Idiot Box: Nbc’s “Hannibal” Is Bloody Good (Also Bloody, Good) “Hannibal” On Nbc NBC’s bloody brilliant “Hannibal” may not reverse the network’s tragic ratings tailspin all by itself. But it’s already a huge improvement over the [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 11, 2013 Read More
Week In Sloth: “Spartacus” Ends, “Mtv Movie Awards” Returns And Abc Lets You “Bet On Your Baby” “Community” (KOB-4 7 p.m.) “Community” gave up caring what audiences think about it long ago—which is what makes it such an awesome show. [...] Alibi \ Apr 11, 2013 Read More
Reel World: César Chávez Day Doc, Tarantino Two-Fer, Wild For Wilder, Casting For Comedy Boycott Grapes, Eat Popcorn The National Hispanic Cultural Center is celebrating the 20th annual César Chávez Day. The main event takes place on Saturday, April 6 with [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 04, 2013 Read More
Week In Sloth: Hannibal Lecter Goes Primetime, “Mad Men” Returns, Syfy Scares Up “Deep South Paranormal” “America’s Worst Tattoos” (TLC 7 p.m.) Finally! Somebody has started making TV shows out of Reddit subs. Hopefully kitteh gifs and fake child [...] Alibi \ Apr 04, 2013 Read More
Idiot Box: Eliza Dushku Dates “The Saint,” “Buckwild” Cast Gets Smaller, And Netflix Unveils “Hemlock Grove” Tidbits From Around The Dial Saint Strikes Back—Leslie Charteris’ long-running book series character “The Saint” is returning to TV. The Robin Hood-esque super-spy/super-thief was brought to life, famously, [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 04, 2013 Read More
Idiot Box: Psycho Gets Tv Reboot With A&E’s Killer “Bates Motel” “Bates Motel” On A&E Unbeknownst to all but the most dedicated of TV viewers, NBC tried making a TV series out of director Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho in [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 28, 2013 Read More
Week In Sloth: “Jesus” Rises, “Doctor Who” Returns, “Bigfoot” Still Unfound “Jesus: Rise to Power” (National Geographic 6 p.m.) Dr. Michael Scott (not an alias of Steve Carell’s character on “The Office,” but a [...] Alibi \ Mar 28, 2013 Read More
Reel World: Golden Age Of Mexican Cinema Dawns At Kimo, Missing You On Dvd, Dark Matters Hunts For Horror Cinema Del Oro Downtown’s historic KiMo Theatre has done a fantastic job of keeping patrons rolling in cinema. In addition to the Hi-Def Hitchcock and the [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 28, 2013 Read More
Reel World: Tarantino Fest At Kimo, Warrior Woman Fights Back, Wonder Women Unite On The Q.t. KiMo Theatre is pulling out the big guns, giving audiences a six-shooter of cult crime films with its “6 By Tarantino” series. This [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 21, 2013 Read More
Idiot Box: Billy Zane Gets Biblical In Starz’ Barabbas Barabbas On Reelz Just in time for the Easter season, Reelz Channel offers up a ham-handed, hammily acted mini-series of mostly dubious Biblical provenance. Given that [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 21, 2013 Read More The name is Barabbas, motherfucker! The D is silent.