get ugly.

Get ready, cause here it comes…

I never met a weekend that makes me feel the way that you do (you’re NOT alright)
Whenever I’m asked what films that make me feel worse, I say that these do (you’ll cry all night)

The notorious February 10th weekend is officially here, coming with it four new films, including the animated adaptation of the classic children’s book series “Curious George” and the third installment of the horror franshise “Final Destination 3.” Also out this week is the Steve Martin sure-to-flop-so-hard-it-leaves-theaters-in-under-a-fortnight “The Pink Panther” and the paint-by-numbers Harrison Ford thriller “Firewall.” Both of these films could have been released anytime during the beginning of the year, or even sometime in August, and no one would have even noticed. “FD3,” however, is currently receiving a 63% on Rotten Tomatoes and has the backing of all my film critic colleagues.

Oprah invades last remaining Oprah-free media zone

Continuing her quest for world domination, benevolent billionaire media tyrant Oprah Winfrey has signed a $55 million deal to produce a new satellite channel for XM Radio. Since Her Oprahness will undoubtedly be far too busy managing her TV shows, book club, magazine, web site, and Broadway play to produce much actual satellite radio content herself, the channel will rely on the Oprah JV Squad (e.g., interior designer Nate Berkus, diet guru Bob Greene) for the majority of its programming.

However, Oprah has not ruled out the possibility of an on-air smackdown in which she and Dr. Phil gang up on XM bad boys Opie and Anthony to demand that the young upstarts clean up their act, put some clothes on the ladies, and start giving back to society.

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