November 15, 2010 – 3:18 pm
Alright, I’ll admit I’m excited to see the Avatar sequel, and I expect it to be great, but that franchise has already had 3 full hours. It’s basically a sequel to itself! Meanwhile these offerings only had 2-hours to make… Read the rest
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November 1, 2010 – 4:22 pm
Surag Ramachandran’s do-it-himself office comedy Bose is Always Right starts simply enough.
An odd couple, the comically inept Bose (or “Boss”) and the Employee, a frustrated everyman programmer, are forced to work together. The emphasis is on… Read the rest
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October 26, 2010 – 4:28 pm
Last week I wrote about the Internet debut of Flash Gordon (1936), a series so old that we’ve actually mis-categorized it as Television. (Forgive us, there’s no Clicker category for pre-TV film serials). For this post I’m gonna be the… Read the rest
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October 21, 2010 – 12:00 pm
Last week Hulu quietly released 13 episodes of the original Flash Gordon serial. Starring Jean Rogers and Buster Crabbe, the show harkens us back to an age when people called themselves Buster. And also to truly amazing special effects:
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September 27, 2010 – 4:53 pm
Friday’s Netflix/NBC deal was pretty exciting for a few reasons (hi there, season 4 of Friday Night Lights. Nice to meet you, all of Battlestar Galactica) but there’s one tidbit that has gone largely… Read the rest
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