Monthly Archive for: ‘June, 2005’

  • Top 50 TV Series

    This list probably isn’t perfect, but it’s a pretty good first pass at listing my top 50 shows. There were a handful that didn’t quite make the list, but were close (I decided after putting the list together that 50 was a good, round stopping …

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  • War Of The Worlds (9/10)

    The sci-fi nerd in me has been looking forward to this movie for a while now. Spielberg takes the opportunity to remake the classic and slam his Close Encounters and Jurassic Park styles into one film. Was I disappointed with this new remake? No, not …

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  • Veronica Mars: Season 1 DVD Announcement

    TV Shows On DVD – October 11th is the street date, and $59.98 is the list price for a 6-DVD set with all 22 episodes from the show’s first season. Video is in 16×9 Anamorphic Widescreen, and you’ll get to see lots of extra footage …

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  • Risk Board Game Variations

    For those that don’t know, I’ve been playing various versions of the Risk board game for decades. In recent years there have been a handful of new game variations released. I’m basically just breaking them down into which is my favorite down to which is …

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  • Herbie: Fully Loaded (7/10)

    I grew up on the Disney films of the Herbie era, many of which starred Dean Jones (I mean, how can you go wrong with The Cat From Outer Space or Snowball Express?). This movie is surprisingly faithful to the franchise. Yeah, it gets a …

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  • Top 10 Directors

    Yeah, I know I’m cheating a bit listing the Zucker brothers (and their partner in crime Jim Abrahams) as one entry. James Cameron Robert Zemeckis Steven Spielberg David Fincher Ridley Scott David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker Terry Gilliam Richard Donner Quentin Tarantino Alex Proyas

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  • The Inside 1.03: Pre-Filer (9/10)

    The VCU team struggles to stay a step ahead of a cunning vigilante who is trying to stop murders by executing the would-be killers. Something I’m very happy about is starting to emerge in this episode, Katie Finneran’s wonderful sense of humor. Finneran was awesome …

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  • Alias 4.15-4.22: A Recap

    OK, so I fell behind in my Alias viewing. It goes something like this: “I know I’m a few episodes behind, but if I start to watch them then I won’t be able to stop and I’ll be annoyed that I can’t watch the next …

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  • Top 10 Actresses

    Meg Ryan Gillian Anderson Parker Posey Nicole de Boer Natalie Portman Mary Stuart Masterson Uma Thurman Nicole Kidman Lisa Kudrow Claire Danes

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  • The National Archives & Records Administration

    Technology Review – The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is charged with saving the retired records of the federal government (NARA preserves all White House records and around 2 percent of all other federal records; it also manages the libraries of 12 recent presidents). …

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