movies
Black Bird, Blonde Bombshells Featured in Upcoming Classic Thrillers

         Turner Classic Movies presents a div...

genres
Web ‘Superbrain’ Predicted ‘House’ Plot Surprise

Last night's episode of the Fox Network medical-mystery series House included a Big Event ...

television
CBS Series ‘Eleventh Hour’ Ends Season on High Note

      The season-ending episode of the CBS mystery-drama ser...

mysteries
“Eleventh Hour’ Outdoes TV News on Stem Cell Debate

An episode of CBS-TV's mystery series Eleventh Hour entered the debate over stem cell...

books
PBS Dickens Adaptation Politicizes and Vulgarizes Classic Novel

   The latest PBS Masterpiece Classics adaptation of Charles Dickens's clas...

science-fiction
‘Battlestar Galactica’ Crosses the Red Line—Honorably

    No concluding episode could live up to the overall accomplishment ...

mysteries
TCM Thrillers for March 16 – 22

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journalism
CNN Cancels Hughley Show

By Jim LakelyI didn't even know comedian D.L. Hughley had a show on CNN until the controve...

television
Whose ‘House’?

     Conservative critics often miss the nuances in popular cultu...

commerce
‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Too Good for Oscars?

     Tonight Hollywood tells us once again what we should like&md...

commerce
Cable Woes Mark Change from TV Mentality to Web Culture

 Among the luxuries taking a beating from the recession is a service until recently t...

books
‘Last Templar’ Shows Value of Cultural Freedom

         NBC's miniseries The Last Templar is an i...

commerce
Internet Blamed for Idiocy of ‘At the Movies’ Host

   The decline of the mainstream media—a very good thing—is the...

mysteries
‘Monk’, ‘Psych’ Return This Friday, Other Classic Mysteries Not So Easy to Find

       USA Network resumes original episodes of its top...

television
FX Channel’s ‘Damages’ Returns Wednesday

  Season 2 of the interesting and suspenseful FX Channel series Damages begins t...

commerce
NBA All-Star Event to Be Shown Live in 3D

    Continuing the trickle of live 3D events in U.S. movie theaters, T...

television
Envirocommies Blast ‘Top Gear’ Segment

 You can criticize anything except global warming shibboleths, the producers of the e...

television
New Season of ’24’ Praised

An enthusiastic preview of the new season of Fox's action-drama series 24, which begins a ...

television
TNT’s ‘Leverage’ Christmas-Week Episode Includes Strong Religious Themes, Imagery

      The latest episode of TNT's Leverage dealt intelligent...

music
‘Frosty the Snowman’ and the Meaning of Christmas

Frosty Theology S. T. Karnick's article on the surprising theological content in the song ...

commerce
Che Movie; Palin Haters; New Number 1 on TV

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journalism
Cleveland Meterorologists Speak Out Against Global Warming Hysteria

     Responding to the overwhelming trend among scientists who ar...

genres
TNT’s ‘Leverage’ Shows Promise

     TNT"s new series, Leverage, starring Timothy Hutton, is...

genres
TNT’s Latest ‘Librarian’ Movie Premieres Tonight

    TNT's Librarian film series is highly enjoyable entertainment with...

television
Another Perspective on ‘A Colbert Christmas’ . . . and Yet Another

     Blogger calls unexpectedly sincere song "a remarkable e...

commerce
NFL, Fox Try Out 3-D TV

      Don't look for it in the home any time soon, but enter...

television
Latest ‘Monk’, ‘Psych’ Christmas Specials a Success

     The USA Network's latest comedy-mystery Christmas specials s...

television
‘Colbert Christmas’ TV Special Includes Surprisingly Sincere Moment

   TV comedian Steve Colbert's Christmas special is pleasingly nonpolitical...

television
Fox Announces ’24’ Premiere Date

   After a year off because of the writers' strike and a need for the serie...

television
McCain Gives Likeable Performance on SNL

   Sen. John McCain gave a surprisingly solid performance on Saturday Night...

television
’24’ Trailer Released

   The hit series 24, which did not run on TV last season because of the wr...

television
‘King of the Hill’ Cancelled

   Now in its thirteenth year, the excellent, long-running animated comedy ...

journalism
From the ‘Duh!’ File: Hollywood Republicans ‘Feel Bullied’

    It's always good when the mainstream media finally acknowledge the...