I have fond memories of the days at university when the lights would go out, we’d sit on the couch or floor with our hastily-cooked meals and wait for The X-Files to come on. We drank in the ambiance, the supernatural nature of the weekly problems and the interplay between Mulder and Scully. Not to… Continue reading On The Tube: Fringe
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On the Tube: White Collar
The major networks – CBS, NBC and ABC in this country – seem to have cornered the market on procedurals. In fact, it could be argued that procedurals are overrated. However, occasionally a show will try to take the procedural formula and go in a different direction. Take a cop show, for example, and give… Continue reading On the Tube: White Collar
IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Changeling
[audio:http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/uploads/changeling.mp3] It wasn’t too long ago when the words ‘A Clint Eastwood Film’ described an action flick featuring a character that was either Dirty Harry Callahan, The Man With No Name or somebody who existed between the two. Clint Eastwood is someone along the lines of Robert DeNiro or Al Pacino: a star with a… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Changeling
IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Doubt
It’s a beautiful Friday outside in Doylestown, and before I dive back into a pile of legitimate work, let’s discuss a movie my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed viewing this week. The movie in question is Doubt, starring Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams. Plays that become movies don’t have pulse-pounding action or… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Doubt