After the sudden death of her husband, Nancy Botwin has spent five seasons masking each problem in her life with an even bigger problem. Weeds has never shied away from writing Nancy into a corner and then embracing whatever crazy measure she has to take to escape. Whether that be dealing weed, marrying a DEA agent, burning her town to the ground, smuggling drugs across the Mexican border, marrying a Mexican drug lord or putting a hit out on his boss all in the name of her family. Weeds is …

Going to the movies this week? Bet you’re gonna go see Iron Man 2. Yes? No? Yes. Good. There’s a fair chance you’ll enjoy it. The special effects are great, the plot moves at a fast pace, the dialogue crackles, the villain is menacing and Robert Downey Jr.’s performance as Tony Stark is perfect.
All the good things you’ve heard about this film are true. It’s a good superhero film.
So why does it feel like this review is going to be negative?
What Iron Man 2 represents is your standard, lazy superhero …

I never used to watch a lot of television. It used to just be Buffy and Angel. Then in 2003, Buffy ended and Angel began winding down. At this time, hot off the heels of The Shield’s success, FX developed another original series: Nip/Tuck. I didn’t seek Nip/Tuck out. It was a marriage of convenience. Veronica Mars, Battlestar Galactica, House, Weeds, Dexter, The Inside and many others would eventually come along, but it was Nip/Tuck that provided my maiden voyage into a post-Buffy and Angel world.
Needless to say after the …

I’m going to preface this review by admitting that I have only read the first The Walking Dead trade paperback. I read it at the end of last year but resisted reading the second trade as all interviews indicated that the show would be quite faithful to the book. Having read the pilot script I am glad of this.

Frank Darabont’s pilot script, as you may have read elsewhere, is very true to the first few issues of Robert Kirkman’s comic. The episode opens and closes with the character of Rick …

For two seasons Damages did it. A complex show that spanned various timelines, had multiple characters, an intricate plot and a strong thematic through-line. For two seasons these elements were woven together, nary a glaring plot hole in sight.
Season three focused on Patty Hewes’s struggle to recover money from a Ponzi scheme perpetrated by the fractured Tobin family. For much of the season it looked like the third year would stand up there with Damages’s first two seasons. The dynamics of the Tobin family mirrored that of Patty’s makeshift professional …

Yesterday the UK Government announced intentions to crack down on internet piracy of films, music and television. While this is a threat the government rolls out on a seemingly bi-monthly basis, one must wonder if anything will ever come of it. And if something does I, for one, do not think it will be a good thing.
I am not going to justify the downloading of movies and music. I think those things should be paid for legally. Nor will I justify the downloading of television that has been released on …

The Hollywood Reporter has stated Bryan Singer, the mastermind of the first two X-Men films,  has been drafted by Universal to re-imagine yet another genre project.  The project in question is a Battlestar Galactica feature film, which will have no ties to the television show of the same name that wrapped its run on Syfy earlier this year.
Singer made a name for himself by directing The Usual Suspect in 1994.  He’s since been associated with comic book franchises such as X-Men and Superman.
And, yes, I’m sure another updating of Battlestar …

Cable network AMC have acquired the rights to develop Robert Kirkman’s The Waking Dead into a series.  The Hollywood Reporter notes The Shawshank Redemption’s Oscar nominated writer Frank Darabont is onboard to write, produce and direct the series which will focus on the minutiae of a group of survivors getting by in a zombie-ridden world.
AMC are confident that, despite the genre element of the project, it will be a perfect fit on their schedule, which already includes Breaking Bad and Mad Men.

The trades are reporting that Shawn Ryan, the baby daddy of The Shield, has sold a put pilot to FOX for a new show, Ridealong.  The new series will be set and shot in Chicago, Ryan’s home town, and will feature a cast of police officers who for all intents and purposes are based in their cars.
Shawn Ryan assures that series will be different enough from The Shield so that it won’t feel like he’s treading the same ground.  He cites Ridealong as being much more FOX-like than The Shield …