Category Archives: Reviews
The Netflix PS3 Instant Streaming Disc
This Friday I discovered an unexpected package from Netflix in my mailbox, their new Instant Streaming Disc for the PS3. The lack of Netflix support was actually the only thing I regretted about choosing the PS3 over the Xbox 360. … Continue reading
Glee
Last Tuesday Fox premiered a new series, Glee. Set in an Ohio high school where the jocks and the cheerleaders rule the school, Glee tells the story of a Spanish teacher who dreams of restoring the school’s glee club to … Continue reading
Defying Gravity
ABC’s drama department is a strange place to be finding this season’s new Sci-Fi show, but since the Sci-Fi channel’s decided to rename itself “SyFy” anything’s possible. I haven’t quite gotten through the first episode, but it seems alright so … Continue reading
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Pixar manages to blend outstanding animation technology with some of the best story tellers in the movie business. The first thing you see when watching a Pixar movie is the animation. Toy Story was groundbreaking in it’s use of computer … Continue reading
Ender in Exile
Science fiction is wonderful. It gives the author the power to create a world exactly as they’d like it and it gives the reader all the worlds in the universe to dream about. At the same time, science fiction is … Continue reading
Chuck
I missed this show when it first came out, thanks to Rafi for pointing it out to me later. Chuck combines a good techy comedy (ala Dilbert) with the thrill of the spy show and a good mix of romance … Continue reading
Sequential Art
I was hanging out on IRC and someone posted a link to this comic from Sequential Art. So far I seem to be doing well in the finding good web comics department. Sequential Art is the story of Art, a … Continue reading
Star Trek (2009)
I was never a huge fan of the original Star Trek series or the movies; except for Leonerd Nimoy. TNG and Voyager were my favorites. When this movie came out I was afraid of two things which have plagued science … Continue reading
Dexter
If you find blood and guts disturbing, then Dexter is not for you. If you are willing, however, to look beyond that the show offers an interest reexamination of the meaning of “hero.” After all, the main character is a … Continue reading
Bolt: Great Movie, Bad DVD
When this came out in theatres I was sceptical. It seemed like another Spy Kids-esque teen superhero movie. How wrong I was. Bolt is Disney at it’s best. A heart-warming story and the excellent animation we’ve come to expect only … Continue reading